Policy presence
The University of Newcastle, Australia (UON) has 5 source-backed public claims for policy presence; deterministic analysis status: unclear.
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The University of Newcastle, Australia (UON)
The University of Newcastle, Australia (UON) is listed as QS 2026 rank =227. The University of Newcastle, Australia (UON) has 6 source-backed AI policy claim records from 3 official source attributions. The public record preserves original-language evidence snippets, source URLs, snapshot hashes, confidence, and review state.
Short answer
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The University of Newcastle, Australia (UON) is listed as QS 2026 rank =227. The University of Newcastle, Australia (UON) has 6 source-backed AI policy claim records from 3 official source attributions. The public record preserves original-language evidence snippets, source URLs, snapshot hashes, confidence, and review state.
Citation-ready summary
As of this public record, University AI Policy Tracker lists The University of Newcastle, Australia (UON) as an agent-reviewed AI policy record last checked on May 15, 2026 and last changed on May 15, 2026. The record contains 6 source-backed claims, including 6 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/the-university-of-newcastle-australia.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.
- Evidence includes Teaching claims.
- Evidence includes Privacy claims.
- Evidence includes Research claims.
- Named AI services detected in public claims: ChatGPT.
- 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.
Review: Agent reviewed
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Policy profile
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Review: Machine candidate
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AI disclosure
The University of Newcastle, Australia (UON) has 1 source-backed public claim for ai disclosure; deterministic analysis status: recommended.
Coursework
The University of Newcastle, Australia (UON) has 4 source-backed public claims for coursework; deterministic analysis status: restricted.
Exams
The University of Newcastle, Australia (UON) has 4 source-backed public claims for exams; deterministic analysis status: restricted.
Privacy and data entry
The University of Newcastle, Australia (UON) has 2 source-backed public claims for privacy and data entry; deterministic analysis status: restricted.
Academic integrity
The University of Newcastle, Australia (UON) has 3 source-backed public claims for academic integrity; deterministic analysis status: restricted.
Approved tools
The University of Newcastle, Australia (UON) has 1 source-backed public claim for approved tools; deterministic analysis status: required.
Named AI services
The University of Newcastle, Australia (UON) has 2 source-backed public claims for named ai services; deterministic analysis status: restricted.
Teaching guidance
The University of Newcastle, Australia (UON) has 3 source-backed public claims for teaching guidance; deterministic analysis status: recommended.
Research guidance
The University of Newcastle, Australia (UON) has 2 source-backed public claims for research guidance; deterministic analysis status: restricted.
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
6 reviewed evidence-backed public claim
Academic Integrity
For assessments, UON's GenAI teaching, learning and assessment policy says students should follow teaching-staff directions about GenAI use and appropriately disclose and reference GenAI use.
Review: Agent reviewed
Normalized value: students_should_follow_directions_disclose_reference_genai_assessment_use
Original evidence
Evidence 1Students should: follow directions from teaching staff regarding the use of GenAI in assessments; and appropriately disclose and reference use of GenAI in assessments.
Academic Integrity
UON's GenAI teaching, learning and assessment policy says use of GenAI in assessment does not automatically constitute academic misconduct, but may do so where lecturers or course coordinators have explicitly prohibited it.
Review: Agent reviewed
Normalized value: genai_assessment_not_automatic_misconduct_if_not_prohibited
Original evidence
Evidence 1The use of GenAI does not automatically constitute academic misconduct. However, it may constitute academic misconduct where the use of GenAI has been explicitly prohibited by lecturers and/or Course Co-ordinators.
Teaching
UON's GenAI teaching, learning and assessment policy says GenAI should not be used to mark student work unless the output is reviewed and approved by the course marker or coordinator, and any GenAI marking use must be clearly communicated with an opt-out opportunity for students.
Review: Agent reviewed
Normalized value: genai_marking_requires_human_review_communication_and_student_opt_out
Original evidence
Evidence 1GenAI should not be used to mark student work unless the output is reviewed and approved by the course marker/coordinator before the output is shared with the student. Any use of generative AI in marking processes must be clearly communicated to students, with students given the opportunity to opt out of the use of GenAI in marking their work.
Privacy
UON's GenAI research guideline says researchers are responsible for protecting unpublished or sensitive work by not uploading it into online AI systems without assurance that the data will not be reused to train future models or for untraceable data use.
Review: Agent reviewed
Normalized value: research_sensitive_or_unpublished_work_not_uploaded_without_reuse_assurance
Original evidence
Evidence 1Researchers are responsible for protecting unpublished or sensitive work by not uploading it into online AI systems without assurance that the data will not be re-used to train future models or for the untraceable use of data.
Research
UON's GenAI research guideline recognises legitimate and beneficial uses of GenAI in research and says researchers, including students conducting research, may use GenAI tools within appropriate operating principles.
Review: Agent reviewed
Normalized value: researchers_may_use_genai_within_appropriate_operating_principles
Original evidence
Evidence 1Researchers, including students conducting research, may use generative AI tools within the bounds of appropriate operating principles
Academic Integrity
UON's AskUON student guidance says students must discuss use of ChatGPT and other AI tools with their course coordinator, particularly for work to be submitted.
Review: Agent reviewed
Normalized value: students_must_discuss_chatgpt_and_ai_tools_with_course_coordinator_for_submitted_work
Original evidence
Evidence 1You must discuss use of ChatGPT (and other AI tools) with your course coordinator, particularly in relation to using these tools in the development of work to be submitted.
Candidate claims
0 machine or needs-review claim
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Official sources
3 source attribution
Generative AI in Research Guideline
policies.newcastle.edu.au
Policy on the use of Generative AI in Teaching, Learning and Assessment
policies.newcastle.edu.au
What is the University’s current stance on the use of generative artificial intelligence (such as ChatGPT and Copilot)?
askuon.newcastle.edu.au
Change log
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Corrections and missing evidence
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