UCC Policies

AI Legislation

• EU AI Act (2024)
• Guidelines on prohibited artificial intelligence practices established by Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (AI Act)

EU Frameworks (GenAI & AI)

• Living guidelines on the responsible use of generative AI in research, European Research Area Forum (ERA) (2025)
• EU COP for Gen Purpose AI (2025)

National (Gen AI & AI)

• Guidelines for the Responsible Use of AI in the Public Service Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
• Artificial Intelligence in Irish Higher Education – HEA National Resource Hub

UCC (AI & GenAI)

• UCC Statement on AI (Link to follow)
• UCC AI Hub (Link to follow)

Research Integrity & Responsible Conduct of Research

• The European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity - ALLEA (2023)
• National Policy Statement on Ensuring Research Integrity in Ireland Dec 2024
• UCC Code of Research Conduct
• UCC Violations of Research Integrity Policy (Link to follow)
• UCC Research Ethics Policy (Link to follow)
• UCC Research Ethics
• UCC Research Publications, Dissemination & Authorship Policy (Link to follow)

Additional UCC Research Policies (relevant to Responsible Conduct of Research & GenAI use)

• Academic Integrity for Examinations & Assessments Policy
• Data Protection Policy
• Information Compliance/Data Protection Research
• Intellectual Property Policy
• UCC Innovation (OVPRI) Licenses
• UCC Academic Governance-(Academic Agreements)
• Export Control Policy
• Research Security Framework and Due Diligence Process
• UCC Global Engagement Plan
• UCC Sustainability and Climate Action Plan

UCC IT Policies

• Acceptable Usage Policy - AUP
• IT Security Policy
• UCC IT-Security
• IT Software System Request Procedure

Training & Support

Further information and resources on AI and GenAI in UCC, can be sourced via: UCC AI Huband UCC resources such as the Toolkit for the Ethical use of GenAI in Teaching & Learning. 

The UCC Insight Research Ireland Centre for Data Analytics provides training in AI literacy, with further training facilitated by UCC IT Services and the UCC Office of the Vice President for Research & Innovation (see Appendix G).

External Frameworks

• EU AI Act 2024
• ERA Living Guidelines for the Responsible use of Generative AI in Research (2025)
• The European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity - ALLEA (2023)