Under UWA’s Academic Integrity policy, you are permitted to use AI tools for broad editorial assistance in your writing. This means that you can use spelling, grammar and style checkers for basic feedback on your own written work. Many word-processing software, such as Microsoft Word, have these tools built in as standard.

 

Whenever you use an AI editorial tool, it is your responsibility to exercise judgment as to whether its suggestions are accurate and appropriate in the context of academic writing. You can seek advice on this from STUDYSmarter, UWA’s Academic Skills Centre.

 

Under UWA’s Academic Integrity Policy, plagiarism is defined as occurring when “the source of paraphrased material is not cited; quoted material is cited as if it were paraphrased; and quoted material not cited”. The policy explicitly includes intentionally or unintentionally using AI and Generative Pretrained Transformer (GPT) language as if it were your own as a form of plagiarism.
  
UWA provides lots of support to help you complete your assessments. Contact STUDYSmarter, UWA’s Academic Skills Centre, for help developing your writing, research, study and maths & stats practices. Contact the Library If you have any questions about referencing or source work, or use Studiosity, UWA’s external study support provider.