Academic integrity
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Opinion
How creating a culture of integrity can help combat plagiarism and contract cheating – opinion
Worried about the prevalence of academic misconduct at your institution? You might have good reason to be. While the Australian…
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Industry & Research
Time’s up for crooked students: Tehan to announce ‘Education Integrity Unit’
The federal government said it would crack down on cheats, cyber hacking and foreign interference last year, and now it…
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Policy & Reform
Who’s cheating at uni, and what are we going to do about it?
During your entire career as a student, did you ever cheat on an assignment, an essay or in an exam?…
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Industry & Research
Attitudes towards plagiarism culturally relative: study
Though all cultures perceive contract cheating as wrong, nearly half of ESL students see plagiarism – a subtler form of cheating – as…
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Industry & Research
People ‘very concerned’: professor alarmed by new research code of conduct
A medical researcher has warned countries like China are eclipsing us in terms of research integrity mechanisms. Professor David Vaux,…
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Policy & Reform
A contract cheating update
More than 5 to 10 per cent of students engage in some form of contract cheating. In a tutorial of 20…
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International Education
Essay mill stumbles into spotlight while spruiking content
With 'essay mills' now well established in higher education, it seems some firms are now stumbling into the public relations…
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News
DeakinDigital listens to students’ voices to catch cheats
DeakinDigital has rolled out a voice certification system, similar to those used in banks and in government, as part of…
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