2. AI and The University of Queensland
UQ Students and AI
Coursework students
You should confirm with your course coordinator or check your course profile before using GenAI tools in your assessment. Some assessment pieces do not permit the use of AI tools, while others may allow AI with some limitations. If you use AI in your assessment without permission or appropriate acknowledgment, it may be considered Academic Misconduct. It is recommended that you use an assignment coversheet to acknowledge your use of AI tools for assignments.
If you are required to use AI for assessment, you have free access to Microsoft Copilot and Adobe Express. When discipline-specific software is required for assessment that uses AI (e.g. Matlab), your Course Coordinator will organise access.
Higher degree by research students
UQ Graduate School offers writing guidance training about academic writing integrity. AI tools may be useful to help develop your writing skills but an over-reliance on them for academic writing or use of AI tools without appropriate acknowledgement may be considered academic misconduct. Any use of these tools should align with UQ’s Intellectual Property Policy and not prevent you from licensing your work.
Talk with your thesis supervisor or the Graduate School if you need more information.
UQ staff and AI
Staff should discuss the appropriate usage of AI tools with their supervisors and/or colleagues. The Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation provides advice for UQ staff about teaching, learning, and assessment with Generative AI.
UQ’s AI tools
Staff and students have access to Microsoft Copilot via the Edge browser or the website (UQ username and password required). You can also access Adobe Express, a tool capable of generating images, text effects, and vectors.
Some AI tools have been denied for use on UQ-owned devices. Visit the software approval list for more information. Staff and students should consider UQ policies, procedures and licensing agreements when using AI, but also the the wider ethical, legal and social impacts of such tools.
AI research at UQ
Artificial Intelligence is being researched at UQ for many purposes — from what students might need in their current studies and future employment, to how it may influence society and develop efficiencies in productivity. UQ AI Collaboratory has information on projects using AI solutions. Some of this transformative work in research includes:
- medicine and healthcare — to assist with imaging, prediction, diagnostics, analysis, decision-making, modelling and machine learning, and telehealth
- agriculture and ecology — to assist with modelling and forecasting
- education — to transform educational platforms, developing tools for students and academics that will assist with teaching, learning and assessment
- business — to transform and engage in digital transactions
- philosophy — to consider its ethical use and trustworthiness.
Watch Professor Jason Tangen from the School of Psychology talk about the future of AI to transform teaching, research and engagement (YouTube, 10m5s).
