INSTATS POLICY SERIES

Resources for The Institutional AI Readiness Pack

Instruments and downloads

Read any instrument in your browser, download an editable Word copy, or use the PDF for circulation. The full collection is open for institutional adaptation under CC BY 4.0.

Start here

One page on what the pack contains and where to begin. Read this first.

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Start Here — A Map of the Pack — What is in it, what each piece does, and where to begin
brief · HTML, Word, PDF
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Assessment suite

Run these to find out where you stand.

A1
Institutional AI-Readiness Maturity Self-Assessment — The 20-cell instrument
form · HTML, Word, PDF
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A2
Researcher and Doctoral-Student Survey
form · HTML, Word, PDF
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A3
Supervisor Survey
form · HTML, Word, PDF
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A4
Gap-Analysis Worksheet and Action Ladder — The 60 rungs
form · HTML, Word, PDF
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A5
Board and Council Reporting One-Pager
form · HTML, Word, PDF
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Role briefings

One per audience. Nothing to complete — these are for reading.

B1
Briefing: Senior Research Leadership — Vice-Presidents for Research, Deputy and Pro Vice-Chancellors, Deputy Provosts
brief · HTML, Word, PDF
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B2
Briefing: Deans and Associate Deans of Research
brief · HTML, Word, PDF
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B3
Briefing: Graduate School and Doctoral College Leadership
brief · HTML, Word, PDF
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B4
Briefing: Research-Integrity and Graduate Studies Committees
brief · HTML, Word, PDF
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B5
Briefing: Graduate-Student Representative Bodies
brief · HTML, Word, PDF
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Agreements

Completed by people, together, and revisited.

G1
Supervisor–Student AI-Use Agreement
form · HTML, Word, PDF
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Policy library

Adopt and adapt into your own institutional documents.

P1
Model Institutional AI-in-Research Policy
brief · HTML, Word, PDF
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P2
AI-Use Disclosure Standard
brief · HTML, Word, PDF
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Adapt these. That is what they are for. You may rewrite, shorten, extend, translate and redistribute any instrument here, including commercially, and embed the text directly into your own institutional policy — with attribution, and without asking permission.

Suggested line: Adapted from The Institutional AI Readiness Pack (Instats, 2026), CC BY 4.0.