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Duck Nation
@duckzrawesome
May 21
Thursday, May 21, 2026 (UTC-7) We live in a society of mills: essay mill, diploma mill, and John Stuart Mill. #Mill #ContractCheating #PostSecondary #NeoclassicalEconomics #SocialStudies
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Biometric Signature ID@BioSigID
May 19
Germany to Colorado in under a minute. DC to Nigeria in 8 minutes. Anonymous IPs make contract cheating and academic fraud possible—stop them now! 👉 See how BSI Clients stop it: biosig-id.com/case-studies #academicintegrityegrity #ContractCheating #fsafraud
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Thomas Lancaster
@DrLancaster
Apr 23
Fascinating, but just like #contractcheating, you can buy a research paper for a lot less than $800 if you’re a savvy shopper #researchintegrity
Times Higher Education
@timeshighered
Apr 22
Paper mills are charging almost $800 for a typical ghostwritten paper, the first major global study of the shadow publishing industry has found timeshighereducation.com/new…
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Biometric Signature ID@BioSigID
Apr 16
VPNs and masked IPs power FSA fraud and contract cheating. Block anonymous access early—before risk enters the system. Book a demo: biosig-id.com/bookings #ContractCheating #fsafraud #ExamIntegrity #TitleIV
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Biometric Signature ID@BioSigID
Apr 14
Not all exams or institutions need the same level of proctoring. BioSight ID and BioSightPlus ID give institutions flexible, purpose built options—privacy first or full proctoring, your way. biosig-id.com/biosight-id biosig-id.com/biosightplus-i… #highereducation #ContractCheating
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Thomas Lancaster
@DrLancaster
Mar 4
I’ve often discussed the role of the family in relation to my #contractcheating research, and this came up more formally in a literature review we published last year. This is open access, in case it’s of wider interest. link.springer.com/article/10…

Methodological and Ethical Approaches to Studying Contract Cheating: A Systematic Literature Review

Journal of Academic Ethics - Contract cheating remains an academic integrity concern in higher education institutions, and scholarly studies in this area have continued to increase. While highly...

link.springer.com
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Thomas Lancaster
@DrLancaster
Feb 25
Another risk to #academicintegrity comes through a new AI tool called Einstein. This tool openly markets itself as a way for students to cheat through online courses. This is #contractcheating automation at scale, and it raises serious questions about platform security in online education.
A robotic hand interacts with a laptop showing an auto-complete progress bar, surrounded by a student ID, gavel, handcuffs, and warning sign.

ALT A robotic hand interacts with a laptop showing an auto-complete progress bar, surrounded by a student ID, gavel, handcuffs, and warning sign.

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Thomas Lancaster
@DrLancaster
Feb 22
This person has one of the most unusual approaches for someone working for the #contractcheating industry
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@papiwontmiss
Feb 22
Thinking about the time in college when a girl paid me $50 to write an essay for her and I brought my campus laptop to a frat party and let everyone there write a different paragraph of the paper after playing Edward 40 hands. She got a 12%.
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Thomas Lancaster
@DrLancaster
Feb 22
There’s also the #academicintegrity risk that nobody's discussing. If students don’t have access to GenAI systems for learning and coursework support (let’s not kid ourselves these aren’t used), there’s the option for online firms to start selling more human support again. There’s a thin line between support and #contractcheating.
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Thomas Lancaster
@DrLancaster
Feb 22
The “pressure to publish” culture has led to suspect research papers being released faster than they can be retracted. I’m quoted in a #researchintegrity story which discusses the sheer scale of the research paper mill culture, an industry with so many parallels to student #contractcheating provision. The link to the article is in the first reply.
Stacks of research papers engulfed in flames, featuring the bold phrase "PUBLISH OR PERISH," highlighting the urgency in academic publishing.

ALT Stacks of research papers engulfed in flames, featuring the bold phrase "PUBLISH OR PERISH," highlighting the urgency in academic publishing.

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Thomas Lancaster
@DrLancaster
Feb 20
In academic fraud and #techethics news that's gone viral across India and beyond, a university just got expelled from the country's flagship AI summit for claiming a $2,800 Chinese robot dog as their own innovation. The story has parallels with student #contractcheating, but on an institutional scale.
A robotic dog stands amidst a fiery backdrop featuring iconic Indian architecture, highlighting an AI fraud scandal.

ALT A robotic dog stands amidst a fiery backdrop featuring iconic Indian architecture, highlighting an AI fraud scandal.

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Dr. Sarah Elaine Eaton🇨🇦@DrSarahEaton
Feb 12
Did you know that #contractcheating services extend to the appeals process? In this paper we investigate the online marketplace for academic appeals services, targeted specifically to #InternationalStudents from China. #AcademicIntegrity #InternationalStudents #academicmisconduct
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Thomas Lancaster
@DrLancaster
29 Nov 2025
#notebooklm really does have a hidden secret power. I asked it to reimagine a research talk I first gave in 2006 on #contractcheating, and it produced this opening slide. There are ideas picked out in the slides that I'd long forgotten, and the approach makes the information seem fresh.
AI designed opening presentation slide contrasting plagiarism with contract cheating, showing source material on one side and a student paying an anonymous contractor on the other.

ALT AI designed opening presentation slide contrasting plagiarism with contract cheating, showing source material on one side and a student paying an anonymous contractor on the other.

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Thomas Lancaster
@DrLancaster
25 Oct 2025
"Anecdotally, British professors in the ’80s sometimes received suspiciously well-written papers and suspected third-party help, but without services like Turnitin (which did not emerge until 2000s), detection was difficult unless the student admitted purchase." Anecdotally, in this instance, means hallucinated by ChatGPT - which is a different way of saying ChatGPT has made something up that sounds convincing and may be true, but which ChatGPT could never have been told. It isn't the hallucination that fascinates me, more that ChatGPT has chosen to use the word "anecdotally" here to disguise it. #academicintegrity #contractcheating
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Thomas Lancaster
@DrLancaster
1 Oct 2025
I had a very wide ranging and enjoyable conversation with Irene Glendinning tonight about #academicintegrity and #contractcheating in the run up to the International Day of Action on October 15 2025. I hope that the video will be available shortly.
Square, semi-photorealistic illustration of a conversation: left panel shows a middle-aged man with short, slicked-back hair, thick rectangular glasses and a houndstooth blazer (Thomas Lancaster); right panel shows an older woman with short brown hair wearing a textured cardigan (Irene Glendinning). Two vintage tabletop microphones sit in the foreground between them. The background is a warm, textured paper effect in teal and cream with subtle academic symbols (open book, graduation cap, magnifying glass, network lines) and a soft vignette. The overall tone is thoughtful and editorial, emphasising dialogue, research and the ethical complexity of contract cheating and AI.

ALT Square, semi-photorealistic illustration of a conversation: left panel shows a middle-aged man with short, slicked-back hair, thick rectangular glasses and a houndstooth blazer (Thomas Lancaster); right panel shows an older woman with short brown hair wearing a textured cardigan (Irene Glendinning). Two vintage tabletop microphones sit in the foreground between them. The background is a warm, textured paper effect in teal and cream with subtle academic symbols (open book, graduation cap, magnifying glass, network lines) and a soft vignette. The overall tone is thoughtful and editorial, emphasising dialogue, research and the ethical complexity of contract cheating and AI.

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Thomas Lancaster
@DrLancaster
24 Sep 2025
The Shadow Scholars documentary film on the Kenyan writers working for the #contractcheating industry airs for the first time on UK TV tonight (Wednesday 24 September 2025) at 22:00 on Channel 4. I had a small role in the documentary, and some of my thoughts follow.
A teal square poster for The Shadow Scholars documentary. The title appears in large white letters above silhouettes of two people working at a laptop. At the bottom, text announces the UK television debut on Channel 4 at 22:00 on Wednesday 24 September 2025.

ALT A teal square poster for The Shadow Scholars documentary. The title appears in large white letters above silhouettes of two people working at a laptop. At the bottom, text announces the UK television debut on Channel 4 at 22:00 on Wednesday 24 September 2025.

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Thomas Lancaster
@DrLancaster
16 Sep 2025
What's the latest with the Kenyan essay industry? The Guardian has covered the story in light of the Shadow Scholars film on #contractcheating. A link to the Guardian story is in the first reply.
Stylized collage showing a half-organic, half-circuit brain wired to diploma scrolls emerging from an open book labeled “ETHICS.” On the left, a hooded figure types on a laptop beside stacks of coins; on the right, a crouched student buries their face in their hands with a justice-scale thought bubble overhead. Background blocks contain words like “AI,” “ESSAYS,” and “KENYA,” evoking tension among artificial intelligence, academic ghost-writing, and moral responsibility.

ALT Stylized collage showing a half-organic, half-circuit brain wired to diploma scrolls emerging from an open book labeled “ETHICS.” On the left, a hooded figure types on a laptop beside stacks of coins; on the right, a crouched student buries their face in their hands with a justice-scale thought bubble overhead. Background blocks contain words like “AI,” “ESSAYS,” and “KENYA,” evoking tension among artificial intelligence, academic ghost-writing, and moral responsibility.

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Thomas Lancaster
@DrLancaster
2 Sep 2025
There are lots of UK showings of the excellent The Shadow Scholars documentary on #contractcheating coming up, some with Q&As with director Eloise King and Professor Patricia Kingori. Image from Instagram.
Poster for The Shadow Scholars by Eloise King. Shows two men at laptops at night with city lights behind. Lists UK cinema screenings Sept–Oct, including Oxford, London, Leeds, with some Q&A events.

ALT Poster for The Shadow Scholars by Eloise King. Shows two men at laptops at night with city lights behind. Lists UK cinema screenings Sept–Oct, including Oxford, London, Leeds, with some Q&A events.
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JLDHE@jldhe1
29 Jul 2025
In #JLDHE #36 Ellis Parkman explores educator perceptions of the impact of criminalising contract cheating on the academic misconduct landscape in the UK, through the lens of Theory O fPractice Architectures doi.org/10.47408/jldhe.vi36.… #LoveLD #ContractCheating, #HigherEducation
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Thomas Lancaster
@DrLancaster
11 Jul 2025
It's hard to believe it, but this is the 10th anniversary of the IDOA, which originally started out as an event to raise awareness about #contractcheating, but now covers all areas of #academicintegrity. This year's theme is the most exciting one I can remember for a long time.
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