To want to pay someone to do my uni work

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I know deep down it’s a bad idea but it feels like the best option.

Don’t do it. The chances of getting caught are fairly high and would be devastating.

Ask for an extension or defer a whole year if needed but don’t throw all your hard work away.

Exactly right not to mention AI which can detect diffeeent writing styles. OP if you didn’t want to go to uni then leave. Otherwise your cheating and lying will catch up with you. Guaranteed.

I do private tutoring of international students at postgraduate level. Universities expect students, particularly those working in a second language, to seek out resources that help them meet academic standards.

If this isn’t a wind up, then yes, you are being very unreasonable.

If they are written by AI (very likely now) then what is produced may not be real e.g. made up references (universities now check the references). That's one way to know. Another is the writing style. Also, if the essays are written by actual humans they will be selling slight variations of the same essay.
Not worth it. And you are in your third year. Talk to your tutor.

I study at the open university. They don't allow students to get extra tutoring.

What unis and degree programmes do not allow students to hire tutors?

Sorry, I had not seen this

The open university don't. Even if someone gets extra support through dsa the mentor isn't allowed to help them with their tma

I hope you are studying some rubbish degree along the lines of "media studies" and not medicine...

Fucking cheat. Absolutely fucking cheat.

Working with a tutor does not mean your tutor does the work for you, or it shouldn’t.

An ethical tutor doesn’t.

DSA mentors are never supposed to provide academic assistance. Their role is completely different.

Does anyone know of a uni besides OU that prohibits hiring a tutor?

Just ... what's the point then? Of anything, of everything? AI or asking another human to do work for you just defeats the objective of learning, a qualification will be a lie.

being called up to accept my degree was one of the proudest moments of my life. Not least because I had a child at 16 and worked 2 jobs too whilst raising a child and studying. It certainly wouldn’t have felt good at all if i’d have cheated. Why can’t you do the work yourself? What are your obstacles? How will you manage a full time job? Uni was the easiest time for me. Even with all those other challenges. Long holidays, not in 5 days a week.

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Truly dreadful. You have not explained why you feel the need to do this.

It is an absolutely terrible option. It is dishonest and you will be getting little or nothing out of your course. Speak to your tutor - you must be having major problems and you need to discuss the situation.

The thing is, when people pay someone else to write their essay, you have no idea whether they’ve actually written it themselves, or used AI or used a well known essay bank. And that’s how you get caught.

Absolutely DO NOT DO IT. I work at a University and you run the risk of not passing your degree. Think of the sense of shame. You owe it to yourself to act with academic integrity. Speak to your tutors/student support if you are struggling. Don't throw away everything you have worked towards.

Why did you decide to go round uni ?

In the real world I cannot pay someone to do my work for me so I have a job I can competently accomplish and am fairly remunerated for my effort and skills.

If you cheat at uni you're setting yourself a high bar that you'll constantly need to keep up with. A university degree is evidence that you are accomplished to that level. Otherwise you are starting your career with a lie you'll have to maintain indefinitely.

I work in academic skills at a university. Don't get someone else to write them and don't use ChatGPT. We can tell! Plagiarism software may detect it if you use an essay mill and your tutor maybe able if the writing style is different from usual. AI hallucinates and makes stuff up including references. The language is odd too and you can just tell. I recently saw an essay where all the references didn't exist and it also uses old sources that are put of date. Go and see your university academic skills team for support and speak to your tutors. They are there to help.

What’s wrong with studying media?
it’s incredibly relevant to the world we live in and teaches strong critical thinking and analysis skills.

If you cheat, you'll be caught. Lecturers are not stupid. They mark scores of scripts per term/semester and have seen it all before. I'm confident I can spot a bot-generated essay when I see one.

What's likely to happen is they'll invite you to a meeting and question you closely to see exactly where the ideas you explore in your assessment have come from. If you can't answer these, fully and precisely, you'll be in trouble.

No one in universities condones cheating because this behaviour hits at the integrity of academia in itself. Frankly, this is already at rock bottom as it is withoug AI making things worth. It also rots people's brains of their physical capacity. The person you will be cheating most of all is yourself.

So when you end up with a degree but understand little or nothing about the subject, how do you think its going to go when you go for interviews? Or somehow land a job then be expect to use your non-existent degree knowledge? It can't work.

Why not go the whole hog and just buy a degree or two from some non-existent eastern bloc university, I'm sure they still exist, and it will be cheaper than staying on at uni here.