This site has frequently reported on rampant cheating by international students at Australia’s universities, often to get around inadequate English-language proficiency (for example see here, here and here).
Now, the federal government is establishing an education integrity watchdog to clamp down on cheaters in Australia’s higher education sector:
Education Minister Dan Tehan says the unit will help the sector preserve its world-class reputation.
“The integrity unit will ensure that universities continue to focus on the student experience and maintain the highest levels of quality,” he said on Wednesday.
It will also address threats facing research integrity and admissions standards and have the power to order courts to shut down websites that help students cheat.
Police, intelligence agencies, prosecutors and Home Affairs officers will all cooperate with the watchdog.
The real victims in this sham are domestic students whose education quality has been trashed as Australia’s universities dumb down courses for students with poor English skills, while also having to carry them via group assignments.
