Academic dishonesty - cheating and plagiarism in Ukrainian higher education

This chapter examines academic dishonesty in higher education, an integrity violation in which the learner misrepresents - through cheating, plagiarism or the purchase of work performed by others - the work they have completed or the knowledge and skills they have acquired. Acts of academic dishonesty in Ukraine are facilitated by gaps in law and regulation that permit its continuation, by the absence of widely shared ethical norms concerning academic dishonesty, and by the limited capacity of higher education institutions to assess and detect its presence. The chapter recommends making fraud detection a regular part of assessing a wide and representative range of academic work within academic programmes, and assisting higher education institutions in developing their capacity to detect dishonesty. Additionally, the scope of regulations against academic dishonesty should be broadened to include a wider selection of forms of academic dishonesty, for example cheating, and should underline that compliance is the responsibility of teachers and students alike.