Thomas Lancaster

I am an experienced Computer Science academic, best known for research work into academic integrity, plagiarism and contract cheating. I have held leadership positions in several universities, with specialty in student recruitment and keen interest in working in partnership with students. Please browse around the blog and the links, and feel free to leave your thoughts.

MicroHack 2015 Review – Student Programming Competition Using Microsoft Azure

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One of the initiatives we’ve taken at Birmingham City University this year to introduce new student opportunities and improve student employability on the BSc Computer Science course has been to encourage students to participate in Hackathons. These Hackathons are typically time-constrained programming contests, where students work in small teams to create prototype software that meets …

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Enhancing Student Employability Through The Peer Review Of Professional Online Presences Video

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Here is a video version of my talk from the Birmingham City University RESCON Conference 2015. You can see the slides from the original talk and a short discussion here. The RESCON talk was given a short time slot and hence delivered at a hectic pace. I tend to provide rather more material of interest …

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Enhancing Student Employability Through The Peer Review Of Professional Online Presences

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I’ve previously shared my work on integrating student Professional Online Presences into teaching at various conferences and invited talks, but it’s a couple of years since I’ve provided a research update. The ideas are now much more accepted and mainstream when they were when I first started working in the field. Many students realise that …

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An Exploration of Contract Cheating and Academic Misconduct Within Health Education Video

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Here is a video version of my talk from the Birmingham City University Pedagogies, Practitioners and Identities in Education Conference. You can see the slides and discussion from the health essays talk here. I’m currently working on an academic paper relating to these ideas. In the meantime, I’m more than happy to present this work …

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An Exploration of Contract Cheating and Academic Misconduct Within Health Education

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One of the more interesting inter-disciplinary topics I’ve been involved with is that of cheating in healthcare. This covers examples that we’ve found in our research, ranging across nursing, pharmacy, medicine and other health disciplines. I got the chance to present some of the findings from that research at a talk that formed part of …

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