With the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting lockdowns, universities have been forced to undertake online examinations which has made it easier for students to cheat. According to Associate Professor from the University of South Australia Christopher Deneen, students cheating on ...
More »Cheating has ‘never been easier’, say uni students
Over two-thirds of Australian university students believe that the switch to online learning has made getting away with cheating easier, new research shows. An analysis of over 1,000 student responses by independent research firm Student Edge found many had either ...
More »Privacy pitfalls for the university sector to avoid when choosing edtech for online exams – opinion
Every other week, two types of articles about online exams seem to come out: either students are being caught cheating remotely, or students (and some teachers) fear that the online vigilance of remote exams has the potential to be taken ...
More »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? Did you ever share your science results with a classmate, ask a friend or family member to proofread your essay, ...
More »Contract cheating draft legislation too heavy-handed: unis, students
A student helping out a struggling classmate might be worried they’re incriminating themselves should draft legislation to prohibit academic cheating services move ahead unchanged. That’s one of the potential problems with the scope of the bill's details spelled out by ...
More »Proposed contract cheating legislation a good first step but more action needed
Contract cheating refers to students outsourcing their assessments to professional cheating services or through arrangements with friends or peers. A typical example would be a student paying for an essay which is then submitted as their own work. As classroom ...
More »US universities considering expelling students in scam
The University of Southern California says it may expel students tied to a US college-admissions scam after reviewing their records. The school said it has already "placed holds on the accounts of students who may be associated with the alleged ...
More »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 less problematic. They think universities make ‘too much of a fuss of people cheating’ in this manner. A fifth of ...
More »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 students, therefore, one or two are cheating in this manner. Associate Professor Tracey Bretag provided this update on contract cheating ...
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