Australian universities face fresh international student cheating allegations

In 2024, Caitlin Cassidy from The Guardian documented that “mass cheating” was prevalent across Australia’s universities, led by international students.

Cassidy also reported that academics at Australia’s universities were being precluded from failing poorly performing international students due to the risk it posed to fee revenue.

Over the weekend, The Australian published an alarming report documenting how Australia’s universities are experiencing a full‑blown collapse in academic integrity as AI becomes ubiquitous among students and institutions abandon attempts to detect AI‑generated work.

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.