Search Page

Search Page

Disclaimer: IIEP cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information in these articles.
Hyperlinks to other websites imply neither responsibility for, nor approval of, the information contained in those other websites.

1-10 of 96 results

  • Beyond honour codes: bringing students into the academic integrity equation

    Honour codes represent a successful and unique, student-led, 'bottomup' approach to the promotion of academic integrity (AI). With increased flexibility, globalisation and distance or blended education options, most institutions operate in very...

    Richards, Deborah; Saddiqui, Sonia; McGuigan, Nicholas; Homewood, Judi

    2016

  • Education Corruption and Teacher Absenteeism in Nigeria

    Education corruption displays ample evidence that warrants inefficiencies and absenteeism among teachers. Teachers are the transmitters of knowledge who help to ensure that children learn, they are role models and in most rural communities they are...

    Ugoani, John

    2016

  • The global challenge of academic integrity

    Corruption in higher education affects the developed and the developing world equally, even if the motivation and the actors are different.The author focusses her attention exclusively on academic misconduct, given its ubiquity in higher education...

    Denisova-Schmidt, Elena

    2016

  • Newspaper

    UK universities in ‘plagiarism epidemic’ as almost 50,000 students caught cheating over last 3 years

    UK

    Press

    Aftab Ali - Independant

    Britain’s universities are said to be in the midst of a “plagiarism epidemic” after an investigation by The Times newspaper revealed how almost 50,000 students were caught cheating in the last three years. The newspaper also found international students - from outside the European Union - to be the worst offenders, coming out as being more than four times as likely to cheat in exams and coursework, according to data obtained through the Freedom of Information Act.

  • Newspaper

    Scholarships head straight to bank accounts of Bihar schoolkids

    India

    Press

    Santosh Singh - The Indian Express

    Starting this year, the Bihar government will transfer the benefits of education schemes such as scholarships and school uniforms, as well as social welfare schemes such as old age and widow pensions, directly to the beneficiaries to reduce red tape and the possibility of mid-level officials pocketing part of the benefits. For schools, the government order brings the challenge of opening up to 25 million bank accounts for students from 69,500 primary and middle schools and 4,500 secondary and higher secondary schools.

  • Newspaper

    Cheating epidemic ‘fuelled by foreign students’

    UK

    Press

    Brendan O'Malley - University World News

    The United Kingdom is suffering a cheating epidemic fuelled by the influx of international students, with almost 50,000 students at British universities caught cheating in the past three years, according to an investigation by The Times newspaper based on responses to more than 100 freedom of information requests. The investigation found that students from outside of the European Union were more than four times as likely to cheat in exams and coursework.

Stay informed About Etico

Sign up to the ETICO bulletin to receive the latest updates

Submit your content

Help us grow our library by sharing your content on corruption in education.

Contribute