South East European Project on Policies for Academic Integrity
(SEEPPAI)
This project aims to explore perceptions and understanding about policies and procedures for supporting academic integrity and preventing plagiarism and academic dishonesty in higher education.
Target Countries
- Albania
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Croatia
- Montenegro
- Macedonia
- Serbia
Council of Europe
SEEPPAI is commissioned and funded by Council of Europe.
Contact
Would you like to get involved?
Contact us: seeppai@mendelu.cz
Follow us: facebook.com/seeppai
The South East European Project on Policies for Academic Integrity was exploring perceptions and understanding about policies and procedures for supporting academic integrity and preventing and managing student plagiarism and academic dishonesty.
The project focuses on Higher Education in the following countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Macedonia and Serbia.
One of the main parts of the project is to collect information from students, teachers and management from higher education institution in the region. This data was be collected using questionnaires, interviews and focus groups. The on-line questionnaires were available in several different languages.
The collection of the data starts in October 2016 and runs until December 2016.
Final Report:
- Final report in PDF (released in April 2017)
Publications:
- Irene Glendinning, Tomáš Foltýnek, Dita Dlabolová, Dana Linkeschová, Thomas Lancaster, 2017. Exploring Issues Challenging Academic Integrity in South East Europe, Conference Proceedings - Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 (download presentation)
- Dita Dlabolová, Tomáš Foltýnek, 2017. South East European Project on Policies for Academic Integrity, conference Informatika XXX/2017 (download presentation and abstract)
- ETINED - Volume 5: South-East European Project on Policies for Academic Integrity (2018). ISBN English version: 978-92-871-8482-5. ISBN French version: 978-92-871-8514-3.
Presentations:
- Thomas Lancaster: Examining The State of Academic Integrity in Europe
- Thomas Lancaster: International Perspectives On Contract Cheating (video)
- Thomas Lancaster: Policies for Academic Integrity in Montenegro and South East Europe
- Thomas Lancaster: The State Of Academic Integrity In Europe (video)
- Thomas Lancaster: The New Technologies Of Plagiarism - Exploring the Culture Of Plagiarism In Higher Education
Referenced to the SEEPPAI Project:
- Cheating in higher education: new guidance on prevention (QAA report)
- Thomas Lancaster: How to stop cheating in universities
Students
Questionnaires were available in following language versions:
- English, Albanian, Bosnian, Croatian, Macedonian, Montenegrin, Serbian – Latin, Serbian – Cyrilic.
Offline version of the questionnaire in English: download in PDF.
Teachers
Questionnaires were available in following language versions:
- English, Albanian, Bosnian, Croatian, Macedonian, Montenegrin, Serbian – Latin, Serbian – Cyrilic.
Offline version of the questionnaire in English: download in PDF.
Management
- Questionnaire for management was in English only
Offline version of the questionnaire in English: download in PDF.
Mendel University in Brno
Czech Republic
Tomáš Foltýnek
Email: foltynek@pef.mendelu.cz
Dita Dlabolova
Email: dita.dlabolova@mendelu.cz
Dana Linkeschova
Email: dana.linkeschova@gmail.com
Tetyana Kapet
Email: tanioula_28@hotmail.com
Coventry University
United Kingdom
Irene Glendinning
Email: ireneg@coventry.ac.uk
Thomas Lancaster
Email: ac2717@coventry.ac.uk
Working with Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) across South-Eastern Europe countries to compare and evaluate the different approaches to academic dishonesty.
The research specifically focuses on:
- Strategies for countering plagiarism (including awareness, prevention and detection)
- Exploring what policies and procedures are implemented at institutional and national levels and evaluating how visible and effective these processes are
- Identifying any electronic tools that are in use for detecting plagiarism and finding out how these tools are deployed
- Investigating the level of interest and awareness in concepts surrounding academic integrity
The three main levels of surveys, aimed at students, teachers and higher education management are available as online questionnaires accessed through the project web site. Additionally, university senior managers can participate through an interview, as well as through the online questionnaire.
Focus groups will be held with students to identify their views about academic integrity.
Interviews will also be held with people knowledgeable and/or responsible for higher education standards, quality and policy at regional and national level.
Anonymity will be assured for responses from individuals and institutions.
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The project will:
- Identify what is being currently done to endorse academic integrity and to prevent plagiarism in higher education institutions in South-Eastern Europe
- Capture case studies showing examples of good practice in the region
- Evaluate new interventions for preventing or detecting plagiarism
- Recommend methods for encouraging academic integrity, and dealing with cases of academic dishonesty in an effective and consistent manner
- Aim to help to uphold and improve standards and quality in Higher Education institutions across South-Eastern Europe and beyond
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We welcome input from:
- Students, at undergraduate and master’s levels
- Academic (teaching) staff
- Senior managers within universities who hold responsibility for quality enhancement
- Representatives of national quality assurance and standards agencies
- Other researchers working on aspects of academic integrity and quality assurance
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How to participate?
- Target group: higher education communities from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Macedonia and Serbia.
- Select your questionnaire:
- Questionnaire for students
- Questionnaire for teachers
- Questionnaire for management
- To find out more please send an email to seeppai@mendelu.cz or contact one of the project partners directly.
| The project will extend the results of the project Impact of Policies for Plagiarism in Higher Education Across Europe (IPPHEAE) conducted in 2010-2013. The previous project focused on how academic integrity and plagiarism issues are approached in the European Union. The outcomes from the previous project are available at: http://plagiarism.cz/ippheae. |  |
Previous research indicates that plagiarism is a serious problem across the world. From our initial studies, we know that some countries are taking a more active approach than others at discouraging student plagiarism and other forms of cheating and promoting academic integrity.
SEEPPAI will provide a big picture of plagiarism and academic integrity within the South East Europe region:
- We will help by sharing with participants the good practice that we observe during our research
- Staff participants will have access to the anonymized results for surveys at their institution and will be able to compare their profile to the published national and international level survey results
- SEEPPAI will provide evidence for strategists and decision makers in the participating countries and institutions on how they can improve academic standards and quality
- The more institutions that participate in the project, the wider the perspective we will be able to provide on how plagiarism is being dealt with in different parts of Europe
- There may be future opportunities for participating institutions to collaborate with the project team in further research and to participate in publications
- Staff participants will be invited to join us for the 3rd international conference “Plagiarism across Europe and beyond”, 24th-27th May 2017, organized by Mendel University and Council of Europe – Brno, Czech Republic, where the SEEPPAI findings will be shared (note that a charge will apply for participation at the conference).
24th–26th May 2017, Brno, Czech Republic
The results of the SEEPPAI research will be disseminated at the international conference Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 organized by Mendel University in Brno, Council of Europe and European Network for Academic Integrity. The international conference Plagiarism across Europe and Beyond aims to be a forum for sharing best practices and experience with addressing academic integrity issues. There will be several invited keynote speakers, as well as presentations of researchers from all around the world. All papers will be peer reviewed. Conference TopicsResearch papers, synopsis, posters and workshops are welcome in following areas:
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