Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Heriot-Watt University

Record status

Policy statusReviewed evidence-backed recordReview: Agent reviewedClaim coverage2 reviewedEvidence-backed claims2Reviewed2Candidate0Official sources2Source languageenPublic JSON/api/public/v1/universities/heriot-watt-university.json

Policy profile

Coverage score60/100Coverage labelmoderate public coverageReview: Machine candidateAnalysis confidence79%

AI disclosure

No source-backed public claim about AI disclosure or acknowledgement is present in this profile.

The current public tracker record does not contain claim evidence about disclosing, acknowledging, citing, or declaring AI use.

Not MentionedMachine candidateConfidence0%Evidence0Sources0

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.

Not MentionedMachine candidateConfidence0%Evidence0Sources0

Academic integrity

Heriot-Watt University has 1 source-backed public claim for academic integrity; deterministic analysis status: restricted.

RestrictedMachine candidateConfidence80%Evidence1Sources1

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.

Not MentionedMachine candidateConfidence0%Evidence0Sources0

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.

Not MentionedMachine candidateConfidence0%Evidence0Sources0

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 records0

No tool-level evidence is published for this record yet. Broad AI tool mentions are not expanded into named tool conclusions.

Evidence-backed claims

2 reviewed evidence-backed public claim

Academic Integrity

Heriot-Watt University's 2025 Student Academic Misconduct Policy states that suspected misuse of generative artificial intelligence tools will be dealt with under that policy.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence94%

Normalized value: suspected_genai_misuse_handled_under_academic_misconduct_policy

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Misuse of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) Tools: any suspected misuse of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) will be dealt with under this policy.

Localized display only

The policy treats suspected GenAI misuse as a matter under the Student Academic Misconduct Policy.

Ai Tool Treatment

Heriot-Watt's student AI guidance for AY23-24 says generative AI use is permitted when the use is clearly identified and referenced, while students should check whether and how it is permitted on each course.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence92%

Normalized value: generative_ai_permitted_if_identified_referenced_and_course_allows

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Use of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) is permitted provided that such use is clearly identified and referenced.

Localized display only

The student guidance permits GAI use when it is clearly identified and referenced.

Candidate claims

0 machine or needs-review claim

Official sources

2 source attribution

Change log

Last checkedMay 16, 2026Last changedMay 16, 2026Open change log

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