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Contract cheating provides students with original work
which will not be detected as plagiarism when using “text
matching tools” such as Turnitin.
Course fees cost in excess of £9,000 per year. But how can
the less affluent student compete with those who can afford
up to £4,500 per assignment?
Costs
New leads collected by assignment
company
Student specifies length,
level and degree grade
Company
commissions
writer
Student
submits
work as
own
Nearly 60,000 students at UK universities were accused of
plagiarism over a four year period, reveals an investigation
by Channel 4 Dispatches.
Dr Thomas Lancaster, Britain’s leading expert on academic
cheating says: “The vast majority of students of course are
completely honest but I’ve seen estimates of £200 million a
year going through these [essay writing] sites.”
