Academic Integrity
Academic Integrity is fundamental to studying at University and is defined as acting honestly and responsibly in your academic work. The NTU Academic Integrity Policy emphasises the importance of not presenting others’ work as your own, whether that work was produced by a person or a machine (such as a GenAI tool). This is outlined in section 1.2, c. See section 18, Appendix C for further definitions.
Actions which include the following would contravene the Academic Integrity Policy and should be avoided (see the NTU Academic Integrity Policy linked above for full details):
- Using AI generated elements in your coursework or assessments where this is not allowed, or where this is allowed but where you’ve done so without proper referencing. This includes using AI to rewrite the work of others to pass off as your own, or to rewrite your own work and in the process make corrections or improvements. Some quite public examples of AI-related plagiarism include the generation of reference lists and fabricated data.
- Using AI to generate answers or coursework elements for assessment tasks designed to test your knowledge or your application of knowledge.
- Using AI to change text or images to evade plagiarism detection, or to translate text for written assessments in order to provide a false indication of linguistic ability. The use of AI tools to the extent that the ideas are no longer your own.
It is your responsibility to understand how AI can be used in your coursework and assessments and to understand and apply your university's Academic Integrity Policy appropriately. If in doubt, speak with your tutor or Course Leader.