Callaghan, Australia

The University of Newcastle, Australia (UON)

Record status

Policy statusReviewed evidence-backed recordReview: Agent reviewedClaim coverage7 reviewedEvidence-backed claims7Reviewed7Candidate0Official sources4Source languageenPublic JSON/api/public/v1/universities/the-university-of-newcastle-australia.json

Policy profile

Coverage score100/100Coverage labelbroad public coverageReview: Machine candidateAnalysis confidence80%

Security and procurement

No source-backed public claim about AI security review or procurement is present in this profile.

The current public tracker record does not contain claim evidence about security review, procurement, vendor approval, risk assessment, authentication, SSO, or enterprise licensing.

Not MentionedMachine candidateConfidence0%Evidence0Sources0

AI tools

Derived tool records1

Microsoft Copilot

The University of Newcastle, Australia (UON)

Tool
Microsoft Copilot
About
Microsoft Copilot access provided by the University to students.
Access
The official guidance does not specify an access path.
Cost
Not specified.
Availability
Allowed
Review
Agent reviewed
Sources

Evidence-backed claims

7 reviewed evidence-backed public claim

Ai Tool Treatment

Microsoft Copilot is listed for The University of Newcastle, Australia (UON) in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: not specified.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%

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Oorspronkelijk bewijs

Evidence 1
The University of Newcastle's official GenAI guidance states that the University provides access to Microsoft Copilot to students. It makes assessment permission course-specific and does not state procurement, endorsement or self-hosting.

Gelokaliseerde weergave only

The University of Newcastle's official GenAI guidance states that the University provides access to Microsoft Copilot to students. It makes assessment permission course-specific and does not state procurement, endorsement or self-hosting.

Academic Integrity

For assessments, UON's GenAI teaching, learning and assessment policy says students should follow teaching-staff directions about GenAI use and appropriately disclose and reference GenAI use.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence95%

Normalized value: students_should_follow_directions_disclose_reference_genai_assessment_use

Oorspronkelijk bewijs

Evidence 1
Students should: follow directions from teaching staff regarding the use of GenAI in assessments; and appropriately disclose and reference use of GenAI in assessments.

Academic Integrity

UON's GenAI teaching, learning and assessment policy says use of GenAI in assessment does not automatically constitute academic misconduct, but may do so where lecturers or course coordinators have explicitly prohibited it.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence94%

Normalized value: genai_assessment_not_automatic_misconduct_if_not_prohibited

Oorspronkelijk bewijs

Evidence 1
The use of GenAI does not automatically constitute academic misconduct. However, it may constitute academic misconduct where the use of GenAI has been explicitly prohibited by lecturers and/or Course Co-ordinators.

Teaching

UON's GenAI teaching, learning and assessment policy says GenAI should not be used to mark student work unless the output is reviewed and approved by the course marker or coordinator, and any GenAI marking use must be clearly communicated with an opt-out opportunity for students.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence94%

Normalized value: genai_marking_requires_human_review_communication_and_student_opt_out

Oorspronkelijk bewijs

Evidence 1
GenAI should not be used to mark student work unless the output is reviewed and approved by the course marker/coordinator before the output is shared with the student. Any use of generative AI in marking processes must be clearly communicated to students, with students given the opportunity to opt out of the use of GenAI in marking their work.

Privacy

UON's GenAI research guideline says researchers are responsible for protecting unpublished or sensitive work by not uploading it into online AI systems without assurance that the data will not be reused to train future models or for untraceable data use.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence94%

Normalized value: research_sensitive_or_unpublished_work_not_uploaded_without_reuse_assurance

Oorspronkelijk bewijs

Evidence 1
Researchers are responsible for protecting unpublished or sensitive work by not uploading it into online AI systems without assurance that the data will not be re-used to train future models or for the untraceable use of data.

Research

UON's GenAI research guideline recognises legitimate and beneficial uses of GenAI in research and says researchers, including students conducting research, may use GenAI tools within appropriate operating principles.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence93%

Normalized value: researchers_may_use_genai_within_appropriate_operating_principles

Oorspronkelijk bewijs

Evidence 1
Researchers, including students conducting research, may use generative AI tools within the bounds of appropriate operating principles

Academic Integrity

UON's AskUON student guidance says students must discuss use of ChatGPT and other AI tools with their course coordinator, particularly for work to be submitted.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence86%

Normalized value: students_must_discuss_chatgpt_and_ai_tools_with_course_coordinator_for_submitted_work

Oorspronkelijk bewijs

Evidence 1
You must discuss use of ChatGPT (and other AI tools) with your course coordinator, particularly in relation to using these tools in the development of work to be submitted.

Candidate claims

0 machine or needs-review claim

Official sources

4 source attribution

Change log

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