AI tools at QMU
QMU students can use Microsoft Copilot and Microsoft Editor to support their academic work and develop their writing skills.
These tools offer a range of features to help you improve your writing, refine your tone, check spelling and grammar, and overcome writer’s block.
Use these tools to support your writing process while ensuring that your work reflects your own ideas and understanding. Remember to follow QMU’s guidance on the appropriate use of generative AI in your studies.
Microsoft Copilot and Editor: Writing support for students
We encourage you to explore Microsoft Copilot, which is available to all QMU students through your Microsoft 365 account.
Copilot is an AI-powered assistant that can help you with:
- Checking grammar and spelling
- Supporting the generation of ideas
- Assisting with creating outlines and planning written work
- Suggestions to improve clarity and structure
- Refining tone for different audiences
- Summarising information and supporting the development of drafts
- Providing feedback to help strengthen your writing
As AI tools such as Copilot are becoming an increasingly common part of professional life, experience using them at university will help prepare you for the workplace. Across many industries, Microsoft 365 and Copilot are becoming standard workplace technologies, so developing confidence in using them now is a valuable skill that will benefit you beyond your time at QMU. However, you must critically review every suggestion and keep the work in your own voice.
Like any AI tool, Copilot should be used responsibly and in line with QMU's guidance on academic integrity. It should support your learning rather than replace your own thinking and work. Copilot feedback is not a substitute for reading, referencing, or academic judgment.
Getting started
Because Copilot and Editor are integrated into the Microsoft 365 applications you already use, you can access them using your QMU account through apps such as Word, Outlook and Teams, as well as through the Copilot web interface.
For guidance on using generative AI effectively and responsibly in your academic writing, visit the Effective Learning Service (ELS) Resource Hub, where you can find the guide Generative AI in Academic Writing.
