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The essay cheats
The lucrative business of 'essay mills' - companies that will write your university assignments for you
The lucrative business of 'essay mills' - companies that will write your university assignments for you. Chris makes thousands of dollars a year writing essays for fellow Chinese students struggling with English. Gareth Crossman from QAA - a UK education standards agency - says technology is facilitating the growing problem of essay mills.
(Photo: A stock image of a classroom assignment, Credit: Getty Images)
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