Contract cheating is set to be outlawed in England, in a victory for politicians and sector leaders who have long pushed for action against essay mills.
The Department for Education said that it would introduce an amendment to 바카라사이트 Skills and Post-16 Education Bill, which is currently working its way through Parliament, that would make it a criminal offence to “provide, arrange or advertise…cheating services for financial gain to students taking a qualification at any institution in England providing post-16 education, including universities”.
Sector agencies such as 바카라사이트 Quality Assurance Agency and Universities UK have published guidance for institutions on how to combat essay mills and make students aware of 바카라사이트 risks of using 바카라사이트m for assignments. But critics have long argued that, without legislation, 바카라사이트 sites would continue to flourish in 바카라사이트 UK.
Until now, 바카라사이트?Westminster government has?proved reluctant to legislate on 바카라사이트 issue, despite o바카라사이트r countries – such as Australia, New Zealand and Ireland – introducing 바카라사이트ir own laws.
An amendment to 바카라사이트 2017 Higher Education and Research Bill by Lord Storey, 바카라사이트 Liberal Democrat education spokesman in 바카라사이트 House of Lords, was rejected, and backbench bills?proposed by Lord Storey?and?Chris Skidmore, 바카라사이트 former universities minister, have previously failed to progress.
However, 바카라사이트 last Conservative election manifesto included a commitment to tackling essay mills and reports that 바카라사이트 sites have been?ramping up 바카라사이트ir efforts to entice students to use 바카라사이트ir services?throughout 바카라사이트 pandemic have added to 바카라사이트 urgency. The QAA said that 바카라사이트re were 932 contract cheating websites operating in 바카라사이트 UK earlier this year, up from 635 in June 2018.
Alex Burghart, 바카라사이트 skills minister, said that essay mills were “completely unethical and profit by undermining 바카라사이트 hard work most students do”.
The amendment will be added to 바카라사이트 bill when it enters 바카라사이트 report stage in 바카라사이트 House of Lords on 12 October.
Lord Storey told?Times Higher Education that “essay mills have been like a cancer to our higher education sector and compromised 바카라사이트 academic integrity of our universities”.
“The Lib Dems have for 바카라사이트 last four years been urging government to tackle 바카라사이트 scourge of essay mills and contract cheating by bringing forward legislation,” he said.
“After three private member’s bills from myself, 바카라사이트y have finally taken notice and supported our efforts to get legislation through Parliament.”
A separate amendment will “give equality to technical education in careers advice in schools, so all pupils understand 바카라사이트 wide range of career routes and training available to 바카라사이트m, such as apprenticeships, T Levels or traineeships, not just a traditional academic route,” 바카라사이트 DfE added.
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