Academic integrity scrutinized in Albury this week
16 NOVEMBER 2015
Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Albury-Wodonga is hosting the 7th Asia Pacific Conference on Educational Integrity (7APCEI) from Monday 16 to Wednesday 18 November, in collaboration with La Trobe University, Wodonga.Conference co-convenor and senior lecturer in the CSU School of Psychology Dr Judith Gullifer (pictured) said the conference theme and focus is 'Crossing the borders: new frontiers for academic integrity'."Universities are alert to the potential for cheating by contemporary students following recent publicity about students paying online services to provide university assignments," Dr Gullifer said."Academic integrity is vitally important, and policies and practices are under increasing pressure to keep up with new technologies. There has been an explosion of opportunists working in the online cheating industry, while at the same time there are shifts in understanding in today's society about plagiarism, copying, and appropriation."The broader educational integrity of universities is itself being scrutinized. This has been particularly highlighted in recent reports regarding the recruitment of international students and the exploitation of sessional teaching staff."For more information please go to www.7apcei.com or enquire to contact@7apcei.com
Media Note:
Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews with Dr Judith Gullifer. Dr Gullifer is on the conference organising committee and is the conference co-convenor with Dr Ruth Walker (University of Wollongong) and Associate Professor Julianne East (La Trobe University).
Conference keynote speakers include Dr Robert Waldersee (NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption); Mr Anthony McClaren (new CEO of TEQSA); Associate Professor Jay Phillips (CSU School of Indigenous Australian Studies); Dr Tracey Bretag (editor of the International Journal of Educational Integrity, University of South Australia); and Dr Jason M Stephens (FutureLearn Academic Integrity MOOC, University of Auckland).
The conference will include special events and will be opened by a representative of the Tertiary Education Quality Standards Agency (TEQSA). It will include a special Turnitin event hosted at La Trobe University's Wodonga campus. The 7APCEI conference also overlaps with 2015 CSU Ed Week learning and teaching conferences.
Papers at the conference will consider a range of topics that address the new frontiers of academic integrity policy and practice, including:
* the changing landscape of academic integrity
* challenges to quality assurance in higher education
* risk, corruption, whistle-blowing and educational integrity
* new educational technologies and academic integrity
* the uncharted frontiers of academic misconduct
* embedding academic integrity into the curriculum
* open, distance or transnational education and academic integrity
* real-world implications of academic integrity and the professional capabilities
* the gaps between academic integrity and research integrity
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