Facts and Figures

BC ACADEMIC
INTEGRITY DAY

THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY | 18 OCTOBER 2019 | #BC_AIN

Do you know how
prevalent contract
cheating is?
• As many as 1 in 7 recent
graduates may have paid
someone to undertake an
assignment for them.
• This represents 31 million
students world-wide.
Source: Newton, 2018.

THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY | 18 OCTOBER 2019 | #BC_AIN

Do you know how
prevalent contract
cheating is?
• 7% of students in the US
report having purchased an
assignment.
• 23% of students in the US
report knowing a peer who
has purchased an
assignment.
Source: Turnitin White Paper, 2013.

THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY | 18 OCTOBER 2019 | #BC_AIN

Do you know how
prevalent contract
cheating is?
• 6% of Australian students
admit to cheating; 27%
acknowledge they have given
an assignment to a peer.
• 21% of students globally have
visited contract cheating
sites.
Source: Bretag et. al, 2108; Awdry & Králíková, 2018.

THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY | 18 OCTOBER 2019 | #BC_AIN

Students don’t get
what they pay for.
• More than half of contracted
assignments receive failing
grades.
• 16% of contracted
assignments are received
by students after the
assignment deadline.
Source: Sunderland-Smith & Dullaghan, 2019.

THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY | 18 OCTOBER 2019 | #BC_AIN

Students don’t get
what they pay for.
• Students who engage with
contract cheating sites
place themselves at risk of
theft of personal
information, blackmail, and
extortion.
Source: Králíková, 2017.

THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY | 18 OCTOBER 2019 | #BC_AIN

International action is
underway.
• In the UK, 46 vice-chancellors
and heads of universities have
called for a ban on essay mills.
• The Australian government has
moved to make contract
cheating illegal, with purveyors
subject to jail and fines.
• Contract cheating is already
illegal in New Zealand.
THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY | 18 OCTOBER 2019 | #BC_AIN