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
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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)?
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Neil
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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.
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I too have just looked at their site. I presume the blatant nature of their advertising indicates that this practice is lawful?
Cheers,
Neil
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Sent: 27 April 2016 11:09
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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.
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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
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Sent: 27 April 2016 09:52
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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
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