Keele, United Kingdom

Keele University

Keele University has 4 source-backed AI policy claims from 2 official source attributions. Review state: agent reviewed; 4 reviewed claims. Last checked May 20, 2026.

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Keele University has 4 source-backed AI policy claims from 2 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: Keele University is listed as QS 2026 rank 801-850.

Citation-ready summary

As of this public record, University AI Policy Tracker lists Keele 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 2 official source attributions. Original-language evidence snippets and source URLs remain canonical, with public JSON available at https://eduaipolicy.org/api/public/v1/universities/keele-university.json. The entity-level confidence is 96%. 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.

Claim coverage4 reviewedSource languageenPublic JSON/api/public/v1/universities/keele-university.json

Policy signals in this record

  • Evidence includes Academic integrity claims.
  • Evidence includes Teaching claims.
  • Evidence includes AI tool treatment claims.
  • Named AI services detected in public claims: Microsoft Copilot.
  • 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.
  • Privacy, sensitive-data, or security language appears in the public claim text.
Policy statusReviewed evidence-backed recordReview: Agent reviewedEvidence-backed claims4Reviewed4Candidate0Official sources2

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This page is not legal advice, not academic integrity advice, and not an official university statement unless a linked source is the university's own official page.

Policy profile

Deterministic source-backed dimensions derived from this record's public claims.

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

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Privacy and data entry

Keele University has 1 source-backed public claim for privacy and data entry; deterministic analysis status: required.

RequiredMachine candidateConfidence79%Evidence1Sources1

Approved tools

Keele University has 1 source-backed public claim for approved tools; deterministic analysis status: required.

RequiredMachine candidateConfidence79%Evidence1Sources1

Named AI services

Keele University has 1 source-backed public claim for named ai services; deterministic analysis status: required.

RequiredMachine candidateConfidence79%Evidence1Sources1

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

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

Keele's Student Academic Misconduct Code of Practice classifies inappropriate GenAI use in assessment as academic misconduct when a student presents work as their own without proper attribution or uses GenAI where it is explicitly prohibited.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence96%

Normalized value: inappropriate_genai_use_academic_misconduct

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Using GenAI tools inappropriately in an assessment to present work as one's own, without proper attribution, or where it is explicitly prohibited to use GenAI tools.

Teaching

Keele University's Generative AI in Education Framework says AI in education should be used responsibly, ethically, and equitably within Keele, and that staff and students should be supported to be AI-literate and use AI ethically.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence95%

Normalized value: responsible_ethical_equitable_ai_education_framework

Original evidence

Evidence 1
This framework is intended to ensure that AI in education is used responsibly, ethically, and equitably within Keele. It aims to support the integration of Generative AI in education and development and embedding of foundational AI literacies across staff and students.

Academic Integrity

Keele's framework says students must be advised on how AI can be used in assessments and that this must be clearly stated; it also says staff should remind students to disclose AI-tool use and cite it properly.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence94%

Normalized value: assessment_ai_use_disclosure_and_clear_guidance

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Staff should remind students that they must disclose when AI tools have been used in their work, that they require proper citation and refer them to the Academic Misconduct Code of Practice. Students must be advised on how AI can be used in assessments, and this must be clearly stated.

Ai Tool Treatment

Keele's framework identifies Microsoft Copilot as the institutional GenAI tool available free to staff and students as part of Microsoft Office 365, and says other AI tools must consider accessibility, equitable access, GDPR, and data privacy.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence93%

Normalized value: microsoft_copilot_institutional_genai_tool

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Microsoft Copilot is the institutional tool available free to staff and students as part of the MS Office 365 suite. Use of other AI tools must consider accessibility and equitable access along with GDPR and data privacy.

Candidate claims

0 machine or needs-review claim

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Official sources

2 source attribution

Change log

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Last checkedMay 20, 2026Last changedMay 20, 2026Open change log

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