Following a government reform, it is now illegal to use and/or provide contract cheating services.
On Thursday 28 April 2022, the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill became law, making it a criminal offence to engage in paid cheating services, often known as essay mills.
Essay mills offer students in Post-16 education plagiarism free essays and assignments in exchange for money.
The government has listened to calls for legislation and intervened to criminalise the provision of, and advertising of, cheating services. This aims to minimise the number of these essay mills in operation and to enhance activity already taking place to detect, deter and address incidents of cheating.
In a letter to Higher Education (HE) providers, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Skills, Alex Burghart MP said: “Cheating of any kind is unacceptable. It not only threatens to undermine the reputation of our world-class higher education sector, but also devalues the hard work of those who succeed on their own merit.”
The university takes academic offences very seriously. Submitting work that is not your own can lead to expulsion.
We want to ensure that all DMU students are following academic regulations, which we outlinehere.
The Centre for Learning and Study Support (CLaSS) team work with undergraduate, postgraduate and research students at DMU to provide support and guidance on a range of areas, such as planning assignments, how to approach critical analysis and how to improve your research and referencing.
You can access the CLaSS services here.
Posted on Wednesday 8 June 2022
