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  • Plagiarism across Europe and beyond: conference proceedings 2013

    The international conference Plagiarism across Europe and Beyond aims to be a forum for sharing best practices and experience with addressing academic integrity issues. Academic integrity is becoming more and more important topic in higher education...

    European Commission

    Brno (Czech Republic), MENDELU Publishing Centre, 2013

  • « Teach us how to do it properly! »: an Australian academic integrity student survey

    The results of a large online student survey (n = 15,304), on academic integrity at six Australian universities, indicate that a majority of respondents reported a good awareness of academic integrity and knowledge of academic integrity policy at...

    Bretag, Tracey; Mahmud, Saadia; Wallace, Margaret; Walker, Ruth; McGowan, Ursula; East, Julianne; Green, Margaret; Partridge, Lee; James, Colin

    2013

  • Exemplary Academic Integrity Project, Academic Integrity Toolkit

    The purpose of the Academic Integrity Policy Toolkit is to guide Australian higher education providers in: - the development of their Academic Integrity policy; or - in reviewing or auditing their existing Academic Integrity policy against exemplary...

    Bretag, Tracey, Mahmud, Saadia

    2014

  • Newspaper

    The mastermind behind the University essay writing machine

    Australia

    Press

    Amy McNeilage and Lisa Visentin - Sydney Morning Herald

    At the helm of the company embroiled in a large-scale academic cheating scandal is a Chinese-born businesswoman. The enterprising 30-year-old has used her accounting degree to build a lucrative ghostwriting service, called MyMaster. This pitch has seen the MyMaster company turn over at least $160,000 during 2014 and return more than 900 fraudulent assignments to students prepared to hand over up to $1,000 for the work.

  • IIEP contributes to G20 debates on corruption

    News

    The fight against corruption was featured high on the G20 agenda in Brisbane (15-16 November 2014). “High-level principles on corruption and growth” were discussed by the Anti-Corruption Working Group, which was established in 2010 “in recognition of the significant impact of corruption on economic growth, trade and development”.

  • Newspaper

    Major universities crack down on cheats using MyMaster essay writing service

    Australia

    Press

    Jean Kennedy - ABC

    Several Sydney universities caught up in a cheating scandal that includes students using essay writing services say they are responding and cracking down on the new cheating method. The vice-chancellor of the University of Sydney said he would personally head a taskforce to investigate academic misconduct in the wake of new methods of cheating.

  • Newspaper

    ICAC says universities should consider key initiatives to reduce corruption risks in international student industry

    Australia

    Press

    - Four Corners

    The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) says that universities in NSW should consider a range of key initiatives including separating the academic compliance and incentive functions of their international student offices to reduce the risk of corruption.

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