Position Statement and Guidance on Generative AI and Doctoral Education

Key messages - Doctoral researchers, supervisors, and examiners are jointly responsible for upholding the academic integrity of the doctorate through open discussions about the uses and abuses of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) - Declarations of GenAI use will be needed at all stages of doctoral research and adaptable templates for such declarations are given in this document - Specific cases are exemplified but with caveats: the pace of change in GenAI technology and safeguarding warrant ongoing ethical and intellectual judgement - This is an evolving document designed to capture principles and examples of GenAI use rather than advise on all specific uses, which are evolving - The use of institutionally licensed GenAI is recommended, specifically the institutional version of CoPilot.