The online webinar series on Academic Integrity continues with a talk by Dr Thomas Lancaster on Wednesday 7th December 12-1pm on ‘Contract Cheating – Solutions for Prevention and Identification’, discussing the issues of essay mills and how to combat the threats to academic value. Read his abstract below.
“Contract cheating, the process where a student pays or uses a third party to complete academic work that they should be doing for themselves, represents a threat both to student learning and to academic standards. Join this webinar for a practical introduction to contract cheating. Discover what is happening and how student work is being outsourced, often at a low cost. Find out how to develop and structure assessment to make contact cheating less valuable for students. Hear about ways in which it is possible to spot and discover contract cheating. Your contributions to the webinar will also be welcome and time will be available for questions and discussion.”
Register for the event
BU staff can join directly via the link on the Workshops and Drop-ins page
Dr Thomas Lancaster
Dr Thomas Lancaster is known across the world for research into contract cheating and academic integrity. He published the first research paper on contract cheating in 2006. Thomas is a Senior Teaching Fellow in the Department of Computing at Imperial College London and the Senior Tutor for MSc students in the Department. Thomas coordinates the London and South East England Academic Integrity Network and is a member of the Quality Assurance Agency advisory group on academic integrity. You can find out more about Thomas at http://www.thomaslancaster.co.uk.
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