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Academic Integrity Symposium
Instances of academic misconduct have increased globally over the last couple of decades, threatening the integrity of higher education institutions. A particularly worrying aspect of this upward trend of misconduct is the proliferation of online tools and services for cheating, including contract cheating companies that target students and offer to complete their assignments for a fee. It is, therefore, vital that we raise awareness of these issues and support our students to maintain their academic integrity.
This symposium, co-hosted by CIRTL and the Skills Centre, took place during National Academic Integrity Week on 20th Oct. 2022 and featured:
- Opening remarks (Paul McSweeney, Vice President for Learning and Teaching)
- Keynote presentation on Courageous Conversations as part of a Restorative Justice and Responsive Regulation Approach to Academic Integrity (Professor Cath Ellis)
- Launch of the Fostering Academic in Learning and Teaching Digital Badge (Loretta Goff)
- Panel discussion with Digital Badge contributors – Alan Morrison (Engineering), Catherine O’Sullivan (Law), Daniel Blackshields (Economics), Stephen O’Riordan (SU Education Officer) – and Cath Ellis, moderated by Catherine O’Mahony (CIRTL)
Our guest speaker, Cath Ellis is a Professor in the School of the Arts and Media in the Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture at UNSW, Sydney. She researches in and advocates for improving the detection of contract cheating in Higher Education. In 2019, the Times Higher Education named her as one of their People of the Year for her work in this area. She is a National Teaching Fellow and a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
This symposium was recorded and can be viewed here: