Does University of Greenwich use AI detection? No
Short answer
No. University of Greenwich 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 Greenwich has said
Opted out. A university article announces the decision not to implement Turnitin's AI detection tool, calling it unproven and citing unknown false-positive risk; the decision is kept under review.
Source (31 Mar 2023): University article
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What this means if you study here
Greenwich said no almost immediately — March 2023, within weeks of the feature launching — calling the tool unproven and its false-positive rate unknown, while keeping the decision under review. Submissions at Greenwich produce a similarity report only.
A 2023 statement kept 'under review' is worth re-checking each academic year; this page is re-verified quarterly. Meanwhile the practical position for students is unchanged: concerns about AI use are raised and resolved through the university's ordinary academic processes, where your drafting history is your best evidence.
Turnitin at University of Greenwich
University of Greenwich has opted out of Turnitin's AI writing indicator, so no Turnitin AI score is generated for submissions. Similarity (plagiarism) checking is a separate Turnitin feature and remains the sector norm — an opt-out of AI detection does not mean submissions go unchecked for source matching.
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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