Upholding academic integrity in Higher Education
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English - May 22, 2024 10:00 - 9 minutes - 6.4 MBScience Technology science research outreach education stem learning academic technology impact scicomm Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Plagiarism, cheating, and falsification are just some examples of unethical academic conduct among students in Higher Education, and ones which show no sign getting better, despite the best efforts of Higher Education policymakers.
However, no studies have so far statistically investigated the contexts in which students have engaged in unethical behaviour.
Drs Patrick Harte and Fawad Khaleel of Edinburgh Napier University explore a new approach to upholding academic integrity and the driving forces behind academic misbehaviour. Their work tests whether adjusting these aspects of the environment and context can help reduce unethical conduct.