'Exam answers in 30 minutes': Colleges struggle against contract cheating - The Irish Times

Universities block access to more than 80 essay mills to protect academic standards

Dominic Haugh, a history teacher at St Patrick’s Comprehensive in Shannon, Co Clare: his photgraph is being used without his consent on an online ‘essay mill’. Photograph: Eamon Ward

Not so long ago the biggest threat to academic integrity on campus was plagiarism.

These days, contract cheating services – which provide essays and assignments to order – are emerging as the biggest risk, magnified by the pandemic and shift to remote learning.



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