Media Release
November 30 2007
Conference examines core issues for integrity in education
Education
has moved to the top of the list on the Australian political agenda so
it is all the more significant that the
3rd
Asia- Pacific Conference on Educational Integrity being held in
Adelaide next week, is placing core issues such as the development of a
culture of integrity, at the heart of the conference.
Entitled Creating a Culture of Integrity the conference will be held at UniSA’s City East campus on December 6 and 7 and will feature local and international keynote speakers.
Conference coordinator, Dr Tracey Bretag says this year the conference will move its focus away from single issues such as student plagiarism and look more closely at the bigger picture.
“We have a line-up of sessions and speakers that will open up some of the bigger questions relating to values, policy and culture in higher education,” Dr Bretag says.
“Policing the academic system is not a long term solution for maintaining integrity.
“Any long term fix has to be about culture building and it has to question the example set by academics and researchers themselves.”
The two-day conference will focus on a wide range of issues including:
• policy changes and reform in education;
• commercialisation of education;
• internationalisation of education;
• ethics in research and publishing;
• issues of governance and managerialism ;
• quality assurance and educational integrity;
• implications of the Research Quality Framework;
• issues in learning and teaching.
Keynote speaker, Professor Cathy Small from Northern Arizona University will examine The culture of the university; challenges and implications for academic integrity including an analysis of students today, how modern multimedia technologies, increased access to higher education and changes to the tradition and culture of universities is impacting on their lives and academic engagement.
Professor Brian Martin from Wollongong University will examine obstacles to academic integrity and Professor Robert Crotty from the SA Ethics Centre will look at the challenges and ethical obligations involved in the research doctorate process.
More information about the conference is available online some papers are available and interviews can be arranged with some of the keynote speakers before the conference.
Contact for interview
- Dr Tracey Bretag office (08) 8302 0224 mobile 0410 303 262 email tracey.bretag@unisa.edu.au
Media contact
-
Michèle Nardelli office (08) 8302 0966 mobile 0418 823 673
email michele.nardelli@unisa.edu.au