by Thomas Lancaster -

The Threat Of Contract Cheating – Examining The Paid For Assignment Solutions Unduly Populating The Computing Discipline

What can the Computing discipline do about contract cheating? After all, these are the academics with the technical skills to design solutions to prevent and detect contract cheating and plagiarism.

This research presentation, delivered at University of West London, looked particularly at issues relating to Computing, as well as the developments that would likely prove useful to academics within this field.

The slides, from this contract cheating talk are available on SlideShare account for Thomas Lancaster. They are also included here.
by Thomas Lancaster -

Second HEA Contract Cheating Special Interest Group Meeting

These slides were the basis of a discussion session for the Contract Cheating Special Interest Group, which was also intended to bring new people into the group. The discussion session was held at the second Higher Education STEM Conference. Some of the latest challenges within the contract cheating field were discussed.

The mailing list for the Contract Cheating Special Interest Group Mailing List can be accessed and joined here.

by Thomas Lancaster -

Outsourcing Assignments? Exposing The Threat Posed By Contract Cheating To The Computing Industry

This session was delivered to the Wolverhampton branch of the British Computer Society, in front of both academics and practioners. As such, the talk focuses on both the legitimate and illegitimate uses of online outsourcing services such as Freelancer for small business.

The talk takes a lighter tone than some of our more formal research seminars.

The slides, are hosted on the SlideShare account for Thomas Lancaster, which also contains many examples of other talks relating to contract cheating and student employability.