Students pay up to £1,000 to get others to do their coursework for them after they were forced into online-only study by Covid lockdown
- New app called UniTaskr is being exploited by students to pay others to do work
- One student, Rebecca N, is offering £1,000 for someone to do her assignment
- A-level students on the app have paid £40 and £50 for people to do essays
University students are paying others up to £1,000 to do their coursework for them as they are forced into online-only study by Covid lockdown.
UniTaskr is a service which tries to connect professionals with students looking for online tasks or local jobs at an affordable rate.
However, students are exploiting the app to get their work done, offering between £10-£1,000 per completed assignment.
Most of the users have provided as little detail as possible about their identity as they may face serious disciplinary action by their institutions if they are caught using the service.
University students are paying others up to £1,000 to do their coursework for them as they are forced into online-only study by Covid lockdown
One student called Rebecca N is offering £1,000 for someone to do her Interior Design assignment.
It is unknown if she has since outsourced the work through another site as the deadline she set was December 28.
Another student from the University of Lincoln is offering £20 for someone to write up her law assignment on the legal developments and a critical evaluation of consent to physical harm in sexual relations.
The student was looking for a graduate or someone who studies it at a degree level to do it for her.
UniTaskr is a service which tries to connect professionals with students with looking for online tasks or local jobs at an affordable rate
She managed to negotiate with someone that they would do it for £40 the full assignment.
Kiran P has offered to pay a graduate £50 to write up their 2,500 word cardiorespiratory assignment due by January 18.
While one A-level student has offered £50 to someone to complete his essay on the Tudors.
The requests come as thousands of students were forced to continue learning online, due to the new more infectious strain of the coronavirus which has cancelled face to face teaching.
Most of the users have provided as little detail as possible about their identity as they may face serious disciplinary action by their institutions if they are caught using the service
While use of the UniTaskr app is legal, allowing someone else to complete your work is against many universities’ guidelines.
In November, The University of Edinburgh invested £865,00 in a notorious online tutoring service that allegedly helps students cheat during exams.
Figures from the institution’s annual investments for the 2019-20 show that the sum was invested into homework help service Chegg Inc.
The £11.60-a-month platform has been accused of enabling users to cheat on remote exams by posing questions to its online experts while they are taking tests.
While use of the UniTaskr app is legal, allowing someone else to complete your work is against many universities’ guidelines
At the time, A Chegg Inc spokesman said: ‘All our services, including textbook rentals, online tutoring and revision aids, are designed to support the learning process and have been an invaluable resource to students, especially during the pandemic.
‘We are deeply committed to academic integrity. The vast majority of students who use our platform are honest and here to learn.
‘However, we take extremely seriously any attempts to cheat by a tiny fraction of users.’