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Higher Education: Artificial Intelligence

Asked by Dr Al PinkertonLiberal DemocratDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 31 January 2025UIN 25550

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle academic dishonesty arising from the use of generative AI in higher education.

Answered by Janet Daby

Universities are independent and autonomous bodies responsible for decisions such as admissions, diversity of provision, course content, teaching and assessment. As such, they are responsible for designing their own policies regarding the use of artificial intelligence and for taking steps to prevent academic misconduct, as set out in the Office for Students’ regulatory framework.

Academic integrity is crucial to protecting the reputation of the UK’s world-class higher education sector.

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