Means of Forming a Culture of Academic Integrity of Postgraduate Students: Experience of Ukraine and the European Union

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to study how to form a culture of academic integrity of postgraduate students based on the consideration and analysis of the Ukrainian and European experience. To achieve this goal, the author used such research methods as analysis and synthesis, and the content analysis method was applied to study the scientific literature to official documents. The results show that the EU countries use a variety of tools, including the formation of educational ethics, university codes of conduct, specialised seminars and training, mentoring, the use of digital tools to detect plagiarism in dissertations, the imposition of severe sanctions for violations, as well as the use of public influence methods and the work of special control and accreditation commissions. The advantages of postgraduate education in European countries in terms of building academic integrity are the fact that this process has a long history of application and uses proven methods, while in Ukraine this concept is relatively new. This indicates the existence of certain weaknesses. Ukrainian codes of ethics for higher education institutions have a limited impact, unlike in European countries, where violations of academic integrity lead to the automatic isolation of a person in the scientific community. Ukrainian legal definitions also create precedents for avoiding responsibility for violations of academic integrity. The conclusions note some positive innovations in Ukraine, including borrowing forms of accreditation examinations and the work of a special agency to ensure the quality of education.