Do you agree that if one person contacts candidates then others are more likely to?
Do you agree that as a group we often derive strength from one another?
If 'yes' to both then if someone had bothered to contact canddiates then it is likely they would post here and therefore....
>From: Derek Ord <
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>Subject: Re: Interesting
>Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 11:21:24 +0100
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>Sally,
>
>I'm not sure that the fact that the people on this list choose not to reply
>to you, or choose not to let you know whether they have, or have not taken
>up your suggestion makes them apathetic.
>
>The very existence of the list, and the vigorous debate that it produces,
>proves the opposite, in my opinion.
>
>
>
>
>Derek.
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>Derek Ord
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>University of Hull
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Plagiarism [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of sally jones
>Sent: 19 April 2005 11:14
>To:
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>Subject: Interesting
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>I see not one person commented on my suggestion that people write to
>candidates etc asking what steps they will take to make the selling of
>essays etc illegal.
>
>So people can huff and puff but in reality cheating (including plagiarism)
>will spread. After all, it's easy and it's cheap (i.e. cheaper than drugs -
>a 'good essay' costs about 13 pints of beer or maybe 10 spliffs or a handful
>
>of ecstacy tablets)
>
>Anyway if you pay £20,000 for an MBA what's an extra £2000 for a first clas
>dissertation?
>
>For people's interest, I DID write to candidates for Lib and Tory and
>Greens.
>
>They all replied - these are available should people like copies - off list.
>
>Maybe I should set up a review site of all the cheat sites - that would be
>providing a useful service to students surely? It could include advice in
>buying cheat services, ways to avoid anti-plagiarism software, the
>universitiies that don't frown on cheats, links to people who will sell you
>forged certificates, testimonials from (anonymous) people who have bought
>the services....yes, definitely an idea.
>
>Oh yes, extracts from the posts here showing how academia is by and large
>apathetic after all, these posts are in the public domain....
>
>
>Sally
>
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