London, United Kingdom Last checked May 12, 2026

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

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Coursework

Conditions and evidence gaps

Assessment AI use is classified as none, limited or full authorization; the course or department must communicate the applicable position.

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Exams

Conditions and evidence gaps

Assessment-specific authorization and safeguards apply, including observed assessments; tool availability is not exam permission.

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Disclosure

Conditions and evidence gaps

No specific AI disclosure format is established in the current reviewed Claims. Check the course or publication instructions.

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Privacy and data

Conditions and evidence gaps

Do not enter personal, confidential or commercially sensitive data into external AI tools; Claude has an explicit no-sensitive-data condition.

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Institutional tools

Conditions and evidence gaps

LSE lists Claude for Education and protected Copilot for specified users; Claude is optional and does not train on student/staff data.

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Research and publication

Conditions and evidence gaps

Research AI should support the researcher, who remains accountable; data must meet LSE privacy/security conditions.

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Academic integrity

Conditions and evidence gaps

The 2025/26 assessment guidance requests safeguards against unfair AI advantage; it does not itself establish a student appeal deadline.

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Teaching guidance

Conditions and evidence gaps

Departments and convenors should specify and communicate the assessment authorization category.

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Security and procurement

Conditions and evidence gaps

Third-party AI handling of research or sensitive information must meet LSE security, privacy and legal restrictions.

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Do

Check whether the assessment authorizes no, limited or full AI use.
Site advice
Check whether the assessment authorizes no, limited or full AI use.
Scope
Assessment authorization is set by departments/course convenors. Research guidance and external-tool data restrictions have separate scopes.
LSE requires departments or course convenors to classify authorised generative AI use in assessment as no authorised use, limited authorised use, or full authorised use, and to communicate the position to students.
Original evidence and scope
LSE requires departments or course convenors to classify authorised generative AI use in assessment as no authorised use, limited authorised use, or full authorised use, and to communicate the position to students.
cc-lse-001
In advance of the start of the academic year, all academic departments must agree department-wide or course-level positions on the authorised use of generative AI in assessment within one of the following positions: Position 1: No authorised use of generative AI in assessment. Position 2: Limited authorised use of generative AI in assessment. Position 3: Full authorised use of generative AI in assessment.
School position on the use of generative AI in assessment 2025/26
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Remain accountable for AI-assisted research outputs.
Source guidance
Remain accountable for AI-assisted research outputs.
Scope
Assessment authorization is set by departments/course convenors. Research guidance and external-tool data restrictions have separate scopes.
LSE research guidance applies to LSE staff and students undertaking research and frames generative AI as a supportive tool while keeping researchers accountable for outputs.
Original evidence and scope
LSE research guidance applies to LSE staff and students undertaking research and frames generative AI as a supportive tool while keeping researchers accountable for outputs.
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This guidance applies to all LSE staff and students undertaking research. Generative AI refers to AI systems that create new content, predominantly text but also images, audio and video, based on users’ natural language prompts. It should be thought of as a supportive tool or assistant, with researchers always in the driver’s seat and accountable for what they produce.
Definition and scope of research guidance
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Check LSE privacy and security conditions before choosing a research tool.
Site advice
Check LSE privacy and security conditions before choosing a research tool.
Scope
Assessment authorization is set by departments/course convenors. Research guidance and external-tool data restrictions have separate scopes.
LSE research guidance tells researchers not to share personal, sensitive, or confidential data with third-party AI tools unless the tools meet LSE privacy and security standards, and it strongly encourages Microsoft Copilot for privacy and security.
Original evidence and scope
LSE research guidance tells researchers not to share personal, sensitive, or confidential data with third-party AI tools unless the tools meet LSE privacy and security standards, and it strongly encourages Microsoft Copilot for privacy and security.
cc-lse-006
Researchers should not share personal, sensitive, or confidential data with 3rd party tools that do not provide assurances of privacy and security that are satisfactory to LSE standards. Microsoft Copilot is available for staff and student use in the LSE, supported centrally, and is fully secure and private when logged in with an LSE email in the Edge browser.
Legal and Data Risks; Data Privacy and Security
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Don’t

Do not upload personal or confidential data to external AI tools.
Requirement in this scope
Do not upload personal or confidential data to external AI tools.
Scope
Assessment authorization is set by departments/course convenors. Research guidance and external-tool data restrictions have separate scopes.
LSE legal and regulatory guidance tells users not to put personal data, confidential or commercially sensitive data, or certain copyrighted content into external AI tools.
Original evidence and scope
LSE legal and regulatory guidance tells users not to put personal data, confidential or commercially sensitive data, or certain copyrighted content into external AI tools.
cc-lse-007
Don’t put personal data in an AI tool that is external to LSE. If it will swallow the personal data for further processing that LSE cannot control, you can’t use the AI tool. Don’t upload in-copyright content where you do not have the copyright holder’s permission and where the AI tool is known to use inputs as training data. Don’t put confidential or commercially sensitive data in an AI tool that is external to LSE.
What not to do
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Do not share personal, operational or confidential data through Claude.
Requirement in this scope
Do not share personal, operational or confidential data through Claude.
Scope
Assessment authorization is set by departments/course convenors. Research guidance and external-tool data restrictions have separate scopes.
LSE Claude for Education guidance says use is optional, student and staff data will not be used to train Anthropic models, and personal, operational, or confidential data must not be shared through Claude.
Original evidence and scope
LSE Claude for Education guidance says use is optional, student and staff data will not be used to train Anthropic models, and personal, operational, or confidential data must not be shared through Claude.
cc-lse-008
Anthropic have guaranteed that LSE student and staff data will not be used to train their models. Use of Claude for Education is completely optional – there is no obligation to sign up. Personal, operational, or confidential data must not be shared via Claude, and Claude must not be integrated into operational workflows or processes.
Anthropic's Claude for Education guidance
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Do not read tool availability as unrestricted assessment permission.
Site advice
Do not read tool availability as unrestricted assessment permission.
Scope
Assessment authorization is set by departments/course convenors. Research guidance and external-tool data restrictions have separate scopes.
LSE states that making generative AI tools available does not endorse unrestricted use, and users should check their specific course, programme, or department policy.
Original evidence and scope
LSE states that making generative AI tools available does not endorse unrestricted use, and users should check their specific course, programme, or department policy.
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By making generative AI tools available, LSE is not endorsing the unrestricted use of generative AI tools by students and staff. You should always check your specific course and/or department policy on the use of generative AI tools.
Generative AI guidance page
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AI use questioned?Investigation, possible outcomes and appeal

AI tools & access

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Reviewed claims

Official sources

6 official URLs; 6 source attributions and their captured versions retained.

AI Legal and Regulatory Guidance

info.lse.ac.uk

University official source

info.lse.ac.uk

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AI Legal and Regulatory Guidance · 2026-05-12T14:03:47.000Z

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Hashes identify a captured version; they do not establish current policy or review approval.

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Anthropic's Claude for Education - LSE

info.lse.ac.uk

University official source

info.lse.ac.uk

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Anthropic's Claude for Education - LSE · 2026-05-12T14:03:47.000Z

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Generative AI - LSE

info.lse.ac.uk

University official source

info.lse.ac.uk

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Generative AI - LSE · 2026-05-12T14:03:47.000Z

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LSE Guidance on the use of Generative AI for research

www.lse.ac.uk

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lse.ac.uk

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LSE Guidance on the use of Generative AI for research · 2026-05-12T14:03:47.000Z

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61a62e350898b61414d3fe9570861817e1fdb32409f5852701cfc326c27a1d43

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LSE position on generative AI in assessment 2025/26

info.lse.ac.uk

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info.lse.ac.uk

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LSE position on generative AI in assessment 2025/26 · 2026-05-12T14:03:47.000Z

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19740e21dc7d3f030b14aa2028d3f2d6992743694d847afe970c918484cc90e4

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School position on generative AI - LSE

info.lse.ac.uk

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info.lse.ac.uk

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School position on generative AI - LSE · 2026-05-12T14:03:47.000Z

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b9ab03932e412e7f898119c7d6ea3a0dce2569b2c771950867c49e448de66f2d

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Record information, JSON & citation

Review layers: claim review applies to the claims only. Analysis is a separate machine-generated summary awaiting review. Coverage scores do not establish complete policy knowledge.

Claim review state: agent_reviewed
Analysis review state: machine_candidate
Record revision: public-release-20260924-002
Dataset release: public-release-20260924-002
Correction published: 2026-09-24T23:31:02.306Z
Student snapshot: Not published

Current reviewed JSON · Historical baseline

Published V6 presentation; JSON and MCP retain the existing public record. Supplementary quotations and scope notes remain pending review. Local candidate corrections, tools and student summaries are not approved for publication. Institution-wide audit remains PARTIAL.

Institution-wide evidence audit remains PARTIAL. Supplementary quotations are not independently verified by this presentation release.
Current JSON and MCP retain the previous public Claim set. Local candidate corrections and held decisions remain private and pending review.
Source excerpts retain their declared capture limitations. Original official HTTP/PDF bytes were not verified by this release.
Institutional semantic audit remains PARTIAL. Student-facing display is derived from existing published Claims; no new institutional tool record, source verification or strong snapshot approval.

Current reviewed JSON

Questions students ask

Can I use AI for my coursework?

Assessment AI use is classified as none, limited or full authorization; the course or department must communicate the applicable position.

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Do I need to disclose AI use?

No specific AI disclosure format is established in the current reviewed Claims. Check the course or publication instructions.

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Can I upload sensitive data?

Do not enter personal, confidential or commercially sensitive data into external AI tools; Claude has an explicit no-sensitive-data condition.

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Which tools can I access?