Higher education Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown Watchdog issues guidance to help institutions address ‘pernicious’ -- -- In Britain it is left to individual institutions to develop their own plagiarism policies. But the QAA said it wanted a consistent approach among higher education providers to tackle the problem. It called on universities and colleges to record incidents of this and other kinds -- -- fix.” A Universities UK spokesperson said: “Universities take plagiarism and cheating extremely seriously. Submitting work written by someone else is cheating and devalues the efforts of students who work hard to -- -- * Higher education * Plagiarism * Jo Johnson * news -- -- more students are cheating Poppy Noor Of course plagiarism is wrong. But treating students as consumers sends them a very clear message: your money is just as important as your mind -- -- Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced Universities minister Jo Johnson has asked institutions and student bodies for guidance to combat plagiarism via so-called essay mills Published: 21 Feb 2017 Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced -- -- * xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves Frank Furedi -- -- of the problem Published: 27 Feb 2017 Published: 27 Feb 2017 Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Higher+education%2CPlagiarism %2CEducation%2CUK+news%2CJo+Johnson%2CPolitics]