Academic Integrity in Higher Education: A Report for BMP3003 Module

This report provides a comprehensive overview of academic integrity within higher education, beginning with a definition and emphasizing its importance in maintaining trust, honesty, and transparency within educational institutions. It discusses the role of both students and teachers in upholding academic integrity, highlighting factors such as fostering student self-confidence, employing qualified professors, and ensuring fairness and transparency in academic practices. The report also examines the implications of academic misconduct, including cheating, plagiarism, and fabrication, detailing the potential consequences for both students and institutions. Furthermore, it includes a reflection on the steps taken and difficulties encountered in producing a game related to academic skills, as well as the skills learned and emphasized throughout the academic year, such as research, communication, and writing. The report concludes by reiterating the crucial role of academic integrity in fostering a disciplined and ethical academic environment, ultimately enhancing the reputation and performance of educational institutions.

Academic Integrity

Table of Contents
INTRDUCTION..............................................................................................................................3
TASK...............................................................................................................................................3
An introduction including a description of academic integrity..............................................3
A discussion of the importance of academic integrity in higher education...........................4
Discuss the implications of academic misconduct.................................................................4
Reflect on the steps you have taken and difficulties encountered in producing the game.....5
Reflect on the skills you have learned this academic year and those emphasized in producing
your game...............................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRDUCTION
Academic integrity is defined as sustaining the reputations and expectations of
educational institute legally which is fulfilled by teachers, students and researchers. For
sustaining the academic integrity effectively within educational institute for long duration
different types of effective skills are used by professors and students (Abalkina, 2021). Those
skills are presentation, referencing writing etc. and due to the effective use of all these skills
misconduct activities are highly reduced from students in colleges and universities. For
developing these type of skills effectively in minds of students it is necessary for management
that they must provide challenging task to them. It leads to increase their problem solving ability
at higher rate. This report will cover the introduction of academic integrity, importance of
academic integrity in higher education and also discuss the implications of academic misconduct.
Effective academic integrity is highly essential for enhancing the career growth of students at
higher rate in long term.
TASK
An introduction including a description of academic integrity
As already mentioned above academic integrity is a goodwill and reputation of university
or colleges which is sustained with help of teachers, students and other members (Ahsan, Akbar
and Kam, 2021). Due to the effective use of academic integrity university are able to enhance
and maintain their trust, honesty and transparency in minds of parents for long time. For
maintaining academic integrity in effective manner students and teachers played the main role in
educational institution in form of presenting good performance and putting full effort in their
study. Therefore, the goodwill of the academics is highly essential for maintaining good
relationship with all types of students in long term. Due to the effective utilization of academic
integrity misconduct or illegal actions from the students are effectively reduced at maximum
level. Due to the high reduction of misconduct activities by students institutes are able to
enhance their overall personality and career growth for long duration. With the help of academic
integrity students are able to develop their career always in right direction and due to moving
their career in right path success is highly increased.

A discussion of the importance of academic integrity in higher education
During the time of academics of educational institutes and students both have various
importance which includes increasing self confidence of students always keep standard in their
courses etc. The factors which is considered by educational institute in the aspect of academic
integrity are described below -
 Increasing students self-confidence – It means when institute followed academic
integrity effectively, then definitely the motivation level of students are also
automatically increased at maximum level. Because here academic integrity are applied
by university in the form of providing entertaining and meaningful knowledge to them
(Anderson, 2021). In such type of institutes teachers always focus on the weakness of
each and every student analytical problem, coordination problems etc. After the analysis
of these weaknesses solutions are provided by seniors in the form of case study and
assignments which leads to enhance their performance level within short duration.
 Use of qualified professors – Due to the use of highly talented teachers is one of the
important element in educational institute for managing academic integrity effectively.
The main role of these talented teachers is to maintain the discipline of the institute and
also facilitates meaningful and right guidance to their students. Because with help of
highly qualified teachers, students received effective support for their career growth and
also for taking right decision in any situation. Due to receiving proper guidance the
misconduct activities from students are also reduced at higher rate for long duration.
 Keeping fairness and transparency – It means keeping fair treatment with all types of
students by the educational institutes or professors (Bilen and Matros, 2021). Because
when institute providing various types of resources, facilities and knowledge equally to
each and every student. Due to keeping fairness in their activities productivity and
performance of their students are easily increased in long term. When universities
maintained fairness in their activities then definitely legal barriers are effectively
developed to students for reducing the misconduct activity.
Discuss the implications of academic misconduct
The various implications which are faced by educational institute or the student during
the time of academics are described below -

 Cheating – It is defined as the use of unauthorised sources, information and materials
which comes under the category of illegal activity. It is not good for the growth of the
students within institute (Bouter, Horn and Kleinert, 2021). Because due to conducting
this type misconduct activity by students their thinking ability and overall performance
are effectively decreased in their studies. Due to this chances are easily increased for
decreasing the goodwill or reputation of that university or colleges at higher rate. For
decreasing this type of difficulty management must take proper actions quickly.
 Plagiarism – Here students are try to directly copy the design, idea and words from other
sources and persons. Due to this type of misconduct activity talent and internal skills of
each and every student are easily decreased at maximum level. It leads to decrease the
development of students mind and they also stopped to use their own creativity and idea
in various assignment and task for long time. This implications are also comes under the
category of misconduct activity. For decreasing these problems authority must hire
qualified teachers for distributing paper to students with unique questions at time of
exam.
 Fabrication or falsification – It refer to creating changes in document or existing data in
the form of alteration (Colloff, Grafton and Williams, 2021). Due to this institutes are
facing lot of difficulties for screening and identifying the correct document of students
and it leads to develop negative impression on administration officer. Because here the
main role of this officer is to give admission to those students whose previous academic
record is good (Mahdy and Zaghloul, 2020).
Reflect on the steps you have taken and difficulties encountered in producing the game
For developing the good game I used effective idea which shows that importance of academic
skills is in entertaining mood. With help of entertainment in my presentation other students
easily listen the process of this game sincerely. But due to some various barriers procedure
procedure is not worked systematically and those barriers are -
Firstly, I find that game is not systematically arranged according to my idea and strategy
and idea. In first section my main motive is to highlight the significance of academic skills which
is essential for motivating other students.

Second problem which I realize at the time of preparing game is that designing attractive
or effective graphics. Therefore, due to less knowledge about information technology my ideas
are not worked according to plan.
Thirdly, I faced problem for framing meaningful and entertaining questions according to
the game. It means at the time of developing game various questions are developed in my mind
but out of these only some questions are meaningful for other students and me which is not
enough.
The last problem which I feels during the time of preparing game that is framing of
various regulations in game because it is very difficult session for me. With help of this game
students of university realize the significance of using their skills and preventing academic
integrity in education field.
Reflect on the skills you have learned this academic year and those emphasized in producing
your game
During the time of preparing game, I get a wonderful opportunity for polishing my skills which
is important for my and other students career growth effectively. The skills which I improved
during the time of developing game are -
 Research – It is a mandatory skill for every student for understanding the various types
of topics in defined or clear manner. Because without research students are not able clear
their concepts and doughs in time. But for me this skill allows me to gathering accurate
and reliable data from various sources. Due to this I also able using new ideas and
strategies for increasing the effectiveness of game between other students.
 Communication – It refers to conversation between two or more individuals at the time
of organising game. Therefore, this skills allow me to maintain proper coordination with
my team members at the time of developing game. In this way functions of the game
always run in smooth manner. Due to participating in various events and programmes
with my team I received lots of knowledge about the preparation of game.
 Writing – This is a mandatory skill for each and every student which allows them to
write a effective and meaningful sentence which is highly beneficial for me and others.
With help of this skill I realize that which instructions of game are mentioned and written
in systematic way. Then according to that I made lot of practice in writing which supports
me to achieve good scores in my assignment and research report during my studies.

CONCLUSION
After the analysis of above data it is concluded that that academic integrity played the
crucial role within colleges or schools. It is also essential for maintaining transparency and
fairness in their functions towards parents. The main purpose following academic integrity by
staff is to manage the students in discipline for and also for reducing the misconduct activities in
long time. Reduction in academic misconduct also helped to enhanced reputation and
performance of institutes in high rate.

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