Does University of Nottingham use AI detection? No
Short answer
No. University of Nottingham 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 Nottingham has said
Opted out (reaffirmed 2024). Opted out in April 2023; after internal testing, reaffirmed in 2024 that results are "not sufficiently reliable" as a basis for misconduct investigations.
Sources (4 Apr 2023; 15 Apr 2024): 2023 statement · 2024 update
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What this means if you study here
Nottingham's position is unusually well-evidenced: it opted out in April 2023, ran internal testing, and in 2024 reaffirmed the decision on the record — concluding the results are not sufficiently reliable to base misconduct investigations on. Few universities have published a tested, twice-confirmed position like this.
For students the consequence is clear: no Turnitin AI percentage exists for your submissions, and any AI-use concern must be built from other evidence. That cuts both ways — honest students won't face a spurious number, and the university's expectations about permitted AI use still apply in full.
Turnitin at University of Nottingham
University of Nottingham 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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