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5. only identify suspected unauthorised use of AI in summative assessment through the marking process or through AI detection tools that have university endorsement. NB. as at the date of the last page update no such tools had received university endorsement.

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Students are required to include a statement on their use of Gen AI in their final submitted thesis. This is effective as of submission in Trinity Term 2026, but it is recommended that such a statement is included in every thesis submitted from the point of publication of this guidance. The statement should be placed immediately after the abstract. The statement must include a formal declaration that any Gen AI use complies with University, divisional and (where applicable) departmental guidance, where and how Gen AI has been used in preparation of the thesis and summarising how specific uses of Gen AI will be referenced in the text (this could simply amount to reference to a

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9. be aware that submitting work that breaches the specifications defined for a particular assignment constitutes cheating and may constitute plagiarism; cases of suspected unauthorised use of AI will be handled under the usual disciplinary Regulations and using the associated processes.

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8. acknowledge their use of AI as part of the summative assessment submission and use a formal declaration in the format prescribed by the assessment setter.

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3. Every element of summative assessment must be accompanied by a clear explanation of what appropriate assistance is permitted and what is forbidden. Where assistance is permitted, the assignment should specify exactly how students should report the assistance they have received.

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1. Educational practice in teaching and assessment must be grounded in values of integrity, honesty and transparency. These values need to be clearly articulated and frequently discussed.

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Substantive original writing by Gen AI, including either verbatim or closely paraphrased use of Gen AI content, for, e.g., chapters, or parts of chapters, including introduction or conclusion chapters or for a literature review, would fall under the definition of plagiarism or be otherwise a failure of research integrity and is therefore not permissible..

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Use of Gen AI for coding purposes is permitted, where the coding serves a purpose in the research but is not the substantive output of the project. Use of Gen AI for this type of coding is now common practice in many research areas and does not differ significantly from sourcing code from open source repositories. Students are responsible for any code they use being correct, regardless of source, and use of Gen AI code should be declared (excluding debugging).

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The use of local editing tools—such as grammar assistants, code debuggers, and spell-checkers—is permitted and need not be declared.

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The use of AI tools for background research, language translation, creation of bibliography indices and general subject understanding is allowed and does not have to be declared.

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9. be aware that submitting work that breaches the specifications defined for a particular assignment constitutes cheating and may constitute plagiarism; cases of suspected unauthorised use of AI will be handled under the usual disciplinary Regulations and using the associated processes.

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When employing a discrete GenAI tool, rather than where GenAI is a functionality in existing software, users should declare the substantive use of GenAI tools in their work. Declarations could include the name, version, date, and how it was used and affected the research process. If relevant, users must make the input (prompts) and output available, in line with open research principles.

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Substantive use excludes using GenAI for tasks such as assisting non-native speakers with translation, transforming transcribed spoken language to written language by users who face barriers to writing, formatting documents, or improving one’s own standard of English or a foreign language.

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ChatGPT Edu Advanced content generation, summarisation, and complex reasoning Confidential University SSO Free for all current Oxford staff and students (including College staff)

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The AI Competency Centre site has now moved to OxIntranet. Pages on this site will no longer be maintained but will remain available until November during the transition period.

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Codex Coding assistance, file organisation, and workflow automation Confidential University SSO Free for all current Oxford staff and students (including College staff)

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The AI Competency Centre site has now moved to OxIntranet. Pages on this site will no longer be maintained but will remain available until November during the transition period.

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Google Gemini AI assistance integrated with Google Workspace and as a standalone chat Confidential University SSO Free through the University Google Workspace

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The AI Competency Centre site has now moved to OxIntranet. Pages on this site will no longer be maintained but will remain available until November during the transition period.

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Microsoft Copilot Chat Web-grounded chat, summarisation, drafting, and web-based information retrieval Confidential University SSO Free

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The AI Competency Centre site has now moved to OxIntranet. Pages on this site will no longer be maintained but will remain available until November during the transition period.

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These tools have gone through the Third Party Security Assessment (TPSA) process and include enterprise agreements for robust data protection. Use these for moderate and high-risk University data.

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The AI Competency Centre site has now moved to OxIntranet. Pages on this site will no longer be maintained but will remain available until November during the transition period.

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