On May 20, 2026, the Global Academic Integrity Network (GAIN) held the 16th meeting to discuss a range of issues related to the QA and academic integrity in higher education.
Varduhi Gyulazyan, head of ANQA's Institutional and Programme Accreditation Division, also participated in the meeting alongside representatives from education quality assurance agencies, HEIs and international partner organisations.
The meeting was chaired by Andy Smith, Quality and Standards manager at the UK's Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA).
The meeting addressed the institutional impact of academic integrity principles in the UK. Presentations were delivered by Nick Watmough and Simon Bullock of QAA, as well as Inchara Athreya of the University of Warwick.
Reference was also made to the mechanisms for the verification of outcomes in accredited academic programmes delivered entirely online. Professor Mollie Dollinger of Curtin University presented the approaches to outcome assessment and quality assurance in the online educational environment.