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> Recently we had an intriguing development - basically we got informed by the person who wrote a solicited assignment that a student had bought the work. It seems the the writer was not paid as well as was expected. Mmm. Never cheat your dealer. :-( Regards Ken ------ Dr. Ken Masters Asst. Professor: Medical Informatics Medical Education & Informatics Department College of Medicine & Health Sciences SQU, Sultanate of Oman Involved in medical education? See MedEdWorld at: http://www.mededworld.org/Home.aspx AMEE Guide to the e-patient http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0142159X.2017.1324142 <http://www.amazon.com/Origins-Before-Bang-Ken-Masters/dp/1312753269> ____/\\/********\\/\\____ On 27 September 2018 at 13:33, Kaduk, Jorg D. (Dr.) <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > HI All, > > > I agree, too. we should improve assessments and support. > > > I am not even so sure about the legal clout. We end students' courses > certainly if we find they have submitted solicited work. I think, this is > quite a deterrent. Not sure that any legal status would add weight to that. > > > Recently we had an intriguing development - basically we got informed by > the person who wrote a solicited assignment that a student had bought the > work. > > It seems the the writer was not paid as well as was expected. > > > I think, this makes quite an important point - students put themselves in > very vulnerable conditions and basically open themselves up to blackmail. > Maybe that's another nail in the coffin of buying work if this becomes more > widely known. > > Has anybody had a case like that? > > > Best, > > Joerg > > > Jörg Kaduk > Associate Professor > http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/geography/people/jkaduk > http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4051-3081 > *e:* [log in to unmask] *t:* +44 (0)116 252 3848 @jkaduk > <https://twitter.com/jkaduk> > Plagiarism officer > School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, University of > Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK > * Elite Without Being Elitist* > Follow us on Twitter <https://twitter.com/uniofleicester> or visit our > Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/uniofleicester> page and the > Departmental Twitter <https://twitter.com/LeicesterGeog> and Facebook > <https://www.facebook.com/UoLGeography> pages > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Plagiarism <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Ken Masters < > [log in to unmask]> > *Sent:* 27 September 2018 09:09 > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Re: Prohibition and all that > > Hi All > > Yes, I also don't think that banning them is the solution, but it does > achieve one thing: it gives legal weight to a university's actions. It's > one thing having a university rule that says students are not allowed to > use them, but, if they are considered illegal, that will give universities > greater clout. (The danger, though, as I think you fear, is that > universities stop there, and don't take any educational and other steps, > relying only on the law. That will not be entirely effective.) > > Regards > > Ken > > ------ > > Dr. Ken Masters > Asst. Professor: Medical Informatics > Medical Education & Informatics Department > College of Medicine & Health Sciences > SQU, Sultanate of Oman > Involved in medical education? See MedEdWorld at: > http://www.mededworld.org/Home.aspx > AMEE Guide to the e-patient http://www.tandfonline.com/ > doi/full/10.1080/0142159X.2017.1324142 > <http://www.amazon.com/Origins-Before-Bang-Ken-Masters/dp/1312753269> > ____/\\/********\\/\\____ > > On 27 September 2018 at 09:09, Dr. Mike Reddy <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > Ok, I’m going to court controversy here but banning #contractcheating > #essaymills is the wrong solution to the wrong problem. > > > https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-45640236 > > > #plagiarism and (my preferred term) #academicoutsourcing are symptoms of > HE being a 19th C technology in a 21st C world. > ************************************************************************* > 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 > ************************************************************************* > > > ************************************************************************* > 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 > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* 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 *************************************************************************