International Day of Action for Academic Integrity (IDoA)
Theme for 2025: ‘Everyday integrity: Discovering your superpower’
Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Save the date!
Join us for online events on the day and use our resources for events at your institution to mark the
International Day of Action for Academic Integrity.
We want to demonstrate that integrity is part of everyday life, not just academic study. It is part of being a responsible member of society and important for all jobs. Everyone is capable of showing integrity. Demonstrating integrity can lead us to good decisions for our whole
lives, so we can see it as a superpower.
You may click here to save or print the poster. Versión en español.
As part of IDoA 2025, we are holding a Student Comic Strip Contest and we’d love your help spreading the word to students worldwide!
Students are invited to create a short, engaging comic strip that shows how honesty, responsibility, and ethical choices can be a powerful force in everyday life. This is a chance to share a personal, authentic perspective on academic integrity through creativity and storytelling.
Key Details:
- Submission Deadline: Wednesday, October 15, 2025, at 11:59 pm EST
- Gift cards worth up to $150 USD for the best submissions
- Minimum 6-panel comic strip (hand-drawn or digital)
- Open to High School and Higher Education students worldwide
- Submissions welcome in any language
More information:
Please share this opportunity with your students and encourage them to participate. It’s a fun, meaningful way to engage with the values of integrity and maybe win a prize along the way!
Program of events will be announced in mid-September.
Please contact the co-chair, Professor Mary Davis mdavis@academicintegrity.org with any queries about IDOA 2025.
Conferences
Events
‘I just might have a problem that you’ll understand’: Lessons from Leaning on a Community of Practice of Academic Integrity Officers
Communities of Practice (CoPs) have been a long-standing feature of educational and professional landscapes. There is a vast body of literature on the value of CoPs as a mechanism for sharing and co-creating knowledge and understanding (Li et al., 2009).
Read MoreAddressing Faculty Barriers to Navigating Academic Integrity Violations
Navigating academic misconduct is rarely straightforward. For many faculty, it’s one of the more challenging (and often thankless) parts of the role. Much of the existing research has treated faculty as a homogenous group, overlooking how experiences might differ depending on their teaching journey.
Read MoreEncouraging Students to Treat AI as a Writing Support Tool—Not an Idea Generator
Should the College Writing Centre Embrace Generative AI? Since the release of ChatGPT in the fall of 2022, nearly every corner of the academic ecosystem has been touched in some way by the widespread adoption of generative artificial intelligence. But one corner of the higher education environment, for better or worse, remains largely untouched by these seismic shifts: the college writing centre.
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