UK higher education has a world-renowned reputation for academic excellence and student experience. As the UK’s capital, London’s institutions represent around 20 per cent of England’s students, nearly 30 percent of the UK’s international student intake and a hugely diverse student population, where more than 40 per cent of home students are from Global Majority backgrounds. Therefore, London’s higher education institutions are committed to ensuring that higher education in the capital remains an attractive, prestigious and academically rigorous option for students across the UK and around the globe.
Academic integrity, and particularly the growing role of technology in this space, has prompted significant discussion in recent years, most notably with the inclusion of legislation to criminalise ‘essay mills’ and address wider contract cheating in the Skills and Post-16 Education Act. In Spring 2022, London Higher convened a series of events on a variety of issues pertaining to academic integrity, including misconduct, contract cheating, and challenged with the verification of English language qualifications.
