In August 2021, Wales was the first UK nation to have full commitment to the QAA Academic Integrity Charter. In September 2021, the HEFCW-funded Welsh Integrity and Assessment Network (WIAN) was established to build on this commitment.
The Network is chaired by Professor Michael Draper (Swansea University) and Dr Mike Reddy (University of South Wales) who are also members of the UK Academic Integrity Advisory Group.
The WIAN is representative of staff and students from all regulated and funded higher education providers in Wales, which includes the nine universities and two further education colleges, and NUS Wales. The Network is committed to promoting academic integrity, combating academic misconduct, and promoting authentic and inclusive assessment practice.
Academic Integrity Symposium event
The presentations included:
- Presentation: Understanding personal responsibility around Generative AI use for academia
Dr Zeenath Khan, University of Wollongong in Duba - Presentation: Teaching ethical and inclusive approaches to student use of AI
Professor Mary Davis and Zohreh Pourmousa, Oxford Brookes University - Presentation: Early Conceptualisations of an Academic Integrity Game
Natalie Forde-Leaves, University of South Wales - Presentation: Learner orchestrated self-generated feedback
James Wood, Bangor University - Presentation: Errors by design
Pete Dunford, Bridgend College - Presentation: The applications and implications of GenAI for assessments and curricula
Dr Athanasios Hassoulas, Cardiff University
On 9 June 2023, the WIAN hosted an online academic integrity symposium grounded in the themes of the Network. The event included six workshops/presentations from across Wales and England, and a panel focused on looking ahead to the future.
The presentations, workshops and panel discussions included:
- Academic integrity at the Open University: Responding to a growing challenge | Richard Marsden & Emma Worth, The Open University
- A distributed approach to AI (artificial intelligence) and academic integrity | Neil Pickles, Amy Rattenbury, Daniel Knox & Cerys Alonso, Wrexham University
- Clarify: A meta tool for detecting unorthodox edits in MS Office document metadata | Clare Johnson & Mike Reddy, University of South Wales
- Artificial intelligence, assessment, and academic integrity: Working with students as co-designers | Jack Medlin, Keele University Students’ Union
- Silencing the chat: Developing institutional guidance for the use of large language model artificial (dumb) intelligence | Michael Draper, Swansea University
- Unlocking academic integrity research using simulations, AI assistance and ChatGPT | Thomas Lancaster, Imperial College London
- Panel discussion: Looking ahead to future challenges and opportunities for assessment and academic integrity | Mike Reddy, University of South Wales, Eve Alcock, QAA, James Wood, Bangor University, Steven Kehoe, Grŵp Llandrillo
Menai & Kate Gilliver, Cardiff University.