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King's College London

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King's College London currently has 12 source-backed claim records and 6 official source attributions. Latest tracked changed date: May 10, 2026. No tracker diff rows are recorded in the latest public release.

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12 claim records

ai_tool_treatment

King's College London does not ban the use of generative AI tools by students.

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academic_integrity

At King's College London, inappropriate use of generative AI without attribution is considered academic misconduct and can result in penalties ranging from formal warnings to expulsion.

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academic_integrity

King's College London does not require students to reference generative AI as an authoritative source in the reference list, but does require explicit acknowledgement of AI tool use in coursework.

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academic_integrity

At King's College London, submitting AI-generated text as one's own without written departmental permission is considered misconduct under third-party involvement or text manipulation offences.

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academic_integrity

King's College London has disabled the AI detection feature in Turnitin due to concerns about reliability and false positives.

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teaching

King's College London supports considered use of generative AI and is open to evolving teaching, assessment and feedback practices according to need and disciplinary differences.

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ai_tool_treatment

Microsoft Copilot is available to all King's College London students via their KCL Microsoft account and comes with commercial data protection under the university's enterprise license.

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teaching

King's College London subscribes to the Russell Group's five principles on generative AI in education, including supporting AI literacy, adapting teaching and assessment, and ensuring academic integrity.

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research

King's College London permits doctoral students to use generative AI tools in their thesis writing processes for assistive purposes such as clarifying writing, provided use is declared and consistent with guidance.

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research

King's College London doctoral examiners must not upload any part of a student's thesis into a generative AI tool or use external AI detection software when assessing the thesis.

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teaching

King's College London defines four broad levels of acceptable AI use in assessments: minimal, limited/selective, open, and embedded, with programme and module leaders adjusting to assessment specifics.

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ai_tool_treatment

Microsoft Copilot is the primary institutional generative AI tool available to all King's College London students and staff via KCL Microsoft login credentials.

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Source snapshots

6 source attributions

Academic Misconduct Policy

official_policy_page Tracker checked at May 10, 2026, 12:00 PM

Source URL: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/policyhub/academic-misconduct-policy
Snapshot hash: ca31369ed62b0ce39c01540706acae763cb47de2a08ac86207ddd702f64fea80

Generative AI - Student guidance

official_guidance Tracker checked at May 10, 2026, 12:00 PM

Source URL: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/about/strategy/learning-and-teaching/ai-guidance/student-guidance
Snapshot hash: de7e5bc7b74c4cb2793a5aa5fa10833903a495498accbd3da32eaac9e5f4cc23

Generative AI: context and definitions

official_guidance Tracker checked at May 10, 2026, 12:00 PM

Source URL: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/about/strategy/learning-and-teaching/ai-guidance/context-definitions
Snapshot hash: e83b1023c70fd9113f0fafdecb9f0ee84991617be4a6e17182b9fdf753d682f0

Generative AI: Guidance for doctoral students, supervisors and examiners

official_guidance Tracker checked at May 10, 2026, 12:00 PM

Source URL: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/about/strategy/learning-and-teaching/ai-guidance/doctoral-assessment
Snapshot hash: 7a1dd2b317bc654cd4834c6dcd738cf2b2f1334c0d29a89e641af8466c836601

King's guidance on generative AI for teaching, assessment and feedback

official_guidance Tracker checked at May 10, 2026, 12:00 PM

Source URL: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/about/strategy/learning-and-teaching/ai-guidance
Snapshot hash: c0ada5d482ee2a50bb512d224af5466e01a1dec5ea25c9c29eaf0595701903f4

Macro-level guidance: University-wide principles and policy

official_guidance Tracker checked at May 10, 2026, 12:00 PM

Source URL: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/about/strategy/learning-and-teaching/ai-guidance/macro-level
Snapshot hash: c022dc2cd7815838554df90233c3d5181735692c730cacaecd2df7774858f9ca

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