If you are using AI to support the preparation of an assessed piece of work (exams, essays, group tasks, written exercises, observation of practice, portfolios, performances, presentations), you will need to acknowledge openly and transparently how and why you have used AI for the development of your work.

Generative AI can be an incredibly useful tool in various aspects of your work. However, it’s important to remember that it shouldn’t replace your own efforts. Reflect on why you’re using it and what you aim to achieve. By doing so, you can ensure that AI enhances your productivity and creativity without taking over the elements of your assignment that benefit from your unique insights and skills.

As with all sources of information you use in your work, you will need to critically evaluate any content generated using AI. In addition to acknowledging how you have used AI more broadly in your work, if you think it is appropriate for the task you have been given to use this material directly in your work, perhaps as a verbatim quotation, embedded image or figure, or by summarising and paraphrasing the materials, you must include an in-text citation and reference. Cite Them Right can help you reference AI and you can find examples of acknowledging AI on the Academic Skills Kit.

If there is a suspicion that the work you have submitted for assessment is not your own, including text, images, or code, partially or wholly generated by AI. In that case, your work will be considered academic misconduct and the Student Progress Service reserves the right to run work through an AI checker as part of an investigation into academic misconduct.

We've put together an AI for Learning Canvas course that provides practical advice, examples and resources to allow you to use generative AI productively and responsibly as part of your learning journey. It is a good place to start to learn more about AI and how you can use the tools in a way that supports good academic practice. You can also find more information on the use of AI in the Academic Skills Kit, including a useful page on appropriate and inappropriate use of AI when preparing your assessment.

You can also download a handy checklist for using AI responsibly whilst at Newcastle University.

**Always check the guidance on the use AI from your School**