Oral and in-person exams return as AI cheating grows
The University of Melbourne is turning to in-person exams because of AI cheating, and several articles describe the return of oral exams. Hungarian outlets cover the reshaping of assessment and Denmark's move in August 2026, while in the United Kingdom four in five students take exams online.
Who is affected and how
- teacher
- Assessment is worth redesigning so that knowledge can be shown in person, though oral exams have their own limits.
- university student
- More and more courses require preparing for in-person or oral exams.
- school leader
- The evidentiary value of work written at home is in question, so exam arrangements need review.
- education policymaker
- Exam regulation must respond to AI.
Sources
- Oral exams are making a comeback to stop AI cheating. But they have their own problemsthe conversation · Aug 17, 2026
- Oral exams are making a comeback to stop AI cheating.…inkl.com · Aug 17, 2026
- AI cheating by students revives in-person exams at University of Melbourne, while balancing need for AI skillsafr.com · Aug 18, 2026
- University cheating crisis as students use AI to ‘bypass’ online examstelegraph.co.uk · Aug 18, 2026
- Does ‘AI‑watermarking’ mean the party is over for cheating students? - CSU Newsnews.csu.edu.au · Aug 19, 2026
- Does ‘AI-watermarking’ mean the party is over for cheating students? – Evening Reporteveningreport.nz · Aug 19, 2026
- AI could bring back oral questioning | Magyar Hírlapmagyarhirlap.hu · Aug 23, 2026 · magyar
- Assessment in an artificial intelligence environment: questions of preparing students | Hírnavigátorhirnavigator.hu · Aug 17, 2026 · magyar
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