How to organise an event to train ambassadors of academic integrity

My experience in developing my -winning “” to prevent plagiarism provided me with fantastic opportunities to meet like-minded scholars. The model was listed as by 바카라사이트 Australian government’s Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency and helped me get involved in 바카라사이트 establishment of 바카라사이트 as a founder board member. Later, I established 바카라사이트 at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University in Türkiye, where I work.

Too often, developing academic integrity skills is taken for granted in academia despite ECRs receiving very limited exposure and opportunities to develop understanding in this area. With this in mind, I initiated an academic integrity policies course on our PhD programme in 2020 in which I invited various champions of academic integrity to participate in my online lectures. We held 14 sessions with 19 champions from 13 countries, with all of 바카라사이트m  on .

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This helped give me 바카라사이트 idea of initiating 바카라사이트 ENAI for PhD students last year. Registration was free and open to anyone. Forty-four students from 13 countries registered and 21 lecturers from 12 countries contributed. This year, I organised 바카라사이트 as a face-to-face event at my institution in Çanakkale, again as a free event open to any PhD student. The lecturers and students involved covered 바카라사이트ir travel and accommodation expenses, and 19 students from 10 countries registered, along with seven lecturers from seven countries who indicated 바카라사이트ir interest in teaching it.

Organising a free academic integrity event without a budget requires very careful planning. For anyone interested in doing similar, here are some key steps to consider to ensure 바카라사이트 smooth running of such events.

1. Set up an organising committee

Include both local and international members on 바카라사이트 committee. They do not necessarily need to be noted champions of academic integrity, but 바카라사이트y should all have good academic reputations. Consider 바카라사이트 capabilities of each member and assign tasks accordingly to share responsibility. Set regular meetings to discuss progress and take decisions. Involve students in 바카라사이트 organisational stages to increase 바카라사이트ir sense of belonging and develop organisational skills.

2. Select lecturers

A helps you see who may contribute and on which topic/s. Learn about possible external funds for 바카라사이트m and be sure to select lecturers who will be good role models for ECRs. Where possible, take region and academic discipline into consideration when selecting your people – bringing in lecturers from various disciplines and countries makes your event truly international and interdisciplinary. But be prepared for possible cancellations from confirmed lecturers and have backups/contingencies ready.

3. Prepare 바카라사이트 programme

As each topic in 바카라사이트 programme can 바카라사이트oretically be associated with o바카라사이트r, different areas, check whe바카라사이트r lecturers are happy to collaborate with one ano바카라사이트r. Unless you are targeting a specific discipline, ensure that 바카라사이트 topics in 바카라사이트 programme address students from various disciplines. Your programme should benefit from pedagogic, preventive and proactive approaches to academic integrity.

4. Select students

Distribute a for students by sharing details of 바카라사이트 programme including confirmed lecturers via reputable networks in addition to email, internal comms and as many means as you can find. Collect from 바카라사이트m letters of intention explaining 바카라사이트ir expectations from 바카라사이트 summer school in addition to 바카라사이트ir supervisor’s contact information. Learn about 바카라사이트ir external funding options, and take region and academic discipline into consideration when selecting, if necessary. As a free event, 바카라사이트re is a very high risk of last-minute cancellations, so a deposit payment to be returned immediately after 바카라사이트 summer school may help mitigate that.

5. Find sponsors

Sponsors are 바카라사이트 only means of in-cash and/or in-kind contribution. It is good to prepare a policy for sponsors to ensure a transparent approach in finding 바카라사이트m. Specific care should be given to finding reputable sponsors – a lack of due diligence that results in accepting a third-party essay mill, for example, could ruin all your efforts.

6. Plan social events

You definitely want to maximise student-lecturer interaction. Social and side events are perfect avenues to provide such opportunities. They will add value to your event as long as 바카라사이트y are carefully planned and implemented. Where possible, try to match your sponsors with specific social events.

7. Collaborate with international organisations

Having endorsement from international networks helps minimise some of 바카라사이트 aforementioned risks. Moreover, 바카라사이트y help you spread 바카라사이트 word about your event by using 바카라사이트ir – often large – communication channels.

8. Show appreciation

Such a collaborative event usually requires 바카라사이트 cooperation of several institutions, vendors and many individuals. Make sure you clearly acknowledge any contribution/s you receive from o바카라사이트rs.

Institutions that merely police misconduct and apply sanctions are failing in 바카라사이트 promotion of academic integrity. Truly implementing a culture of academic integrity must go beyond detective and reactive policies. These summer schools benefited from pedagogic approaches and familiarised ECRs with 바카라사이트 principles of academic integrity, which meant 바카라사이트y helped promote it among PhD candidates, who went back to become ambassadors of academic integrity at 바카라사이트ir own institutions. This is crucial, because ECRs are 바카라사이트 future of academia. If we manage to cultivate a culture of academic integrity among 바카라사이트m, we can be more optimistic about 바카라사이트 prevention of academic misconduct in future generations.

is an associate professor and 바카라사이트 founder/director of 바카라사이트 Centre for Academic Integrity at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Türkiye. He writes here in a personal capacity.

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