An academic urges universities to return to ‘traditional’ face-to-face exams to lessen students' cheating.  Universities across Australia have seen student cheating explode since the Covid-19 pandemic, with UNSW detecting more than double the amount of cheating since 2019. According to ...

A ghostwriter who has written thousands of essays for students at major Australian universities is highlighting the issue of contract cheating, saying he worries about medical students who have never completed an assignment. For more than five years, the Kenyan ...

Australia’s tertiary regulator has flagged an increase in online contractors amping up advertising for illegal cheating services. In a statement, the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) said the return to face-to-face learning had seen material promoting “assignment help” ...

Charles Darwin University (CDU) researchers recently completed a study exploring the extent and impact of contract cheating across the global academic community during COVID-19. Written by Associate Professor in Education Dr Jon Mason and Senior Business Law Lecturer Dr Guzyal ...

Recent research from The University of Western Australia indicates that the real figure of Australian university students who engage in contract cheating in written assignments is between 8-11 per cent. Contract cheating involves students engaging the services of an academic ...

To date, a tremendous amount of technological and policy development has been directed toward curbing the use of online “paper mills” or websites where students can purchase essays written for them, but the issue remains problematic and largely unresolved.  In ...

The federal government said it would crack down on cheats, cyber hacking and foreign interference last year, and now it seems they’ve moved a step towards it. The federally funded “Education Integrity Unit” to be announced today will be policed ...

A leaked report from UNSW shows that academic misconduct continues to threaten academic integrity in Australia. The leaked University of NSW’s 2019 Student Conduct and Complaints Report, marked confidential, was recently obtained by the Sydney Morning Herald. It was published ...

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, ...

A few months ago I came across a disturbing leaflet at my university campus that promised completed assignments with a fee of 50 euro per page. It assured to erase the stress of students having to spend time on homework, as ...