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    Lecturers at PIA are responsible for ensuring and promoting academic integrity within their units. As soon as a breach is suspected, it should be reported.

    Staff are expected to uphold ethical standards in all areas of academic activities. 

    • Encourage Academic Integrity amongst your students by:

      • Discussing the relationship of academic integrity to unit assessments. You may want to link this conversation back to the Academic Integrity Module the students have completed.
      • Fostering the development of academic integrity-related skills in your unit activities and workshops
      • Promoting resources on referencing and citation available at PIA through the Study Skills Workshops
    • PIA Academic Integrity Slides to Share in Class
    • Academic Integrity Slides File

      Please share these slides with your students in class and discuss how academic integrity impacts the assessments in your units.

    • PIA Academic Integrity Breach Reporting Procedure Flowchart
    • PIA Academic Integrity Flowchart File

      Please refer to this document to guide you on the process for reporting suspected breaches of academic integrity at PIA.

    • PIA Academic Integrity Communication Templates

      The links below will take you to the templates for communication with students relating to academic integrity investigations and outcomes: 

        1. Communication template to invite a student to a suspected academic integrity breach interview
        2. Communication template to advise a student of the outcome of a suspected academic integrity investigation 

    • PIA Academic Integrity Reporting

      Please use this link to report suspected academic integrity breaches and outcomes.

    • Staff Facing Academic Integrity Module
    • External Resources

    • The academic integrity project team held a webinar on 13 October 2020 to talk through the newly launched TEQSA academic integrity toolkit. You can view the recording here.

    • Academic Integrity Essentials by Turnitin File

      Academic integrity is an important component of an educational journey.  This resource contains a collection of best practices.

    • Emerging Trends in Academic Integrity by Turnitin File

      Promoting integrity begins with building awareness of forms of academic misconduct. Whilst all our new students complete the Academic Integrity Module (AIM), it is our collective responsibility to promote and reinforce this in the classroom. This resource covers how to identify different trends in academic misconduct.

    • Substantiating Contract Cheating: A Guide for Investigators by TEQSA File

      TEQSA and higher education providers share a focus on the prevention, detection and substantiation of commercial academic cheating, also known as contract cheating. The resource, including an investigator evidence guide and comprehensive good practice note, are designed to support us to adopt good practice. Please ensure you report any incidents of suspected contract cheating to Mohammad for investigation.

    • Reporting a Suspected Academic Cheating Service to TEQSA URL

      If you think you’ve seen an academic cheating website or advertisement, you can report it to TEQSA via the linked complaint form. If you see any advertisements on our campus, please tear them down and report to management.

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