I recently returned from the Conference on Academic and Research Integrity (ACARI) 2023 held at Middlesex University Dubai.
The event was a great success and showcased the vibrant and forward-thinking debates being had by higher education professionals worldwide which have been lent added impetus as a result of increasingly rapid technological developments in recent years.
One of the key messages from the conference was that the onus is very much on institutions and academics to adopt considered rather than too hasty responses if they don’t want to find themselves leaving their students all-at-sea whilst their staff play ‘whack-a-mole’ in a futile attempt to ‘police’ the issue out of existence.
As one of the keynote speakers clearly articulated, academic integrity is about so much more than just student conduct; such conduct is often a symptom of problems that lie elsewhere.
