AIU Editorial Standards
Legacy document — These standards were written for the curated third-party course pages that AIU publishes as a secondary strand. They do not govern AIU’s own programmes, which are covered by their published Terms, Refund Policy, and programme pages. This page is retained for transparency and is not actively maintained.
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Editorial Standards
The principles that guided the curated third-party course pages on AIU.ac: independence from providers, disclosure of commercial relationships, and fact-checking against the provider’s own published information.
AIU.ac curates and recommends courses from third-party learning platforms as a secondary strand alongside its own certification programmes. Where AIU links to a third-party course, the purchase and contract are with that provider, and some links are affiliate links.
This page sets out the principles that were applied to those curated pages. It is published so that the basis of any recommendation is visible. If a curated page appears to depart from these principles, write to hi@aiu.ac.
Principle 1
Independence from providers
Selection is editorial
Which third-party courses are featured, and which are not, is an editorial judgement. A commercial relationship with a provider does not determine whether its courses are listed.
Assessment is not shared in advance
Providers do not see AIU’s assessment of a course before it is published and have no right of approval over it.
No pay for placement
Featured positions on curated pages are not sold. A higher affiliate commission does not earn a course a more prominent position.
Sponsored content would be labelled
AIU does not publish sponsored content. If that ever changed, the page would carry a clear “Sponsored” label at the top.
Principle 2
Fact-checking against the source
Factual claims about a third-party course are drawn from the provider’s own published information.
Verified against the provider page
Course duration, instructor, curriculum, pricing structure, refund policy, and certification offered are checked against the provider’s live page at the time of writing. A claim that cannot be verified there is not made.
Provider information changes
Third-party providers change prices, syllabi, and instructors without notice. Each curated page shows the date it was last checked. Readers should confirm current details on the provider’s site before purchasing.
Principle 3
Disclosure
Affiliate relationships
Some outbound links to third-party courses are affiliate links. The full position is set out in the Affiliate Disclosure, which governs.
Personal experience
Where a page reflects direct experience of a course or provider, it says so. Where it does not, the assessment is based on the published syllabus and the provider’s own information.
Free access
Where a provider granted free access for review purposes, the page says so. Free access does not change the assessment.
Conflicts of interest
A person with an authorship, financial, or close personal connection to a course or its provider does not assess that course. Any such connection that cannot be avoided is stated on the page.
Principle 4
Corrections
If a curated page contains an error, tell us and we will correct it. Material corrections are noted on the page. Trivial corrections (typos, broken links) are fixed without a note.
Send corrections to hi@aiu.ac. Complaints about AIU’s own programmes follow the Complaints Procedure.
Principle 5
Use of AI tools
AIU uses AI tools, including the models it teaches about, as research and drafting aids. Curated course pages are reviewed and approved by a person before publication.
If AIU ever publishes AI-generated content as a stated experiment, the page will say so at the top.
Accountability
Responsibility for these principles
Noman Shah, FBCS
Founder & President, Artificial Intelligence Uni
Fellow of the British Computer Society. Nine patents cited by Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, and IBM. Seven published research papers with DOIs. Executive education at Harvard Business School and Oxford Saïd. Founder of affiliated company XEROTECH.
Responsibility for these principles rests with the founder. If you believe a curated page has departed from them, write to hi@aiu.ac.
Publisher
Artificial Intelligence Uni Ltd · Companies House 14543918 · Registered in England and Wales · Crown House, 27 Old Gloucester Street, London WC1N 3AX
Listed with
UK Register of Learning Providers · UKPRN 10095512 · BCS Approved Centre B03525009851
Data protection
ICO registration ZB687489
Further reading
The reader-facing summary of how AIU curates, and the disclosure that governs third-party links.
Legacy document · Retained for transparency · Not actively maintained
