Canterbury, United Kingdom

University of Kent

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Ai Tool Treatment

Microsoft Copilot Chat is listed for University of Kent in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.

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Genormaliseerde waarde: {"tool":"microsoft_copilot","rawToolName":"Microsoft Copilot Chat","description":"University of Kent provides Copilot Chat to all students and staff through Kent IT accounts in its Microsoft 365 education tenancy.","howToObtain":"Sign in to Copilot Chat with a Kent IT account; university credentials may be required.","costToUser":"Not specified.","availability":"allowed","endorsementType":"officially_endorsed"}

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This tool is available to all students and staff at the University of Kent. Copilot Chat may be accessed by all students and staff using their Kent IT account.

Gelokaliseerde weergave only

This tool is available to all students and staff at the University of Kent. Copilot Chat may be accessed by all students and staff using their Kent IT account.

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Microsoft’s Copilot Chat is available within Kent’s Microsoft 365 tenancy for education and accessed using a Kent IT account. This enables staff and students to get answers through a chat-based interface.

Gelokaliseerde weergave only

Microsoft’s Copilot Chat is available within Kent’s Microsoft 365 tenancy for education and accessed using a Kent IT account. This enables staff and students to get answers through a chat-based interface.

Academic Integrity

Kent's Academic Integrity and Misconduct policy defines unauthorised AI use as using generative AI beyond the scope permitted for a specific assessment, or failing to acknowledge permitted use appropriately.

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Genormaliseerde waarde: unauthorised_ai_defined_as_academic_misconduct

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Unauthorised use of artificial intelligence: Use of generative AI beyond the scope permitted for the specific assessment, or failure to appropriately acknowledge its use where allowed.

Ai Tool Treatment

The University of Kent publishes AI principles that set expectations for responsible, ethical, lawful and effective engagement with AI across education, research and professional services.

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Genormaliseerde waarde: public_ai_principles

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These principles set out the University’s expectations for responsible, ethical, lawful and effective engagement with AI across education, research and professional services.

Privacy

Kent's public AI data-privacy guidance tells users not to enter personal information, confidential information, sensitive data, or other people's work into AI tools, and specifically says personal or sensitive data should never be put into ChatGPT Edu.

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Genormaliseerde waarde: do_not_enter_personal_sensitive_confidential_data_into_ai

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Furthermore, you should never put personal or sensitive data into ChatGPT Edu. For these reasons, you should not enter personal information, confidential information or other people’s work into an AI tool.

Onderwijs

Kent's AI principles say academic judgement about student work remains with academic staff, and AI will not be used to make marking or academic-outcome decisions unless explicitly authorised, clearly communicated, pedagogically justified, and subject to human oversight.

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Genormaliseerde waarde: human_oversight_for_assessment_decisions

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AI will not be used to make decisions about marks or academic outcomes unless its use is explicitly authorised, clearly communicated, pedagogically justified, and always with human oversight.

Academic Integrity

Kent's student AI academic-integrity guidance says that, unless specifically instructed otherwise, submitted assessment content must always be the student's own work and students should not include AI-generated material in submissions.

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Genormaliseerde waarde: default_student_work_must_be_own_work

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Unless it is otherwise noted, you should: 1. Not include materials generated by AI in your submissions. 2. Not submit materials that you have written but that have been substantially altered by AI.

Onderzoek

Kent's public research guidance says researchers using GenAI to process data must follow the University Data Protection Policy, complete DPIA screening where relevant, record planned GenAI use in data management plans, and document GenAI use.

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Genormaliseerde waarde: research_genai_use_requires_data_protection_dpia_dmp_documentation

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When using a GenAI tool to process data you must abide by the existing University of Kent Data Protection Policy, and carry out a Data Protection Impact Assessment Screening Questionnaire.

Ai Tool Treatment

Kent's public Microsoft Copilot guidance says Copilot Chat is available to all students and staff using a Kent IT account, while warning users to double-check outputs and consult module convenors before using generative AI tools in assignments.

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Genormaliseerde waarde: copilot_chat_available_to_students_and_staff

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This tool is available to all students and staff at the University of Kent. Copilot Chat uses publicly accessible material from the internet to generate its responses.

Ai Tool Treatment

A Kent Student News announcement says the University is collaborating with OpenAI to give all students and staff free access to ChatGPT Edu, with access for students planned for April 2026.

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Genormaliseerde waarde: chatgpt_edu_access_for_students_and_staff_announced

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The University of Kent is collaborating with OpenAI to give all students and staff free access to ChatGPT Edu – a version of ChatGPT built for universities.

Source Status

The public AI Principles page says Kent's AI Policy Group is undertaking a university-wide review of current policies, so this run did not identify a completed central binding AI policy page beyond published principles and related guidance.

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Genormaliseerde waarde: central_ai_policy_review_underway_public_principles_available

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The AI Policy Group is undertaking a university-wide review of current policies in light of developments in AI tools and their potential application.

Source record

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Record information, JSON & citation
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Citation: University AI Policy Tracker. "University of Kent AI Policy Tracker record." Last checked July 19, 2026. https://eduaipolicy.org/universities/university-of-kent

Original university source language remains canonical. This tracker is not an official university statement.

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