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Title Rise in “pay to cheat” university assignments during pandemic Media name/outlet Cosmos Magazine Date 5/10/21 URL https://cosmosmagazine.com/people/behaviour/rise-in-pay-to-cheat-university-assignments-during-pandemic/ Persons Jon Mason
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Title Rise in “pay to cheat” university assignments during pandemic Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet COSMOS Magazine Country/Territory Australia Date 5/10/21 Description The pandemic impacted many aspects of university life, including seeing a rise in paid cheating, suggests a new study from Charles Darwin University (CDU).
Jon Mason and Guzyal Hill from CDU found that contract cheating, which involves a student paying somebody else to complete their assignments, rose during the pandemic to bypass online assessments.
“COVID has led to a whole lot of new services made available to people,” says Mason. “It has been a catalyst for so many changes in formal education, creating new experiences for teaching and learning online at universities and schools.Producer/Author Deborah Davis URL https://cosmosmagazine.com/people/behaviour/rise-in-pay-to-cheat-university-assignments-during-pandemic/ Persons Guzyal Hill, Jon Mason