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28 kwi 2022 · Skills Minister Alex Burghart has written to internet service platforms to make sure they know that essay mills - which facilitate cheating by helping academic writing, often by appearing to be...
5 paź 2021 · Running so-called “essay mills”, businesses that provide, arrange or advertise paid-for assessment-writing services will be banned in England, the Department for Education announced on Tuesday.
6 paź 2021 · Providing pre-written or custom-made essays for students to present as their own is already illegal in some places. Skills minister Alex Burghart said essay mills were "unethical".
5 lis 2021 · After making inquiries, the FT was called by someone using a US telephone number who would only give his name as “Kevin”.
Essay mills are ever adapting and many pose as legitimate student support and proof-reading services. These mills are exploiting students and there have been instances of students receiving very poor-quality work, and threatened or blackmailed with threats of exposure if they do not pay.
Struggling students are paying writers for essays they can pass off as their own. But what can be done to tackle this cheating epidemic and the ‘essay mills’ who profit from it?
Essay mills often pop up on social media and specifically target students who may have searched for key words and phrases such as “help with assignments”, “how to write a report”, “how to reference”. They then use cookies and analytics to push targeted ads.
