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Higher Education (HE) organisations are essential public service sectors focusing on research and research-informed teaching. In many countries, HE is self-regulated, having its own institutional policies and guidelines. Therefore, they mostly avoid external accountability for internal conflicts, malpractice, or misconduct. Any reported conflicts are usually ‘handled’ by the appointed members at the managerial or executive …

Handy hints for ‘whistleblowers’ of misconduct and malpractice in HE Read More »

My academic path was deeply marked by two people I would like to pay tribute to. The surgeon, Amadeu Pimenta, a “humanistic doctor”, who was one of my internship supervisors in the last year of my degree, and Isabel Azevedo, a doctor and my PhD supervisor. With the former I was able to closely observe …

The role models of my academic life and the teaching of medical humanities Read More »

Academic integrity is a fundamental principle that universities and educational institutions require students to uphold. All students are expected to complete their work and submit original assignments, papers, and dissertations reflecting their learning and knowledge. Unfortunately, some students and academics do not adhere to these standards and engage in academic dishonesty, such as contract cheating …

How I Met with Contract Cheating Read More »

Efforts to safeguard academic integrity and fair assessment received a new challenge in November 2022, with ChatGPT, artificial intelligence entering the market in a usable form as a chatbot, which no one at educational institutions had expected until recently. I still remember Elisabeth Bik’s wonderful keynote at the European Conference on Academic Integrity and Plagiarism …

Is ChatGPT changing everything now? Read More »

Are you reading a paper and suspect that the paper was not written by the person who submitted it? This problem is global and it is not easy to detect or to prove. If such a paper is evaluated without establishing that it was not written by the person who submitted it, then it is …

Contract cheating – a problem that probably won’t cool down anytime soon Read More »

To this day I vividly remember my fascinating but very complicated work related to my PhD thesis. My research was devoted to Old Polish literature, so I spent most of my time in long-established libraries, which had very unique, special atmosphere. Of course, there were many difficulties during this time. Especially complicated was the research …

My pathway to Research Integrity and prevention of Scientific Misconduct Read More »

Everyone within an academic community deserves to be treated with respect and dignity by other members of that community. The community may be within one institution or involve several institutions and organisations, for example: the community of partners working together on a research project; students and supervisory staff involved in placements based in external companies; …

The good old days? What has my career taught me about respect in the workplace Read More »