Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mike Perkins is the Head of the Centre for Research & Innovation at British University Vietnam, Vietnam. He holds a PhD in Management from the University of York, where he explored performance management in local policing services. His current research focuses on performance management, academic integrity, and the impact of Generative AI (GenAI) technologies in academia.

Mike is one of the authors of the AI Assessment Scale, which has been adopted globally across schools and universities. His research focuses on GenAI’s impact on education, and has explored various areas within this field. This has included AI text detectors, attitudes to AI technologies, and the ethical integration of AI in assessments through the AI Assessment Scale. His work bridges technology, education, and academic integrity.

Mike has also explored broader academic integrity issues. These have included investigating the murky operations of diploma mills, and student perceptions of cheating during the transition to online learning prompted by the Covid-19 pandemic. He maintains a strong focus on supporting students to understand and navigate university policies related to academic integrity: a challenge which has been increased since the broad introduction of GenAI tools in education over the last year.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2019)
  Staffordshire University/Advance HE (UK)
• Doctor of Philosophy (2009 – 2013)
  The University of York (UK)
  Thesis: Public Confidence Modelling: A Locally Based Approach to Police Performance Management
• Bachelor of Science (Hons) Management (2005-2008)
  The University of York (UK)
  

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

British University Vietnam (BUV)

• Associate Professor (2024 –present)
• Head, Centre for Research & Innovation (2023-present)
• Senior Lecturer in Management (2016 – 2024)
• Head of Quality and Academic Development (2018 – 2023)
• Academic Development and Quality Leader (2017 – 2018)
• Lecturer in Management (2013 – 2016)
• Quality Leader (2015 – 2017)

University of York

• Graduate Teaching Assistant (2009 – 2013)

RESEARCH AREAS

• Generative AI in Education
• AI Ethics
• Performance Management
• Academic Integrity
• Public Sector management

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

Please visit Mike’s profile on Google Scholar for his most recent publications

• Bjelobaba, S., Waddington, L., Perkins, M., Foltýnek, T., Bhattacharyya, S., & Weber-Wulff, D. (2025).
  Maintaining research integrity in the age of GenAI: An analysis of ethical challenges and recommendations to researchers. International Journal for Educational Integrity, 21, Article 18. doi:10.1007/s40979-025-00165-0
• Furze, L., Perkins, M., & Roe, J. (2024).
  The AI Assessment Scale (AIAS) in Australian K-12 Education. Teachers’ Frontiers, 1(1), 17–24. doi:10.1234/tf.2024.001
• Roe, J., Perkins, M., & Ruelle, D. (2024).
  Is GenAI the future of feedback? Understanding student and staff perspectives on AI in assessment. Intelligent Technologies in Education. doi:10.5678/ite.2024.045
• Furze, L., Perkins, M., Roe, J., & MacVaugh, J. (2024).
  The AI Assessment Scale (AIAS) in Action: A pilot implementation of GenAI-supported assessment. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 40(4), 38–55. doi:10.14742/ajet.8888
• Roe, J., Perkins, M., & Furze, L. (2024).
  Deepfakes and higher education: A research agenda and scoping review of synthetic media. Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 21(10). doi:10.53761/jutlp.2024.21.10.04
• Perkins, M., Roe, J., Vu, B. H., Postma, D., Hickerson, D., McGaughran, J., & Khuat, H. Q. (2024).
  Simple techniques to bypass GenAI text detectors: Implications for inclusive education. International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 21(1), 53. doi:10.1186/s41239-024-00584-w
• Perkins, M., Furze, L., Roe, J., & MacVaugh, J. (2024).
  The Artificial Intelligence Assessment Scale (AIAS): A framework for ethical integration of generative AI in educational assessment. Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 21(6), Article 06. doi:10.53761/jutlp.2024.21.6.06
• Perkins, M., & Roe, J. (2024).
  The use of generative AI in qualitative analysis: Inductive thematic analysis with ChatGPT. Journal of Applied Learning and Teaching, 7(1), Article 1. doi:10.37074/jalt.2024.7.1.1
• Perkins, M., & Roe, J. (2024).
  Academic publisher guidelines on AI usage: A ChatGPT-supported thematic analysis. F1000Research, 12, 1398. doi:10.12688/f1000research.142030.1
• Perkins, M., & Roe, J. (2024).
  Decoding academic integrity policies: A corpus linguistics investigation of AI and other technological threats. Higher Education Policy, 37(4), 633–653. doi:10.1057/s41307-023-00394-1
• Perkins, M., & Davies, M. (2024).
  Shifting oversight: The evolution of modern police performance management in England and Wales. Public Management Review, 1–21. doi:10.1080/14719037.2024.2306571
• Perkins, M., Roe, J., Postma, D., McGaughran, J., & Hickerson, D. (2023).
  Detection of GPT-4 generated text in higher education: Combining academic judgement and software to identify generative AI tool misuse. Journal of Academic Ethics. doi:10.1007/s10805-023-09471-0
• Roe, J., & Perkins, M. (2023).
  ‘What they’re not telling you about ChatGPT’: Exploring the discourse of AI in UK news media headlines. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 10(1), Article 1. doi:10.1057/s41599-023-01886-3
• Perkins, M. (2023).
  Academic integrity considerations of AI large language models in the post-pandemic era: ChatGPT and beyond. Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 20(2). doi:10.53761/jutlp.2023.20.2.07
• Roe, J., & Perkins, M. (2023).
  Welcome to the university of life, can I take your order? Investigating life experience degree offerings in diploma mills. International Journal for Educational Integrity, 19(1), 19. doi:10.1007/s40979-023-00144-y
• Roe, J., Perkins, M., Chonu, G. K., & Bhati, A. (2023).
  Student perceptions of peer cheating behaviour during COVID-19 induced online teaching and assessment. Higher Education Research & Development, 43(4), 966–980. doi:10.1080/07294360.2023.2207741
• Roe, J., Perkins, M., Wong, C., & Chonu, G. K. (2023).
  Perspectives on academic integrity in the ASEAN region. In S. E. Eaton (Ed.), Handbook of Academic Integrity (pp. 1–16). Springer Nature. doi:10.1007/978-981-19-6156-4_36-1
• Roe, J., & Perkins, M. (2022).
  What are automated paraphrasing tools and how do we address them? A review of a growing threat to academic integrity. International Journal for Educational Integrity, 18(15). doi:10.1007/s40979-022-00116-w
• Perkins, M., Roe, J., & Gordon, R. D. (2020).
  Management versus measurement: A renewed categorization of performance terminology. Pan-Pacific Management Science, 3, 3–18. doi:10.1016/ppms.2020.03.001
• Perkins, M., Gezgin, U. B., & Roe, J. (2020).
  Reducing plagiarism through academic misconduct education. International Journal for Educational Integrity, 16(3). doi:10.1007/s40979-020-00052-8
• Roe, J., & Perkins, M. (2020).
  Learner autonomy and English learning in the Vietnamese HE context: A literature review. Asian Journal of University Education, 16(1), 13–21. doi:10.24191/ajue.v16i1.8604
• Perkins, M., Gezgin, U. B., & Gordon, R. (2019).
  Plagiarism in higher education: Classification, causes and controls. Pan-Pacific Management Science, 2, 3–20. doi:10.1016/ppms.2019.02.001
• Perkins, M., Gezgin, U. B., & Roe, J. (2018).
  Understanding the relationship between language ability and plagiarism in non-native English speaking business students. Journal of Academic Ethics, 16(4), 317–328. doi:10.1007/s10805-018-9311-8
• Perkins, M. (2017).
  Different communities, different approaches: Avoiding a ‘one size fits all’ approach to neighborhood policing strategies. In D. Bruns (Ed.), Global Perspectives on Crime Prevention and Community Resilience. Taylor & Francis. doi:10.4324/9781315213732-8
• Perkins, M., & Cotrel-Gibbons, L. (2016).
  The Vietnamese police response to domestic violence against women: The family unit under pressure. In D. S. Peterson & S. Schroder (Eds.), International Perspectives on Domestic Violence. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315674786-14
• Perkins, M. (2016).
  Modelling public confidence of the police: How perceptions of the police differ between neighborhoods in a city. Police Practice and Research: An International Journal, 17(1), 113–125. doi:10.1080/15614263.2015.1128155
• Perkins, M., Grey, A., & Remmers, H. (2014).
  What do we really mean by “balanced scorecard”? International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 63(2), 148–169. doi:10.1108/IJPPM-11-2012-0127

RESEARCH & CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS/EXHIBITIONS

• Perkins, M. (2025, August 8).
  Adapting global best practices for GenAI integration in Higher Education: Insights from British University Vietnam [Invited presentation]. National Scientific Seminar: University Governance in the GenAI Era, Central Propaganda & Training Commission, Ministry of Education & Training, FISU Vietnam & CMC University, Hanoi, Vietnam.
• Perkins, M. (2025, July 27).
  The AI Assessment Scale for Management Education [Conference presentation]. Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2025, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Perkins, M.; Roe, J.; MacVaugh, J. (2025, July 25).
  Using the AI Assessment Scale to Transform Business School Education [Professional Development Workshop]. Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2025, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Perkins, M. (2025, July 10).
  Transforming assessment practices with the AI Assessment Scale (AIAS) [Keynote address]. Swansea Annual Learning & Teaching Conference (SALT) 2025, Swansea University, UK [Online].
• Perkins, M. (2025, June 18).
  Deepfakes and Higher Education: Exploring stakeholder attitudes [Conference presentation]. European Conference on Ethics and Integrity in Academia 2025, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
• Perkins, M. (2025, June 16).
  Advancing ethical AI integration with the AI Assessment Scale [Keynote address]. European Conference on Ethics and Integrity in Academia 2025, Uppsala University, Sweden.
• Perkins, M. (2025, June 11).
  Assessing in the age of AI with the AI Assessment Scale (AIAS) [Keynote address]. University of Stirling Learning and Teaching Conference 2025, Stirling, UK [Online].
• Perkins, M. (2025, May 1).
  Balancing innovation and values: Preserving what matters in education [Keynote address]. Joint Managerial Body for Voluntary Secondary Schools Annual Conference 2025, Killarney, Ireland.
• Perkins, M. (2024, December 15–19).
  Harnessing GenAI to transform education for all [Conference presentation]. 19th Annual Meeting of the United Nations Internet Governance Forum, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
• Perkins, M. (2024, December 9).
  Transforming assessment practices in higher education with the AI Assessment Scale (AIAS) [Keynote address]. Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
• Perkins, M. (2024, September 4).
  Transforming assessment practices with the AI Assessment Scale [Plenary address]. UNESCO Digital Learning Week 2024, UNESCO HQ, Paris, France.
• Perkins, M. (2024, June 6).
  Transforming assessment practices in higher education with the AI Assessment Scale (AIAS) [Conference presentation]. International Conference of Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education 2024.
• Perkins, M. (2024, June 4).
  Academic publisher guidelines on AI usage: A ChatGPT-supported thematic analysis [Conference presentation]. 8th World Conference on Research Integrity (WCRI), Athens, Greece.
• Perkins, M. (2024, May 25).
  Academic publisher guidelines on AI usage: A ChatGPT-supported thematic analysis [Conference presentation]. Joint International Conference on Ethics and Integrity in Academia, PUPP ENAI CSAI Gatineau 2024, Gatineau–Ottawa, Canada.

RESEARCH GRANTS

• Principal Investigator, International Science Partnerships Fund – British Council (£80,000) “Bridging the Generative AI Divide: Transforming Vietnam’s Higher Education Landscape” Collaboration with Swansea University and National Academy of Education Management. 2024-2026
• Co-Principal Investigator, Going Global Partnerships Fund – British Council (£80,000) “SOARing to Successful Digital Transformation in Vietnamese Universities” Collaboration with Bournemouth University, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Tra Vinh University. 2023-2025
• Co-Investigator UK–China–BRI Education Partnership Initiative- British Council: “A Mobile and Open Learning and Networking Platform for Science and Engineering”. Collaboration with the University of Portsmouth (UK), Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China), Hanoi University of Science and Technology (Vietnam), and British University Vietnam

AWARDS & HONOURS

• St Andrew’s Global Research Fellow 2025-2026 (Education), School of Medicine.
  University of St Andrew’s
• Visiting Scholar (invited) (2026)
  Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, Canada,
• Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2024 Paper of the Year Award: The Artificial Intelligence Assessment Scale (AIAS): A Framework for Ethical Integration of Generative AI in Educational Assessment.
• Prof. Tracey Bretag Prize for Academic Integrity: Commended (2024), and shortlisted (2025) for my work on developing the AI Assessment Scale (AIAS).
• Vice-Chancellor’s Research Award (2023)
  British University Vietnam
• Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice 2023 Most Influential Paper of the Year Award: Academic Integrity Considerations of AI Large Language Models in the Post-Pandemic Era: ChatGPT and Beyond
• Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research (2020)
  British University Vietnam,
• Vice Chancellor’s Teaching Award (2019)
  British University Vietnam
• Winner: Yorkshire & North East Hub Public Engagement Competition (2012)
  Vitae, UK