AI on campus: policy, assessment and integrity

Why it matters

Generative AI has changed how students learn and how universities assess them. Institutions are setting clear expectations for acceptable use in teaching and assessment.

Students already use AI tools widely, and institutions need guidance that is fair and consistent. Policies increasingly distinguish between uses that support learning and uses that replace it.

What's changing

• Assessment is being redesigned to emphasise process, oral examination and applied work.
• Detection tools are widely considered unreliable as the only evidence of misconduct.
• Academic staff need guidance and training.

How leaders are responding

• Publishing course-level guidance on acceptable use.
• Redesigning assessments with academic staff.
• Providing institution-approved tools with data protection.

What good looks like

• Assessment redesigned so AI use is visible and appropriate
• Approved tools provided to all students
• Staff and students trained on the same clear policy

What to watch

• Sector guidance on AI in assessment.
• Institution-wide licences for AI tools.
• AI literacy in curricula.

Where to start