Editorial policy
Authorship
Pages are published under the byline "DesignSchools Editorial Team". We do not publish personal names of staff.
Accuracy and sourcing
- We state only facts we can source to an official publisher, and we record the source and the date it was checked.
- We do not invent facts, dates, fees, cut-offs or statistics.
- Drafts, including any prepared with the help of AI tools, are checked by a person against the official source before publication.
Use of AI
AI tools may help draft structure and explanations. Facts come from cited official sources and are checked by a person against those sources before a page is published. We do not publish scaled pages without real data of their own.
Expert review
Where a page has been reviewed by a subject expert, we show the reviewer's role (for example, "Reviewed by the Expert Panel — design faculty member") and the review date. We show this only where that review actually took place.
Independence and paid listings
- Advertising and paid listings do not influence what we write or how organic lists are ordered.
- Any paid or featured listing is clearly labelled.
Neutral tone
We write for students and parents in neutral language. We do not promise admission, placement or outcomes.
Updates and corrections
Pages show when they were last verified. Errors are fixed under our corrections policy.