JISC

The JISC Plagiarism Advisory Service today welcomed the announcement by Google to ban advertisements by essay writing services, saying its decision was an 'important' and a 'responsible' one. Google bans advertisements by essay writing services

Will Murray, JISCPAS Service Director said: 'This is an important decision for national and institutional attempts to support academic integrity in the UK. We welcome this move and hope that along with other measures being taken across the sector it will send a further signal that cheat sites and essay writing services which encourage students to pass the work of others off as their own have no place in education and nothing to offer students.'

Norman Wiseman, JISC Head of Outreach and Services said: 'This responsible decision is to be welcomed by all in the higher education sector. Supported by the work of the JISC Plagiarism Advisory Service, universities have made great strides in confronting the challenge of plagiarism in recent years and in ensuring that their students are fully aware of their responsibilities. Essay writing services have shown themselves to be very much part of the problem and this decision will help reduce the visibility of these services considerably and support all our efforts to safeguard the integrity of UK academic qualifications.'

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