On Thursday 20^th of October 2022, the CAA organized a webinar entitled “Building a Culture of Academic Integrity” as part of its series to support the quality agenda across higher education institutions.

The purpose of the webinar was to focus on the UAE Higher Education Institutions systems that address academic integrity issue at institutional level through policies, processes and altering systems of rewards, punitive measures, and assessment security.

The Academic Integrity webinar hosted international keynote speakers who are experts in academic integrity and contract cheating: Mr. Kane Murdoch, Head of Complaints, Appeals and Misconduct Macquarie University, Australia and Prof. Rhys Rowlands-Jones former Commissioner, UK. The webinar was attended by H.E. Prof. Mohammed Baniyas Higher Education Advisor & Director CAA, UAE Higher Education Institutions members and representatives from Higher Education sector, the total number of attendees was 124.

During the webinar, following topics were covered: academic integrity, assessment security and the future of the university, the rising problem of contract cheating, and Ministry of Education’s project on developing code of conduct. Moreover, several interactive discussion sessions were run for the benefit of securing quality of higher education as the integrity of that sector relies primarily on academic integrity, taking into consideration the increasing problems in the digital age and how continually the need to update its practices, policies, and systems to foster academic integrity and commitment to academic integrity by all its members.