Plan to prosecute firms who offer paid-for essays to students
Posted in Governance and administration, Legal issues on March 13th, 2017 by steve
“The Department of Education is planning to introduce laws to prosecute ‘essay mill’ companies who offer to write students’ assignments in exchange for money. The move is a response to mounting concern over the practice which allows students to circumvent their college’s plagiarism detection systems …” (more)
[Carl O’Brien, Irish Times, 12 March]
“A report this week has exposed online businesses who supply ‘research guides’ for students. Here, a writer explains what it’s like to churn out essays on demand …” (
