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Interesting but it made me feel a little better that the essay was on the end of the second world war, this is quite a generic question and one which could be quite easily written to a high standard at short notice. It would be interesting to see if more specialist essays can be detected, as the author mentions in her paper. As usual, the journalist's article doesn't quite exactly show the nuance of the academic paper, however the academics claim that the papers are "virtually undetectable" really cannot be backed up as this was not the purpose of the study. The aim was to check the quality of the papers, which it has done to a certain extent. Of the papers bought in the study 50% of the UG papers and 40% of the PG did not use the correct referencing style and many of them were written in American English. Furthermore there were a number of irrelevant or inappropriate sources used. These would be ways of detecting bought essays, even if they were being marked anonymously. On the plus side, the papers which were given distinctions usually used far more sources than the other papers, indicating that reading a quantity of quality sources leads to academic success, even if you are a ghostwriter. On 14 July 2016 at 11:44, Mike Reddy <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I always said the best way (most ironic?) would be to sue essay mill sites > for breach of contract… > > From: Lena Barrett <[log in to unmask]> > > On the other hand, I did enjoy reading the letter from a student who felt > his consumer rights were breached by a poor-quality bought essay, and who > was looking for legal redress: > > > > > https://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/jul/09/essay-bought-online-errors-refund > ************************************************************************* > You are subscribed to the JISC Plagiarism mailing list. To Unsubscribe, > change your subscription options, or access list archives, visit > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/PLAGIARISM.html > ************************************************************************* -- *Stephen Gow* *Academic Integrity Coordinator* Academic Support Office Harry Fairhurst Building, Room LFA/132 University of York Heslington YORK YO10 5DD 01904 321135 [log in to unmask] Plagiarism Advice Academic Network - China and UK <http://www.plagiarismadvice.org/academic-network#china> Gow, S. (2014). A cultural bridge for academic integrity? Mainland Chinese master’s graduates of UK institutions returning to China. *International Journal for Educational Integrity*, *10*(1). <http://www.ojs.unisa.edu.au/index.php/IJEI/article/view/935> ************************************************************************* You are subscribed to the JISC Plagiarism mailing list. To Unsubscribe, change your subscription options, or access list archives, visit http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/PLAGIARISM.html *************************************************************************