80% admit to cheating

Article Abstract:

Students on campuses in Australia are copying material from textbooks and from the Internet, are collaborating on assignments and are submitting work done by previous students and are even hiring more knowledgeable people to sit their examinations for them. Surveys have revealed that around 80% of undergraduates in Australia admitted to cheating, while amongst postgraduates 54% stated that they had cheated at least once during their course. Student leaders have criticised the findings, stating that many of those being called cheats had not cheated deliberately, and that collaborating on assignments was commonplace and could not be classed as cheating.

Students, Educational aspects

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Study: BAs and babies don't mix

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Better educated women in Australia tend to have fewer children than women with no post-school qualifications, according to research conducted by James Franklin and Sarah Chee Tueno. The survey also revealed that women who go to university are less likely to get married as the men that they might have married are already taken by the time the start looking for a partner.

Social aspects, Women college graduates

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Trade in fake papers soars

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Students from a number of Asian countries, including China, are using forged English-language competency certificates in order to try and enrol in overseas universities. Forged certificates allegedly issued through the British Council's International English Language Testing System are said to be available on the black market for up to A$10,000.

Government regulation, Asia, Students, College, College students, Licensing, certification and accreditation, Asian students

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