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I'm not sure that anything would be provable. If you haven't read The Shadow Scholar by Dave Tomar, who made a living for years writing essays and dissertations, I do recommend it (it gets a bit repetitive - I think his forte is short essays - but you don't need to read to the end to be horrified). http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Scholar-Living-Helping-College/dp/1620400189 This is always worth a re-read, too: Why I write for an essay mill https://www.timeshighereducation.com/comment/opinion/why-i-write-for-an-essay-mill/2006074.article Rachel [Festival-L&T-Banner_EMAIL3]<http://www.celt.mmu.ac.uk/festival/> R Forsyth BSc MBA PhD SFHEA Associate Head Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching 1st Floor, All Saints Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester M15 6BG [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> +44 (0) 161 247 1128 rachel.forsyth (Skype) @rmforsyth (Twitter) http://www.celt.mmu.ac.uk/ From: learning development in higher education network [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of LENT Neil Sent: 27 April 2016 12:02 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: essay mills officially advertising on the London Underground I guess it actually depends on what he law says and what would happen if a case were carried forward. Having had a quick look at the interweb I wonder if someone commissioned and used an essay from one of these services whether it would count as fraud by misrepresentation (Fraud Act 2006)? Cheers, Neil Dr Neil Lent SFHEA Lecturer in University Learning and Teaching Institute for Academic Development University of Edinburgh 1 Morgan Lane Edinburgh EH8 8FP Tel: 0131 651 7199 Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> www.ed.ac.uk/iad<http://www.ed.ac.uk/iad> To join the IAD's learning and teaching mailing list: http://edin.ac/16Wtf6s Check out the learning and teaching team blog at: http://iad4learnteach.wordpress.com/ Or follow us on twitter @iad4learnteach The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. _________________________________________ From: Louise Livesey [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 27 April 2016 11:28 To: LENT Neil <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>; [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: RE: essay mills officially advertising on the London Underground It all depends on whether you think plagiarism is illegal or not - I would guess there are few plagiarising students who have been accused of a crime leading to arrest, and it is students we are considering here as opposed to academic staff having their work 'stolen'? If student plagiarism is not a crime, ie Uni policies and procedures are such that students are disciplined or expelled but not arrested, then this company's services are not illegal either. That doesn't make it right, but isn't it up to the student, after being properly informed through induction, tutoring, etc, to decide if they want to take the risk? We expect students to be independent - let's educate them as to the potential issues with such a company and service, and leave them to it. Don't get me wrong - I don't like it either, but there's lots of ads and company practices I consider immoral without them being illegal - business is business. Louise Louise Livesey HE Academy Associate Fellow Steering Group Member ALDinHE Academic Skills Adviser Academic Skills Advice University of Bradford BD7 1DP Phone: 01274 233692 Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Web: www.bradford.ac.uk/academic-skills<http://www.bradford.ac.uk/academic-skills> From: learning development in higher education network [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of LENT Neil Sent: 27 April 2016 11:14 To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: essay mills officially advertising on the London Underground I too have just looked at their site. I presume the blatant nature of their advertising indicates that this practice is lawful? Cheers, Neil Dr Neil Lent SFHEA Lecturer in University Learning and Teaching Institute for Academic Development University of Edinburgh 1 Morgan Lane Edinburgh EH8 8FP Tel: 0131 651 7199 Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> www.ed.ac.uk/iad<http://www.ed.ac.uk/iad> To join the IAD's learning and teaching mailing list: http://edin.ac/16Wtf6s Check out the learning and teaching team blog at: http://iad4learnteach.wordpress.com/ Or follow us on twitter @iad4learnteach The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. _________________________________________ From: learning development in higher education network [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kim Shahabudin Sent: 27 April 2016 11:09 To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: essay mills officially advertising on the London Underground Wow. Just looked at OKEssay's website. I was going to say that it's quite difficult to get a complaint to stick against these people because they usually claim that they're just providing models for students to learn from and they expressly say that students should not submit other people's work as their own. But OKEssay are quite astonishingly blatant about their purpose. Scary stuff. Kim ________________________________ Dr Kim Shahabudin, SFHEA, Study Adviser, Study Advice & Maths Support 1st Floor, University of Reading Library, Whiteknights, PO Box 223, Reading, RG6 6AE * 0118 378 4242/4614 * www.reading.ac.uk/studyadvice<https://www.owamail.reading.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=35c5030ec6c94da8a7ae4b6785319761&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.reading.ac.uk%2fstudyadvice> twitter: @unirdg_study Please note that I now work part-time and am not usually on campus on Mondays. ________________________________ From: learning development in higher education network [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Heather Campbell [[log in to unmask]] Sent: 27 April 2016 10:02 To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: essay mills officially advertising on the London Underground Hi Janette, There is an advert for OKessay at Stepney Green tube station and I know that there has been talk on twitter among QMUL colleagues about putting in a complaint to ASA. Seems like OKessay are targeting stations near universities. Best wishes, Heather Dr Heather Campbell Learning Development Assistant Learning Development, Student Services Directorate Mile End Library Queen Mary, University of London Mile End Road, London E1 4NS Tel: 020 7882 3778 Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> | [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> www.learningdevelopment.qmul.ac.uk<http://www.learningdevelopment.qmul.ac.uk/> | www.thinkingwriting.qmul.ac.uk<http://www.thinkingwriting.qmul.ac.uk/> [twitter-2]@QMULLD<https://twitter.com/QMULLD> [facebook] qmul.learning.development<https://www.facebook.com/qmul.learning.development/> From: learning development in higher education network [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Janette Myers Sent: 27 April 2016 09:52 To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: essay mills officially advertising on the London Underground Dear All I've been really shocked to see an essay mill, OKessay.co.uk officially advertising on posters on the London Underground. We all know it happens and have seen fly posters, but this seems to say it's an acceptable thing to do. I got a photo of one today at South Kensington and intend to report it to the Advertising Standards Authority, they are near universities, there's one at Euston, so if you work at a London HEI have a look at your nearest station. I know they measure the number of complaints, so wondered if anyone else wanted to make a separate one, citing the one at South Kensington, this is the link https://www.asa.org.uk/Consumers/How-to-complain.aspx and whether ALDinHE could complain as an association which would carry more weight? Regards Janette I work at SGUL Tues-Thurs Dr Janette Myers SFHEA Senior Lecturer in Student Learning and Support, Institute of Medical and Biomedical Education, 6th floor Hunter Wing, St George's, University of London Cranmer Terrace London SW17 0RE 020 8725 0616 [Image removed by sender.] "Before acting on this email or opening any attachments you should read the Manchester Metropolitan University email disclaimer available on its website http://www.mmu.ac.uk/emaildisclaimer "