Academic Integrity Policy

Last updated: 28 October 2026

AcademicDude exists to help students understand and improve their own work. This policy sets out exactly what that means in practice: what we do, what we refuse and how we handle requests that fall in between. It applies to every service we offer, to our chat assistant and to our free tools.

1. Our commitment

AcademicDude is an initiative of Chanakya Education Services. Our commitment is simple: you remain the author of your own assessed work. We support your learning by explaining, questioning, giving feedback and editing for language, clarity and formatting. We do not produce work for you to submit, and we will not help you misrepresent who did the work.

We hold to this because work you have genuinely written is work you understand, can defend and can build on. It is also the only kind of support that respects the rules of the institutions our students attend.

2. What we do

Within this policy, we can help you to:

• understand your task, by explaining briefs, marking criteria, learning outcomes and terminology;
• plan your work, by discussing approaches, suggesting how you might structure your own argument and helping you set milestones;
• improve your drafts, by giving feedback on argument, structure, use of evidence and critical analysis, with comments that you act on yourself;
• develop your research, by talking through research questions, methodology, sampling, ethics considerations and chapter organisation;
• interpret feedback, by explaining what tutor or supervisor comments mean and how you might respond to them;
• edit your writing, within the limits described in section 4;
• reference accurately, by explaining citation styles and pointing out errors in your references for you to correct.

3. What we refuse

We will not, under any circumstances:

• write or complete assessed work, including essays, assignments, reports, proposals, dissertations, theses or any part of them, for submission as your own;
• substantially rewrite your work so that the ideas, argument or analysis are no longer yours;
• help with exams or tests, including live or online exams, timed assessments, quizzes or take-home tests that are meant to be completed independently;
• impersonate a student, for example by logging into a university system, attending an assessment or communicating with staff on your behalf;
• take part in contract cheating in any form, including arranging for a third party to complete work;
• fabricate or falsify data, results or references, including inventing sources, quotations or participants;
• help bypass detection tools, including paraphrasing work to avoid plagiarism checks, "humanising" AI-generated text or advising on how to evade AI-detection software.

We also do not promise grades, outcomes or detector results, because no honest service can.

4. Editing boundaries

Editing is one of the areas where the line between help and authorship matters most. Many universities have proofreading policies that specify what a third party may and may not change. Where your institution has such a policy, it takes priority, and we are happy to work within it.

4.1 What editing can include

• correcting spelling, grammar, punctuation and word choice;
• improving sentence clarity, flow and readability while keeping your meaning;
• making terminology, formatting and style consistent;
• checking that headings, tables and figures follow the required format;
• highlighting where references are incomplete or inconsistent.

4.2 What editing does not include

• adding new ideas, arguments, analysis or evidence;
• restructuring the argument or rewriting whole sections;
• changing your conclusions or interpretation of data;
• adding or replacing sources;
• reducing similarity scores by paraphrasing.

Where we notice a deeper issue, such as a weak argument or a gap in evidence, we will point it out in a comment and leave the change to you. Edits are normally provided as tracked changes so you can see and decide on every suggestion.

5. Responsible use of AI

Universities differ widely in what they allow when it comes to generative AI. Some prohibit it for assessed work, some allow specific uses with acknowledgement and some set rules assignment by assignment.

• Follow your institution's AI policy and any instructions for the specific assignment.
• Disclose AI use where your institution requires it, in the form they specify.
• Do not submit AI-generated text as your own work where this is not permitted.
• Check any AI output against reliable sources. AI tools can produce inaccurate information and invented references.

Our chat assistant gives general information about our services and academic skills. It is not designed to produce assignment content, and it should not be used to do so.

6. Your responsibilities

You are responsible for the work you submit and for following your institution's rules. Before requesting support, we encourage you to:

• read your university's academic integrity, proofreading and AI-use policies;
• check with your module leader or supervisor if you are unsure what is allowed;
• acknowledge any support where your institution requires it;
• keep your notes and drafts as a record of how your work developed.

If your institution's rules do not allow a particular kind of support, please do not request it from us.

7. When a request crosses the line

Sometimes a request is ambiguous, or a student under pressure asks for something we cannot do. When that happens, we will:

1. Tell you clearly which part of the request falls outside this policy and why.
2. Offer an alternative where one exists, reshaping the request into guidance you can use, such as feedback on your plan, an explanation of the criteria or a session on structuring your argument.
3. Decline the request if no ethical alternative fits, or if it involves exams, impersonation, fabrication or evading detection.

We may stop work on a request already under way if it becomes clear the support is being used in breach of this policy.

8. The wider context

Many universities treat contract cheating, where someone else completes work that a student submits as their own, as serious academic misconduct, with consequences that can include failing a module or losing a degree. In some jurisdictions, such as England under the Skills and Post-16 Education Act 2022, providing or advertising contract-cheating services is also prohibited by law.

AcademicDude is designed to sit firmly on the right side of these rules. Our services support learning and authorship, and this policy is how we keep it that way.

9. Questions and concerns

If you are unsure whether something you want help with is allowed, ask us before you send work, and we will explain what we can offer. If you have a concern about our practices, email hello@academicdude.online.

You can also read how AcademicDude works, our terms of use and our privacy policy.