26 August 2026

In May 2025, the faculty AI working group was established at the request of the Faculty Board. More than 20 members of staff participated voluntarily in the working group, coming from all sections of the faculty. The aim was to develop practical applications and faculty-wide guidelines for the use of generative AI (GenAI).

Working group

To organise the working group’s tasks properly, it was decided to have three subgroups: Education & Teaching, Research, and Organisation. The AI working group had a core team that was chaired by Marije Schneider.

Faculty Board

Based on the outcomes from the subgroups Education & Teaching, Research and Organisation, the faculty-wide survey, and the feedback collected (also during the faculty symposium ‘Moving forward together with AI at our faculty'), the working group prepared a document outlining its findings and recommendations on the use of GenAI within the faculty. At its meeting on 30 June 2026, the Faculty Board adopted the recommendations of the faculty AI working group. These recommendations are listed below.

AI in general

1. The Faculty Board should communicate that the use of AI within the faculty is not prohibited, but that the aim is to promote the responsible use of AI in education, research, and organisational operations. In doing so, AI should provide scope for experimentation and innovation.

2. Establish the role of a faculty AI Officer with the following specific responsibilities:

• developing and fostering AI literacy among staff and students;
• drafting AI policies for education, research, and the organisation;
• serving as a faculty contact person for university staff and external parties.

AI in education and teaching

3. Integrate the table ‘Gen AI-gebruik bij schrijfopdrachten’ (using GenAI in written assignments) in our courses.

4. Integrate ‘Leidraad gebruik GenAI bij een vak met niet-schrijfopdrachten voor studenten’ (guidelines on using GenAI in courses with non-writing assignments) in our courses.

5. Support the further development of policy on the use of AI in education and teaching.

6. Use the outcomes of the survey among representatives of the professional field as input for faculty AI policy.

AI in research

7. Encourage the further development of the webpage that provides guidelines on the use of GenAI for researchers and give practical examples.

8. Ask the Graduate School to develop a vision on the use of AI in the PhD track for supervisors and PHD candidates.

AI in the organisation

9. Improve AI literacy among all staff and encourage the safe use of AI:

• Facilitate the sharing of knowledge about AI and topics such as GDPR compliance, copyright, the use of personal data, ethical considerations, sustainability, and the safe use of AI tools.
• Develop a decision tree to help staff use AI tools responsibly in common day-to-day tasks.

10. Encourage sharing knowledge on ongoing (faculty and university) projects and best practices.

11. Support the implementation of the faculty plan on AI literacy mentioned in recommendation 9.

12. Facilitate faculty AI pilots within support departments and administrative offices.

13. Develop guidelines on:  a) the responsible use of AI tools; and b) training sessions for students on the use of GenAI, for example including this in the vaardighedenlijn, the skills pathway for bachelor’s students in Law.

14. Develop a policy on covering the costs of AI tools.

And now?

Marije Schneider, chair of the AI working group, is pleased with the Faculty Board’s decision: ‘By adopting these recommendations, the Faculty Board is not only responding to current developments in the use of GenAI in research, education and teaching, and organisational operations, it also enables us to take a more strategic and proactive approach to the developments that affect us all, and universities in particular.’

The recommendations will be taken forward and developed in more detail by the staff departments during the 2026-2027 academic year.

The Faculty Board would like to thank all members of the faculty AI working group for their voluntary efforts, commitment and valuable contribution in this important area.