Insights from an expert in academic integrity, computer science and higher education
Insights from an expert in academic integrity, computer science and higher education
As part of our research into contract cheating, we collect a lot of examples of the ways that students have tried to cheat in different subject areas and academic disciplines. Along with Robert Clarke, I wrote a paper for the International Teaching Learning and Assessment of Databases workshop (also known as TLAD). This paper looked …
These slides come from a talk delivered for Engineering at the University of Sheffield. They contain many more examples specific to that academic discipline than my usual talks. The slides, can be accessed on my SlideShare account, or viewed below. The slides also contain details of the cheating scandal in Australia, including the link between …
Here is a presentation of a recent paper I coauthored with Robert Clarke presented in video form. The presentation muses on the detection opportunities afforded to contract cheating through a consideration of the wider context on which requests on agency sites are made. The video is also available on the YouTube account for Thomas Lancaster …
The Higher Education Academy project, Improving Industrial Sandwich Year Placements For Computing Students, is one of the most rewarding ones that I’ve worked on. The final report, joint authored by Kawal Banga (my Research Associate) and me has been published, adds to the volume of research on student placements and employments, and ties in well …
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Contract cheating still poses a threat within the Computing discipline, although our observations are that this has expanded widely into other academic disciplines, particularly Business Studies, and including at MBA level. These slides are from a recent research seminar delivered at University of West London, and contain new examples relating to the costs associated with …