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Resources for Detecting Contract Cheating

Essay mills, contract cheating, and any form of commercial essay wrtiting will soon be illegal in the UK as part of the Skills and Post-16 Education bill is currently in the House of Lords and set to become law next year. It is currently a lucrative business for some; the owner of the largest British […]

by Olu Popoola October 19, 2021October 19, 2021

Detecting ‘Contract Cheating’

‘Contract Cheating’ (a term first coined by Clarke and Lancaster in a 2006 paper) is basically ghostwriting in academic contexts. Students outsource their academic work to commercial essay writers who may be working for an ‘essay mill’ or freelance through a website like Fiverr. The mass production, e-commerce model and use of gig workers means […]

by Olu Popoola March 2, 2021April 1, 2021

Trump’s Deception Game: Two Truths and a Lie

Donald Trump’s passing relationship with the truth has been widely documented by numerous factcheckers. However, the Outliar approach analyses deception – i.e. the intention to create false belief – rather than checking facts and so takes into account how deceivers piggyback their lies on truth. Which begs the question: what are the truths that Donald […]

by Olu Popoola November 1, 2020November 1, 2020

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