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Technology
Service fined $500k for helping students cheat
The Federal Court of Australia has ordered student support service Chegg to pay a $500,000 fine for giving students answers…
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Podcasts
Face-to-face exams can reduce cheating: podcast
An academic urges universities to return to ‘traditional’ face-to-face exams to lessen students' cheating. Universities across Australia have seen student…
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In the News
Cheating exploded to an ‘alarming’ level at UNSW during the pandemic
The level of student cheating at the University of NSW exploded to an “alarming” level during the Covid-19 pandemic, with…
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On Campus
How does student cheating impact lecturers? podcast
With the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting lockdowns, universities have been forced to undertake online examinations which has made it…
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News
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,…
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Opinion
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…
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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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In the News
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…
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Commentary
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…
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In the News
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.…
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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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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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