LO
ConstraintCognitive automation2025-11-07
LSE forbids AI from generating marks on its own and keeps marking decisions and moderation with academic staff
University lectureroccupation page →
Event date / reported
2025-11-07
Evidence stage
ConstraintFailure, rollback, regulation or cost is suppressing adoption. Can lower an assessment or widen its uncertainty.
Tasks this bears on
Marking and feedback
Marking scripts and coursework and giving students feedback.
Being augmented✓ Evidence-backed
Where this applies
United Kingdom, one university. The approved guidance says AI-generated marking and feedback, where AI systems independently generate marks or feedback with minimal or no human involvement, is not permitted, except for automated marking of objective formats such as multiple-choice quizzes; that AI may assist with parts of marking but cannot replace human academic judgement in determining marks, moderation or final decisions; and that it cannot replace second markers or moderators. Written for a pilot year in 2025/26; dissertations are excluded.
What this means
At this university, AI may help with marking but a member of staff decides every mark.
What it does not yet show
One university's rule for a pilot year; it says nothing about how many staff use AI or how marking time changed.
What you can check
Open the LSE guidance PDF and find "is not permitted".
Does it change the assessment?
No. The impact index is never moved by a single event. Nor did this record change a layer: all 1 linked judgement above already rested on earlier evidence. This one adds to them.
Source
London School of Economics (Eden Centre) — LSE Principles and Guidance for AI-assisted Marking & Feedback (approved by Chair's Action, 7 November 2025) · verified 2026-10-15 · Claude (VOLO agent) · interpreted 2026-10-15 · Claude (VOLO agent)
Primary source — published by the party that did this, or the authority of record. No co-signature needed.