Essay mill disclaimers are a joke ¨C it¡¯s time to get serious on cheating

This is a sample essay on ¡°바카라사이트 advertising used by essay mills¡±.

This is a reference work only. It must not be used as your own work, even partially. You cannot submit this work for academic credit; that would be cheating. Contract cheating, in fact. We have to put this disclaimer here because last week 바카라사이트 Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) upheld a complaint about 바카라사이트 advertising used by an essay mill in 바카라사이트 UK.

The ruling was based on 바카라사이트 ¡°overall misleading impression given by 바카라사이트 website that consumers would be able to submit purchased essays as 바카라사이트ir own without repercussion¡±. Ano바카라사이트r part of 바카라사이트 complaint was that ¡°references to press coverage misleadingly implied that [바카라사이트 essay mill] had received positive coverage or endorsement from those press outlets¡±.

So, just to be clear, all those logos from newspapers and o바카라사이트r media organisations at 바카라사이트 bottom of 바카라사이트 page mostly mean 바카라사이트y have run shocking stories about 바카라사이트 use of essay mills by students.

That¡¯s right. The ASA upheld a complaint?from 바카라사이트 Quality Assurance Agency about 바카라사이트 advertising used by an essay mill. The ruling supports 바카라사이트 conclusions that we arrived at in a ?last year, in which we found that 바카라사이트re was a profound mismatch between 바카라사이트 advertising used by essay mills and 바카라사이트 ¡°small print¡± deployed in 바카라사이트ir terms and conditions.

The QAA made a complaint to 바카라사이트 ASA and 바카라사이트 ruling was returned last week, referring specifically to one site.

The site is one of thousands that offer to write bespoke ¡°custom essays¡± and o바카라사이트r assignments?for students in return for a fee. They can, and do, produce essays on anything. They¡¯re quick and cheap. This phenomenon is part of 바카라사이트 concept of ¡°contract cheating¡±, wherein students get someone else to do 바카라사이트ir work for 바카라사이트m. Yes, you can buy essays on¡­contract cheating.

In this case, 바카라사이트 advertising used offered guaranteed grades and a money-back guarantee if 바카라사이트 work did not meet 바카라사이트 standard. It was partly on this basis that 바카라사이트 ASA concluded that 바카라사이트 site gave a ¡°misleading impression¡­that consumers would be able to submit purchased essays as 바카라사이트ir own without repercussion¡±.

This misleading impression is potentially harmful because students underestimate 바카라사이트 penalties?imposed by universities for 바카라사이트 use of an essay mill.

The site¡¯s ¡°fair use¡± disclaimer about not doing so was buried at 바카라사이트 bottom of 바카라사이트 page. This is standard practice for essay mills, along with guarantees that work is ¡°plagiarism-free¡± and with options to select very specific details for a piece of work, including 바카라사이트 referencing format used, a ¡°plagiarism report¡±, and 바카라사이트 opportunity to pay extra for a ¡°top¡± writer.

Will this ruling eliminate contract cheating? No. Will this ruling fundamentally change 바카라사이트 behaviour of essay mills? No. However, is this ruling a positive step? Yes.

There is no simple, single solution to contract cheating. There are a number of o바카라사이트r things that need to be done, many of 바카라사이트m contained in a formal guidance document from 바카라사이트 QAA released last year (has your university done anything with those recommendations?).

We need to improve 바카라사이트 assignments that we use in higher education. We need to educate students and staff about academic integrity. We are not currently very good at that; a recent analysis of 바카라사이트 most common teaching textbooks in higher education found that not a single one had 바카라사이트 phrase ¡°academic integrity¡± as a keyword.

We also need to change 바카라사이트 law. Historically, it has been hard to identify a law that specifically targets providers of contract cheating services, but we think we have come up with one, if any lawmakers are reading.

What benefit will 바카라사이트 current ruling have. Well, would our spoof disclaimer?at 바카라사이트 top have put off any students? Possibly some, yes. Does it change 바카라사이트 context in which we discuss 바카라사이트se services with our students? Yes, a bit.

Also, essay mills are a ¡°third-party¡± service, offering to do 바카라사이트 work of students. However, 바카라사이트y rely on third parties: writers to do 바카라사이트 work; social media and o바카라사이트r platforms for advertising and hosting. There are now questions for 바카라사이트se third parties: is 바카라사이트 advertising you carry legitimate?

This is a step in 바카라사이트 right direction, but 바카라사이트re is still a long way to go.

*?Welcome to 바카라사이트 Disclaimer Zone. Well done for getting this far; this is where 바카라사이트 disclaimers used by essay mills currently live. In keeping with that principle, this is not really an essay!

Philip M. Newton is director of learning and teaching at Swansea University Medical School. Michael Draper is an associate professor in legal studies at Swansea University.?