Leeds, United Kingdom

University of Leeds

Record status

Policy statusReviewed evidence-backed recordReview: Agent reviewedClaim coverage9 reviewedEvidence-backed claims9Reviewed9Candidate0Official sources8Source languageenPublic JSON/api/public/v1/universities/university-of-leeds.json

Policy profile

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

Privacy and data entry

University of Leeds has 1 source-backed public claim for privacy and data entry; deterministic analysis status: restricted.

RestrictedMachine candidateConfidence82%Evidence1Sources1

Teaching guidance

University of Leeds has 1 source-backed public claim for teaching guidance; deterministic analysis status: recommended.

RecommendedMachine candidateConfidence80%Evidence1Sources1

Research guidance

University of Leeds has 1 source-backed public claim for research guidance; deterministic analysis status: restricted.

RestrictedMachine candidateConfidence81%Evidence1Sources1

Security and procurement

University of Leeds has 1 source-backed public claim for security and procurement; deterministic analysis status: restricted.

RestrictedMachine candidateConfidence79%Evidence1Sources1

AI tools

Derived tool records1

AI tools

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Evidence-backed claims

9 reviewed evidence-backed public claim

Privacy

University of Leeds data-restriction guidance says certain data, including passwords, usernames, PII, sensitive or confidential material, University IP, and some copyright-protected or third-party data, must never be put into AI software.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence96%

Normalized value: restricted_data_must_never_be_input_to_ai

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Certain types of data must never be put into any AI software. These include: passwords and usernames; personally identifiable information (PII) or other sensitive or confidential material; any data related to University Intellectual Property; any data that is protected by Copyright, unless explicit permission for its use with AI tools has been obtained.

Academic Integrity

University of Leeds assessment guidance says students can use generative AI to help learning but cannot use AI to generate or falsify work.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence95%

Normalized value: genai_may_support_learning_not_generate_or_falsify_work

Original evidence

Evidence 1
As a general principle, you can use generative AI to help you learn but cannot use AI to generate or falsify work.

Ai Tool Treatment

University of Leeds assessment guidance uses a red, amber, and green traffic-light system to indicate how GenAI should be used in taught student assessments.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence95%

Normalized value: red_amber_green_genai_assessment_categories

Original evidence

Evidence 1
The University of Leeds uses a three-tiered traffic light system to indicate how Gen AI should be used in assessments.

Academic Integrity

University of Leeds GenAI acknowledgement guidance says students must acknowledge GenAI use in an Acknowledgements or Declarations section when it functionally assisted their academic work.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence95%

Normalized value: must_acknowledge_functional_genai_assistance

Original evidence

Evidence 1
You must acknowledge the use of Gen AI in an 'Acknowledgements' or 'Declarations' section when you have used it as a functional tool to assist you as you were creating any academic work.

Research

University of Leeds postgraduate researcher guidance says PGRs must not use GenAI to write their thesis, transfer report, or other work, falsify work, or breach research assessment and examination guidance.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence95%

Normalized value: pgrs_must_not_use_genai_to_write_or_falsify_research_assessment_work

Original evidence

Evidence 1
You must not use Gen AI to write your thesis, transfer report or other work, falsify work or breach guidelines for the research assessment and examination processes.

Teaching

In Leeds taught-student assessment guidance, amber-category assessments permit GenAI only in an assistive role as specified by the module tutor and required by the assessment.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence94%

Normalized value: amber_genai_assistive_as_specified_by_tutor

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Under this category, you are permitted to use Gen AI tools in an assistive role as specified by the module tutor and required by the assessment.

Ai Tool Treatment

University of Leeds staff guidance says all material wholly or substantially generated using an AI tool should be declared clearly in the document in which it occurs.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence94%

Normalized value: staff_should_declare_wholly_or_substantially_ai_generated_material

Original evidence

Evidence 1
All material that is wholly or substantially generated using an AI tool should be declared clearly in the document in which it occurs, whether the document is for internal or external use.

Academic Integrity

University of Leeds Library guidance says unpermitted GenAI use or failure to correctly acknowledge allowed GenAI use in assessment will be classed as academic misconduct.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence94%

Normalized value: unpermitted_or_unacknowledged_genai_use_classed_as_academic_misconduct

Original evidence

Evidence 1
If you are found to have used generative AI when you weren't supposed to, this will be classed as academic misconduct. If you do not correctly acknowledge the use of generative AI, this will be classed as academic misconduct.

Security Review

University of Leeds GenAI tools guidance says Copilot should be used for work purposes, including assessed work, unless there is a good reason why it cannot be used.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence93%

Normalized value: copilot_should_be_used_for_work_purposes_unless_good_reason

Original evidence

Evidence 1
For work purposes, including assessed work, Copilot should be used unless there is a good reason why it can't be.

Candidate claims

0 machine or needs-review claim

Official sources

8 source attribution

Change log

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