Ethics and Integrity in Education (Practice)

Professor Mary Davis is Academic Integrity Lead and Professor (Education and Student Experience) at Oxford Brookes University, UK. She has dedicated her research and practice to academic integrity since 2005. She co-authored the study skills book 'Referencing and Understanding Plagiarism' and has written many book chapters  and articles including 'How much can you copy?' and ‘Inclusion in academic integrity: improving policy, pedagogy and practice’. She is associate editor of the International Journal for Educational Integrity and supports and encourages academic integrity colleagues around the world with research and practice. She is Vice President (Communications) of the International Center for Academic Integrity (ICAI), co-chair of the International Day of Action for Academic Integrity, editor of the #IntegrityMatters blog and member of the QAA UK Advisory Group on Academic Integrity. In recent years, she has focused on improving inclusive practice in academic integrity, including the ethical use of AI tools. She leads Integrity for All, the European Network for Academic Integrity (ENAI) working group based on raising awareness of inclusion in academic integrity and is deputy lead of the ENAI working group on educational materials.Dr. Cláudia S. Baptista is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (ICBAS) and a researcher at CECA-AL4AnimalS, University of Porto (U.Porto), Portugal. She holds a degree in Veterinary Medicine, two Master's degrees (Oncology and in Academic and Clinical Education), and a PhD in Veterinary Sciences. During her academic career, she was Director of the ICBAS U.Porto Kennel (2010-2020), responsible for the Diagnostic Imaging Service of the Veterinary Hospital of the University of Porto (UPVet, 1999-2020) and Founding Member and Vice-President of the Animal Welfare Body of ICBAS U.Porto (2014-2018). She currently coordinates the Curricular Units "Diagnostic Imaging", "Animal Welfare, Deontology, and Veterinary Ethics", and "Internship" of the Integrated Master's Degree in Veterinary Medicine (MIMV) at ICBAS U.Porto. She is also invited lecturer of "Academic and Professional Integrity" and “Assessment in Academic and Clinical Education” of the Master's Degree in Academic and Clinical Education at the Faculty of Medicine U.Porto. She is President of the Internship Committee and member of the Scientific Committee of MIMV ICBAS U.Porto, and responsible for the pedagogical activities at the Hospital UPVet, where she also practices clinical diagnostic imaging. Dr. Baptista is a member of the ENAI Working Group on Ethical Publishing and Dissemination. Education and ethics are two of her main research and professional interests.

• Pathways to Academic Integrity in Higher Education: A Community of Practice Approach.- Faculty’s perspectives on academic dishonesty: Evolving beliefs and opportunities for learning.- Leveraging positive peer influence to foster a culture of academic integrity.- The Benefits of Academic Integrity Networks – Exploring the London and South East Academic Integrity Network.- Including everyone in academic integrity: policies and teaching practice to engage all students and staff.- Enhancing academic practice in Higher Education – what’s the right way to do it? .- Establishing the link between contract cheating and admissions fraud: A case study.- Role of unambiguous assessment briefs in minimising misconduct: Avoiding past mistakes through learned wisdom.- Countering Education Fraud through Legal Measures.- Consultation on student use of AI tools at a university in the United Kingdom.- Plagiarism and Writing in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.- Developing resources for supporting ethical publishing and dissemination activities.- Presenting Student Academic Integrity Champion Model: a proactive step towards campus-wide efforts in building a culture of integrity.- Face of Fake Science: four episodes for reflection.- General Processes and Specific Challenges to build a multi-institutional Research Integrity Office in India.- Plagiarism without plagiarists Romanian case study.