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
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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.)
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On 27 September 2018 at 09:09, Dr. Mike Reddy <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[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.
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