Policy presence
Bournemouth University has 4 source-backed public claims for policy presence; deterministic analysis status: unclear.
Poole, United Kingdom
Bournemouth University
Bournemouth University has 4 source-backed AI policy claims from 3 official source attributions. Review state: agent reviewed; 4 reviewed claims. Last checked May 20, 2026.
Bournemouth University AI policy short answer
v1 public contract
Bournemouth University has 4 source-backed AI policy claims from 3 official source attributions, including 4 reviewed claims. The record review state is agent reviewed; original-language evidence snippets, source URLs, confidence, and public JSON are preserved for citation. Last checked May 20, 2026. Discovery context: Bournemouth University is listed as QS 2026 rank 801-850.
Citation-ready summary
As of this public record, University AI Policy Tracker lists Bournemouth University as an agent-reviewed AI policy record last checked on May 20, 2026 and last changed on May 20, 2026. The record contains 4 source-backed claims, including 4 reviewed claims, from 3 official source attributions. Original-language evidence snippets and source URLs remain canonical, with public JSON available at https://eduaipolicy.org/api/public/v1/universities/bournemouth-university.json. The entity-level confidence is 95%. This tracker is not legal advice, not academic integrity advice, and not an official university statement unless the linked source is the university's own official page.
Policy signals in this record
- Evidence includes Academic integrity claims.
- No specific AI service name is highlighted by the current public claim text.
- Disclosure, acknowledgment, citation, or attribution language appears in the public claim text.
- Teaching, assessment, coursework, or syllabus-related language appears in the public claim text.
Review: Agent reviewed
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Policy profile
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Review: Machine candidate
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AI disclosure
Bournemouth University has 1 source-backed public claim for ai disclosure; deterministic analysis status: recommended.
Coursework
Bournemouth University has 3 source-backed public claims for coursework; deterministic analysis status: required.
Exams
Bournemouth University has 4 source-backed public claims for exams; deterministic analysis status: required.
Privacy and data entry
No source-backed public claim about privacy or data-entry restrictions is present in this profile.
The current public tracker record does not contain claim evidence about personal, confidential, sensitive, regulated, or student data entry into AI tools.
Academic integrity
Bournemouth University has 4 source-backed public claims for academic integrity; deterministic analysis status: required.
Approved tools
No source-backed public claim identifying approved or licensed AI tools is present in this profile.
The current public tracker record does not contain claim evidence that identifies institutionally approved, licensed, procured, or enterprise AI tools.
Named AI services
No source-backed public claim naming a specific AI service is present in this profile.
The current public tracker record does not contain claim evidence naming a specific AI service.
Teaching guidance
No source-backed public claim about teaching guidance is present in this profile.
The current public tracker record does not contain claim evidence about instructor, classroom, assessment-design, or syllabus guidance.
Research guidance
No source-backed public claim about research AI use is present in this profile.
The current public tracker record does not contain claim evidence about research use, publication ethics, research data, grants, or human-subjects compliance.
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.
Coverage score measures breadth of public, source-backed coverage only. It is not a policy quality, strictness, legal adequacy, safety, or compliance score.
Evidence-backed claims
4 reviewed evidence-backed public claim
Academic Integrity
Bournemouth University academic-offences guidance lists using artificial intelligence software to write all or part of an assignment and claiming the work as your own as an example of an academic offence.
Review: Agent reviewed
Normalized value: ai_written_assignment_claimed_as_own_academic_offence_example
Original evidence
Evidence 1An academic offence often includes: Using artificial intelligence software to write all or part of an assignment and claiming the work as your own.
Localized display only
BU lists AI-written work claimed as the student's own as an example of an academic offence.
Academic Integrity
Bournemouth University student guidance says using generative AI when writing coursework is not, by itself, an academic offence, while directing students to use the resource responsibly and appropriately.
Review: Agent reviewed
Normalized value: generative_ai_coursework_use_not_automatic_offence_responsible_use_expected
Original evidence
Evidence 1While it is not an academic offence to use generative AI when writing your coursework, your tutors want to see what you have learned and how you have developed. We have produced a guide for you to use this resource responsibly and appropriately
Localized display only
BU says generative AI use in coursework is not automatically an academic offence, but students are directed to use it responsibly and appropriately.
Academic Integrity
Bournemouth University student guidance warns that AI outputs can be inaccurate or outdated and says students should verify AI outputs by checking other reliable sources.
Review: Agent reviewed
Normalized value: students_should_verify_ai_outputs_against_reliable_sources
Original evidence
Evidence 1Not checking facts that you have been given by AI, as these can sometimes be factually inaccurate "hallucinations" or outdated information. We must always verify AI outputs by checking independently other reliable sources
Localized display only
BU warns that AI outputs can be inaccurate or outdated and says they should be independently checked against reliable sources.
Academic Integrity
Bournemouth University's 6H taught-awards policy defines academic offences as attempts to gain unfair advantage in assessment by deception or fraudulent means and frames academic integrity around responsibility for one's own work, acknowledging others' work, honest reporting, and avoiding unfair advantage.
Review: Agent reviewed
Normalized value: academic_offence_defined_as_unfair_advantage_by_deception_or_fraud
Original evidence
Evidence 1Academic Integrity involves all those in higher education (staff and students) and means: taking responsibility for their own work; fully acknowledging the work of others wherever it has contributed to your own; ensuring that your own work is reported honestly including the avoidance of contract cheating; avoiding actions which seek to give you an unfair advantage over others
Localized display only
BU's 6H policy frames academic integrity around responsibility for one's work, acknowledging others, honest reporting, and avoiding unfair advantage.
Candidate claims
0 machine or needs-review claim
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Official sources
3 source attribution
6H - Academic Offences: Policy and Procedure for Taught Awards
intranetsp.bournemouth.ac.uk
Academic integrity and artificial intelligence (AI)
bournemouth.ac.uk
How to avoid academic offences
bournemouth.ac.uk
Change log
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Corrections and missing evidence
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