Contract Cheating - Celebrating 15 Years? Presentation for International Day of Action against Contract Cheating - 20 October 2021

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15 years after the first research paper was published, how is the higher education sector responding to the challenge? This short presentation was delivered for the International Day of Action against Contract Cheating 2021, reveals that changes are being made, students are contributing to the discussion as academic integrity champions but the contract cheating industry is responding and there are threats from new technology and automated writing services. To make sure that academic integrity continues to be preserved, the sector cannot rest on its laurels.

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Contract Cheating -
Celebrating 15 Years?
Dr Thomas Lancaster - Imperial College London, UK
http://thomaslancaster.co.uk
@DrLancaster #contractcheating
#excelwithintegrity #myownwork
Part of the 6th International Day of Action against
Contract Cheating – 20 October 2021

2006
First paper
referring to
contract
cheating
2020
Education
changes as
a result of
Covid-19
Academic
ghost-writing
did happen
before 2006
What is the
state of play
in 2021 (and
beyond)?
The contract
cheating industry
took advantage of
“a perfect storm”
2016
First
International
Day of
Action
against
Contract
Cheating
A Snapshot In Time

This is a typical
Twitter advert
The
advertising is
still there…

Example with thanks
to Özgür Çelik
The reach of
the contract
cheating
industry is
expanding…

Students are
interested in
academic integrity
https://academicintegrity.org/programs/webinars/307-student-views-on-contract-cheating

Emerging
technologies
pose fresh
threats

New resources
are there to help
us
https://bit.ly/cheatingchecklist
London and SE England
Academic Integrity
Network Contract
Cheating Working Group

Research is
making an
impact
Codrin Cotarlan
Rahul Gupta

things are getting better
but we are not all the way there yet

What can we do to make sure that we
are still celebrating the integrity of our
educational systems 15 years from now?

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