Should I report this plagiarism, and if so how?

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A friend’s child is at university, has mild to moderate reading difficulties which would be supported by university . Friend always assists with essays, assignments etc, and is perfectly happy to tell other people this. Has always had masses of input into child’s school work at GCSE and A level. I know that at university this level of assistance is considered cheating and plagiarism, and devalues degree qualifications. Should I dob them in? If so, how?

No. It’s none of your business.

Well what happens to the child during exams? Mother can't be doing the work there.

It's not plagiarism. It's not great though.

Tbh I know it’s frustrating especially when some unis only have coursework and not exams, but it would be impossible to prove. Lots of students get help. It’s not fair, but it’s not provable plagiarism.

I would kepe your nose out.

What’s it to you? Myob.

This is what I’m wondering. A levels were done during COVID, so centre assessed grades based on (parent assisted) work

Keep you beak out of it

*your beak

No. Leave well alone.

well, it isn't plagiarism

Yeh, you should definitely snitch on the mother who’s trying to help her disabled child

Is the Mum a graduate of the same subject? cos if she's not, then she isn't going to know enough to do the work for her child, beyond supporting with the literacy, is she?

Not plagiarism but the young person is unlikely to pass three years of degree studies like that

Is there nothing on the TV you fancy? Seriously, keep your sticky beak out! Poor woman doesn’t need friends like you 😡

You're no friend

With all due respect, it sounds like you’re at a bit of a loose end?

Assists how? Dad read my essays and I read his essays -no particular comments on content, more structure and "does it make sense?" (Even if I have no idea if his facts/argument are true)

We are 48 and 73.

We are told by tutors to get feedback. But that's different from asking someone to write it for you and provide the actual ideas.

This is way more than proof reading. Parent Googling material and contributing ideas (qualified in close field) as well as grammar etc. Thanks everyone for your comments

It's not plagiarism. It is also now common for universities to provide access to services like studiosity which provide support with assignments- grammar, sentence structure, spelling etc. There are also programmes like RefWorks which put large parts of your bibliography together . So assistance in the form you describe is acceptable.

You sound so righteously confident about this, and yet it’s far from clear that what you describe is actually cheating.

Leave them alone. You don’t know enough about the nuances of the situation.

And even if you were 100% certain that the mum was helping more than she should, it would not be appropriate or morally right to “dob them in”.

OMG get a life, why are you so invested and concerned about this? People will be pulling a lot more stunts then this I assure you. Their parent is helping them as they need the help? Also said parent maybe over inflating their involvement for their on self esteem or who and may not be actually contributing as much as you think? Why does this bother you so much? There are injustices all around? People wanting to do well in their education and bend the rules a bit is not a priority? What about all the kids who got their predicted grades and never say an exam? Witch hunt them as well.

Why describe a person You clearly dislike as a 'friend'

Talking to someone who knows the subject about ideas isn't plagiarism.
Googling things isn't either.
Neither is help with grammar.

How is what you've described any different to personal tuition in the GCSE/A level years, or, indeed, at any other stage in a child's education?