Does University of Bath use AI detection? No
Short answer
No. University of Bath does not run AI detection on submissions, so no AI score is generated for your work.
Module rules on permitted AI use still apply either way, and a detector score is never the whole case — the university’s own statement and what it means for you are below.
What University of Bath has said
AI authorship detection not enabled (Inspera Originality). Bath uses Inspera Originality (formerly Ouriginal) rather than Turnitin; the Learning and Teaching Hub states the university's implementation "does not have translation checking or AI authorship detection enabled".
Source (No date on page (guide live 2026)): Introduction to Inspera Originality
The guide is live in 2026 but carries no publication date; last verified 23 August 2026.
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What this means if you study here
Bath is the tracker's reminder that Turnitin isn't the only system: the university uses Inspera Originality for similarity checking, and its Learning and Teaching Hub states the implementation has AI authorship detection (and translation checking) switched off. Different vendor, same institutional choice: no AI score is generated for your work.
Bath's integrity rules on AI use still apply in full, assessed through human judgement and process evidence rather than a detector number.
Turnitin at University of Bath
University of Bath has the AI-detection feature disabled in its checking tools, so no AI score is generated for submissions. Similarity checking is separate from AI detection and remains the sector norm, so source matching should still be assumed.
How the AI writing report behaves wherever it is enabled — the 300-word minimum, the 1–19% asterisk band, and why the score is never proof on its own — is covered in does Turnitin detect AI?
Before you submit, anywhere
- Policies change and are re-verified here quarterly — the university’s linked statement above is always the authority, and your module brief overrides everything.
- Whatever the institutional toggle, keep your drafts and version history: process evidence decides disputes, not scores.
- No third-party tool predicts a Turnitin result — here is why. Use checks to understand your own writing, not to chase a number.
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