Academic integrity

Resources

You don’t always get what you pay for: User experiences of engaging with contract cheating sites

W. Sutherland-Smith and K. Dullaghan (2019) Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 44(8), pp. 1148-1162.

Philip Dawson - Tier list of anti-cheating approaches. Timestamps in the description let you jump straight to whatever anti-cheating approach you're interested in.

Helen Webster.docx

Response to a 2022 Guardian article on cheating by Helen Webster, Senior Consultant for Education (Student Success) at AdvanceHE.

Bibliography:

Amigud, A. & Lancaster, T. (2019) 'I will pay someone to do my assignment: an analysis of market demand for contract cheating services on twitter. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education. DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2019.1670780

Buckley, C. (2015) 'Conceptualising plagiarism: using Lego to construct students' understanding of authorship and citation'. Teaching in Higher Education, 20:3, 352-358, DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2015.1016418

Carroll, J. (2002) A handbook for deterring plagiarism in higher education, Oxford: Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development.

Curtis, G. J. & Tremayne, K. (2019) 'Is plagiarism really on the rise? Results from four 5-yearly surveys'. Studies in Higher Education, DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2019.1707792

Ellis, C., van Haeringen, K., Harper, R., Bretag, T., Zucker, I., McBride, S., Rozenberg, P., Newton, P. and Saddiqui, S. (2019) 'Does authentic assessment assure academic integrity? Evidence from contract cheating data'. Higher Education Research & Development, DOI: 10.1080/07294360.2019.1680956

McKenna, S. (2022) 'Plagiarism and the commodification of knowledge'. High Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-022-00926-5

Newton, P. M. (2018) 'How Common Is Commercial Contract Cheating in Higher Education and Is It Increasing? A Systematic Review'. Frontiers in Education. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2018.00067

Newton, P.M. and Lang, C., (2016) 'Custom essay writers, freelancers, and other paid third parties'. Handbook of academic integrity, pp.249-271.

Pecorari, D., and Petrić, B. (2014) 'Plagiarism in second-language writing'. Language Teaching, Volume 47, Issue 03 pp 269 - 302 DOI: 10.1017/S0261444814000056

Sutherland-Smith, W. & Dullaghan, K. (2019) 'You don’t always get what you pay for: User experiences of engaging with contract cheating sites'. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 44:8, 1148-1162, DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2019.1576028

Wallace, M.J. and Newton, P.M. (2014) 'Turnaround time and market capacity in contract cheating'. Educational Studies, 40(2), pp.233-236.

Zhang, A., Wen, C., and O'Grady, N. (2019) 'Unlearn cheating: the plight of the vulnerable student'. Available at: https://honisoit.com/2019/10/unlearn-cheating-the-plight-of-the-vulnerable-student/