This project aims to establish minimum standards to ensure academic integrity in higher education institutions, provide guidance materials and training to prevent dishonest behavior among students, and create an interactive web portal to support students who have been affected by academic misconduct. The project will determine minimum standards for academic integrity policies by learning from the best practices from international sources, develop guidance materials to prevent dishonest behavior by identifying factors that affect student behavior, organize online courses and face-to-face workshops for students, teachers, and administrators, and create an interactive web portal to assist those who have been affected by academic misconduct.

With the implementation of this project we aim to reach the following objectives that relevant to our project results: Establish a benchmark for minimum standards for academic integrity policies in Europe and beyond based on good practice internationally. Provide evidence-based guidance and training materials on how to detect and deter plagiarism and contract cheating in education and training stakeholders about academic writing accompanied by good academic integrity samples on the matter. Establish a support network and provide an advisory service using an interactive web portal for guidance and sharing experience for anyone affected by unethical academic conduct.

The project will focus on improving national and institutional policies for AI in HE. Through a review of educational sources globally, we will draw on best practice to create benchmarks for AI standards, policies and approaches, tuned for use in partner countries. Using well-tested questionnaires and focus groups, we will capture factors that influence student conduct. Working internationally we will collate ideas for best practices on strategies relating to plagiarism and contract cheating. By examining all available evidence, we will formulate a holistic approach for deterring plagiarism and contract cheating. Results will be disseminated within partner countries and beyond through conferences, workshops and scientific papers. Training materials will be developed from the results for guiding managers, teachers and students in higher education. Online courses and face-to-face workshops will be developed and delivered, translated into languages of participating organisations. Course completion certificates will be issued to participants. We will also develop an online platform to provide practical advice and guidance to all victims who seek support.