Was asked this off-line with reference to previous discussion of paid
for proof reading being ethical.
> Also, I was interested in the thread on the PAS Jisc list about proof
> readers -- your views were clear about the guy wishing to offer his
> services, but what do you make of the Bradford dept which has a list
> of official proof readers students can turn to to improve their
> grammar etc?
We did have some disagreement over the value and appropriateness of
paid for proof reading. I think that there is a big difference between
officially sanctioned or services offered by an institution and private
services offered. Bradford providing this facility allows for guidance
as to what is acceptable to be provided to the proof reader. There is
less control and protection for privately paid proof readers, where who
pays the piper calls the tune.
Imagine the situation where the proof reader marks a section for
rewriting, but the client requests "Oh can you 'suggest' how to rewrite
this?" where the ultimate pressure is the risk of not being paid.
Or what a proof reader is to do if s/he finds cut and paste sections of
an essay.
I think I have always had a problem with who pays and what limits that
places on a working relationship. Where the university provides the
service, or regulates it at least, both the student and proof reader
are better protected. I hope that more places take Bradford's lead.
P.S. Came across this on a google search:
http://tass-plagiarism.blogspot.com/
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