ESSENTIAL READING · PAPER 11
Guidance for generative AI in education and research
UNESCO. (2023). Guidance for generative AI in education and research. Paris: UNESCO Publishing.
FOUND
The guidance sets minimum guardrails — human agency, data privacy, age-appropriate use — and urges institutions to build AI competency rather than merely restrict tools.
MEANS
It remains the closest thing to a global policy template, widely cited by national frameworks that followed.
SI DATA
Our audit measures uptake against exactly this bar: 77% of universities now publish AI guidance, but the UNESCO test is quality, not existence \u2014 our per-row coding of policy scope and recency lets anyone check whether guidance meets the standard or merely exists. (Global University AI Policy Audit 2026)