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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Celina Ribeiro

The push and pull of cheating at university: ‘No one knows what cheating is any more’

Prof George Williams, a deputy vice-chancellor at UNSW. UNSW established Courageous Conversations, a restorative justice program for cheating in 2019.
Prof George Williams, a deputy vice-chancellor at UNSW. UNSW established Courageous Conversations, a restorative justice program for cheating in 2019. Photograph: Blake Sharp-Wiggins/The Guardian

When a student roams a university campus, they might see stickers on the back of bathroom stall doors. Pamphlets dropped at eating areas. Postcards floating around common spaces and posters wrapped around telegraph poles. All selling what might look to be homework help or tutoring. They’re on Facebook, Instagram, in direct messages. If they manage to get your email address, there’ll be spam there too.

Only some of these services do more than help. They do the work itself. In other words, it’s contract cheating.

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