At the Technological University of the Shannon (TUS), using AI to complete part or all of an assignment is academic misconduct unless the assessment specifically permits it, and any use of AI must be acknowledged. That is how the TUS academic integrity page puts it (no date shown on the page, checked 17 October 2026).
Try the free previewThe academic integrity page of the Centre for Pedagogical Innovation and Development (CPID) explains what counts as academic misconduct with a list of examples. The last one is about AI: "Using AI to complete part or all of an assignment unless specifically permitted as part of the assessment." It continues: "Any use of AI must be acknowledged correctly."
Read literally, the starting point is that AI may not be used to complete work unless the assessment itself says otherwise. Permission therefore sits in your assessment: the brief, the module information or your project guidelines. If none of them says anything, ask your lecturer or supervisor before you use a tool.
The page refers to the TUS Academic Integrity and Plagiarism policy, which applies to all learners working towards an award or credits. We could not open that policy document, so this page relies on the web page only. Read the policy itself through your programme.
The same list covers more than AI: copying without acknowledging the source, direct quotations not marked as quotations even when they are cited, paraphrasing without citing, incomplete or inaccurate citations, collusion, working with others on an individual assignment, self-plagiarism, and buying assignments.
Two of these deserve attention in a final year project. Self-plagiarism, which the page describes as reusing your own work that you have previously submitted for an assessment: if your project grows out of an earlier proposal or module essay, ask your supervisor how you may reuse that material. And incomplete or inaccurate citations, which creep into long documents when notes from different months are merged into one chapter.
TUS offers students a short course on Moodle, Understanding Academic Integrity, developed with SETU and made up of five sessions you can take at your own pace. One session is about AI: "Learn how to use AI tools responsibly, understand their limitations and cite AI-generated content correctly." The page also links to the Library's referencing guides, which cover Harvard, APA and Vancouver.
Esmond evaluates; it does not write. You upload your own draft and get comments in the margin plus a report that shows where your argument, method or use of sources is weaker, and why. It does not write or rewrite your text: it points to the weak spot and gives a direction for revising it. Where a comment includes an example, it illustrates a principle; the sentence you submit is one you write yourself.
TUS has no connection with Esmond and has not endorsed it. Be straight with yourself: Esmond works with language models, so using it is a form of AI use. Rules on AI differ per university, programme, module and assignment. Check your module or programme handbook before you upload, and if it is unclear, ask your supervisor or module coordinator and declare the use if your institution asks you to.
This page summarises what the institution publishes, with links to the source. It is not legal advice and not a ruling on your assignment: what your programme, module or supervisor sets always comes first.
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The TUS page does not mention the final year project specifically. It lists using AI to complete part or all of an assignment as misconduct unless the assessment specifically permits it. Check your project guidelines and ask your supervisor.
No. Esmond is independent. TUS has no connection with Esmond and has not endorsed it.
Official page, checked 17 October 2026. Quotations are word for word; the rest is our summary. Read the full text at the source.