Good practice note: Addressing contract cheating to safeguard academic integrity
Second edition
This Good Practice Note is intended to complement the TEQSA Guidance note: Academic and research integrity.
The recommendations in this Good Practice Note correspond to the Higher Education Standards Framework (Threshold Standards) 2021 and provide specific, practical advice to address contract cheating in relation to five critical areas:
- policies to promote academic integrity
- procedures and policies to address academic integrity breaches
- actions to mitigate risks to academic integrity
- the provision of academic integrity guidance
- good practices to maintain academic integrity.
This Good Practice Note provides Australian higher education providers with access to research and exemplars to enable the development of policies and processes to minimise contract cheating. This endeavour is part of a sector-wide agenda to safeguard academic integrity and is critical to protect students’ learning outcomes, institutional reputations, educational standards, professional practice and public safety.