Academic Integrity and the Use of AI

Using generative AI

AI tools are part of modern work, and we are not pretending otherwise. At ALIT:

• Each assessment task states whether AI use is permitted, and how you must disclose it. Read the
  task instructions.
• Where AI is permitted, you must disclose how you used it — for example for brainstorming,
  structuring, or checking grammar.
• Undisclosed use of AI to produce work you present as your own is academic misconduct, in the same
  category as paying someone else to write it.
• You are always responsible for what you submit — including anything inaccurate that an AI
  tool produced. “The AI wrote it” is not a defence for wrong content.

What counts as academic misconduct

• Plagiarism — presenting someone else’s words, work or ideas as your own
• Collusion — working with others on a task required to be your own individual work
• Contract cheating — having someone else complete your assessment, paid or unpaid
• Fabricating evidence — inventing workplace documents, signatures, logbook entries or
  third-party reports
• Undisclosed AI use — as described above
• Cheating in supervised assessment

How we check authenticity

Your assessor must be satisfied the evidence is genuinely yours before making a competency judgement.
Where they are not, the evidence is not accepted. Checks may include reviewing your submission for
inconsistencies with your other work, text-matching or AI-detection tools as a supporting indicator only
— never as sole proof, and an authentication interview.

If misconduct is suspected

1. Referral — your assessor refers the matter to the Academic Manager with the evidence and
   reasons.
2. You get to respond — you are told what is alleged and given a genuine opportunity to explain
   before any decision is made. You may bring a support person.
3. A decision with reasons — the outcome may be no breach, resubmission, reassessment, or
   disciplinary action, proportionate to what occurred. It is recorded in your student file.
4. You can appeal — every misconduct decision is appealable under
   Complaints and appeals, free of charge.

Why the assessment is designed this way

You may notice supervised tasks, verbal questioning, staged drafts, applied artefacts and
workplace-anchored evidence in your course. These are deliberate. They make assessment resistant to shortcuts,
which protects the value of the qualification for every student who earns it honestly — including you.