DD paid £130 to get an assignment done for her.

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DD went away this long weekend and completely ignored her college research project before she went away. Cut a very long story short, she used some of her birthday money (18th) to pay a company (didn't even know they existed) to write a 2500 word project for her.

AIBU to never lend her a penny again? I'm actually fuming.

Schools will often make an example of an individual 'pour encourager les autres'.

@jimmyhill, it’s not about the Police National Computer! Lots of employers do pre-employment screening and this will often cover off any findings of academic malpractice. The OP’s daughter is 18, so it’s not like she’s a child any more.

Where do you think these 'academic malpractices' add recorded?

I can’t believe how many are saying that they would tell on their own child - I hope that’s Bullsh*t because otherwise there are a lot of cold hearted nasty parents on here.
As for your daughter - silly immature behaviour - but she’s just 18, they often think they’re smarter than the system and she’s made a stupid mistake.
I hope she gets away with it because I wouldn’t want her future damaged, and that’s a real possibility. Hopefully she’ll feel sick with worry at getting caught so she never tries it again. Yes, I think you should financially punish her, and make her worried. Good luck.

I can’t imagine shopping a child of mine. But I would help my children bury the body, so maybe i’m not a typical mumsnetter

Your daughter at 18 is still a child - like others have said and as such she still thinks like a child , I hope all this talk of reporting her is nonsense as that is not good parenting , others are right it will not be taken lightly . Her best bet is to go to the uni / college student support and to tell them that she is under huge work stress and is finding it very difficult to complete to her deadlines - not mention the essay directly , just the pressure she felt. If the essay is 'discovered' then she will be able to explain the stress she was under and how terrible she feels - as it was not a dissertation she is likely to be given a second chance . If it slips through this should be a very clear warning to her - the more involved her course becomes then the less likely that any cheating will be tolerated at all or given a second chance. If this is her first mess up in education she deserves a second chance - if however this is just another in a series of her finding ways to avoid her work or rush it through then it's clear the academic system is not for her and she needs to be looking for some other kind of training. I think you should sit down with her and show her these replies so that she can fully comprehend the social impact of what she has done too.

I hope she has learned her lesson now. Of course it is very dishonest behaviour.

I'm glad she is not at University yet. I would be concerned about the potential for future blackmail. I've heard from several Uni sources that blackmail attempts are made to Master's, PhD students and those in employment.

This is an interesting read:
www.turnitin.com/blog/straight-talk-from-an-essay-mill-insider-part-1

I can’t believe how many are saying that they would tell on their own child - I hope that’s Bullsht because otherwise there are a lot of cold hearted nasty parents on here.*

I don't think it is cold hearted. I think it is damage limitation, much better to be caught out at an FE college than at uni.

Very naughty. I'd outwardly be very angry. I'd inwardly be quite impressed. So shoot me

Where do you think these 'academic malpractices' add recorded?

I spotted where a student had cheated on an extended essay that was part of her coursework. She went through a disciplinary process. She was mortified. She was working something like 24 hours a week to pay bills on top of her studying and it had all got too much for her. We were actually as gentle with her as we could be because she was so distressed.

But, we had to give her a punishment according to university regulations. Her mark for that module was capped at a pass - so below a 3rd class. Ultimately that will have dragged her whole degree down. You could get round it on a CV by just not mentioning it. She'd just ultimately have a had a 3rd class degree or 2:2 where she might before have had a 2:2 or 2:1. Had anyone asked for a full transcript, which is unusual for jobs but common for further degrees, they would have noticed that one much lower mark which would have raised doubts.

How much it would have affected references is hard to tell. It would depend what specifically was asked for. You could have stated very factually "Jane Smith went through a disciplinary process at the end of year 2 and was found to have plagiarised someone else's work". Or you could just omit and not comment unless you were asked very specifically for their disciplinary record.

Very naughty. I'd outwardly be very angry. I'd inwardly be quite impressed. So shoot me

Impressed she managed to push some buttons on the Internet? I wouldn't be, iy takes bo cunning or native skill, it is just straightforward cheating.

@pallisers Do you live in a bubble? cheating is rife, as I said before lots of professionals do their children's A level English. There are many teachers confessed to me they written their children essays. No judgement here.

No I don't live in a bubble. I do know there are cheaters like you. I just don't believe everyone is a cheater. I can quite see why you need to believe everyone is at it as otherwise you would have to face that you are not an honest person. And even if everyone did it - does that make it right? Does it make you an upright trustworthy person?

@FunkyKingston yes absolutely. It's quite inspired. However as a responsible parent I'd do the right thing in reading her the riot act, but I can't say that inwardly it would cause me too much anguish. I can't bring myself to give this too much anguished headspace

SuperCoop3r It's about as inspired as buying an item from Amazon after an ad for it comes up on your facebook page. Or Mumsnet, come to that.

Someone asked about academic malpractice. Sometimes when you apply for jobs they ask you whether you have ever had a finding of that nature made against you and you give your permission for them to contact institutions you attended. You may not get found out if you lie, but if you do that will count against you even more. You would think it wouldn’t matter after a few years of grown-up life but it really does. I recently had to provide evidence of some things I was doing 22 years ago - not just the fact I got the qualification but the dates of attendance!

My dissertation was due yesterday but I requested for extension, which has been granted. No I would never cheat, or have ever cheated.