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The Age are reporting: Uni cheats outsource to India
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Computer Science students are farming out their coursework to cheap programmers in countries like India and university staff admit they are powerless to detect and prevent it.
Internet sites such as RentACoder and Kasamba provide an international marketplace connecting businesses in need of computer programming help with low-cost coders around the world.
But dishonest students have already seized on the outsourcing trend to avoid doing homework.
Typically, assignments are put out to tender on the internet sites and coders bid to complete them.
Students can pay anywhere from under $100 to several hundred dollars, depending on the amount of work required.
The practice isn't limited to programming.
Various well-established sites already sell students essays and other written work.
But with code, which is far more black and white than the written word, it's far harder to spot outsourcing.
"I think it's a growing issue as a form of misconduct that universities are going to have to take seriously and at the moment our defences are weak," said David Wilson, associate dean of teaching and learning for information technology at the University of Technololgy, Sydney...
Uni cheats outsource to India
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