Apologies for cross-posting (for colleagues also on the BALEAP jiscmail list), but I thought this would be of particular interest to LDHEN list members who work in library and information services, especially if your institution (like mine) pays for ProQuest services:

Has someone hacked into the RefWorks twitter account, or are they really promoting custom essay writing services?

The linked article (from proquest.com) says:

“Strategy 5: Get help of professionals

If you are short on time to deliver an academic work due to personal or other reasons, consider using the help of professional academic writing agencies. They hire writers with relevant academic background in particular areas to deliver the best work for the customers and, more importantly, provide original texts with plagiarism reports to prove that the text was not plagiarized. Of course, it is better to develop your academic writing skills by yourself but there is no shame in using the services of professionals when you are short on time.”

Have pasted some links below in case the tweet gets pulled:

Here’s the article: http://www.proquest.com/blog/gradshare/2016/Plagiarism-in-Academic-Writing-How-to-Identify-and-Avoid-It.html?utm_source=News&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Plagiarism&WT.mc_id=7c97fcc8f46659c9d9d423329ae593e5

Here’s a link from section 1 of the article to dubious online ‘plagiarism checkers’ https://www.digitalgyd.com/top-20-best-online-plagiarism-checker-tools-free/ (presumably sponsored by Grammarly)

Here’s the link from section 5 on ‘professional academic writing agencies’: https://www.aussiewriter.com/

Yours in consternation

Carol

Carol Bailey

Senior Lecturer in English for Academic Purposes

Co-ordinator: Postgraduate Academic English Language Development

Course Leader: Pre-Masters

University of Wolverhampton International Academy

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