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Buy a Dissertation Online

by Heba Keshk on 18th of February 2008

It has been revealed that numerous parents are willingly to pay hundreds and some even thousands of pounds to buy university essays for their children according to UKessays.

The essay company, UKEssays.com are stating that their student clientele, who buy their essays online, are using their parents' card details to pay for it.

Help or Control

"With the soaring cost and commercialisation of education, parents are becoming increasingly involved with the process and are determined to see qualifications for the cost," says Barclay Littlewood, owner of UKEssays.com.

When questioned why parents would pay for their children's essay to be written by a another person he carries on:

"The reasons we're seeing so many parents use our service is simple- universities around the country are providing students with poor resources and little contact time.

"So parents feel that the bonus is on them to provide their children with adequate resources and we are that resource."

Sounding like a resource or helping hand seems like an understatement as UKEssays.com match the word count you need: "Our researchers write to specified word counts, this is more to do with quantity and detail than anything else though.

"It ensures that our writers complete the work to satisfactory standards.Which means from the introduction to the conclusion, everything is written for the student."

It's refreshing to see that parents want to play a dynamic role in their child's prospect.

Then again, investing in a few essays won't give the student any sense of achievement nor a gain of knowledge.

Is it Plagiarism?

"UKEssays.com are the leading provider of research tools for students from a variety of subjects and standards," says Littlewood.

"We help students to focus their attention on the sources that matter. Put in simple terms, we are to journals and resources what Google is to the Internet - we collate all the important sources and siphon off the pointless and time-consuming material."

This website is created to allow students to buy essays online, the student gets to choose the topic and even advises UKEssays.com on how to reference their work, so it is in the style of the student's university or school, e.g. Harvard Referencing.

UKEssay.com also states that what they have to offer is legal.

They say: "You are simply buying a piece of copyrighted material from the author. It's just like buying a book, except you decide what's written."

Claire Bessa, head of the sociology department at Willaim Morris Academy, Hammersmith:

"I find the very idea of such an essay writing service as anti-educational. The service offered by UKessays.com is counter-productive as it offers an easy way to complete essential essays or dissertations.

"In using these essays students will not actually academically progress. The website is careful to point out that students cannot use these essays as their own work.

It states that students should not hand any work received in as their own work, however by providing the exact essays that a student needs they are giving them the opportunity to cheat. "

"Part of me would want to do it, but then again what's going to happen when I get a real job and I'm not capable of fulfilling the criteria? It's like cheating," says Danya Nimir, a Media and Culture studies student.

UKEssays.com states that coughing up £5,000 isn't a purchase but an investment, as it guarantees that the student will get a better job.

The Cost

UKEssays.com is not just targeted at university students. It also considers GCSE and A-level students, so prices vary from £34 for a typical 500 word GCSE outline answer to a monstrous £40,000 for a PhD essay.

It also varies on the time period of the delivery, next day, 3 days, one week etc.

Who buys these Essays?

1. Nottingham University - 363, making up 52% of our East Midlands customer base
2. Royal Holloway - 202, making up 28% of our London customer base
3. Oxford University - 180, making up 21% of our South East customer base
4. Durham University - 179, making up 34% of our North East customer base
5. Manchester University - 178, making up 29% of our North West customer base

UKEssays.com's most popular areas are law and humanities. This represents the issues in education. A law student is taught to pass exams not practice law, and humanities students by majority receive the lowest amounts of contact time.

"We're providing academic research material. There is no difference between academic journals and us. Providing that the student has referenced our work there is no chance of the student being penalised," says Littlewood.