"Oxbridge essays" plagiarism site is run by Birmingham student.

" http://www.oxbridgeessays.com/services.asp A2 level essay, guaranteed upper first grade, 4000 words, 3 day delivery - 1176 quid Ph.D Model answers, same condition - 3360quid"

"Philip Malamatinas, a geography finalist at the University of Birmingham, launched the company a fortnight ago to provide essays "written by students at Oxford and Cambridge". The University of Birmingham had been investigating whether Philip was guilty of bringing his university into disrepute by offering the tailor-made essays. Philip the founder of Oxbridge Essays, has been cleared of bringing his university into disrepute by the University of Birmingham. There has been an angry response from Oxford and Cambridge"
http://www.oxfordstudent.com/tt2006wk2/news/oxbridge_essays_founder_cleared

Them Brummies are enterprising !

interesting...

This scheme is for those students who shouldn't be at uni in the first place. Why anyone would do this is beyond me, it's not like essays are even difficult.

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musicbloke

Platocrates

This scheme is for those students who shouldn't be at uni in the first place. Why anyone would do this is beyond me, it's not like essays are even difficult.

If they're not difficult then chances are they're bad.

MB

Reply 4

Alan Smithee

I mean difficult in the sense that I would rather go through the toil of doing them as opposed to paying in excess of £300 for one.

I should have put: It's not as if essays are THAT difficult.

Reply 5

FadeToBlackout

You missed his brother- itis run by Philip and James Malamitinas, of Birmingham and King's College London. Apparently, according to a Cmbridge spokesperson, writing the essays undermines the Cambridge undergrads experience and the point of university- to learn from yourself.

(Varsity, 28th April. Incidentally, there's an article concerning a certain TSR member on the opposite page...)

musicbloke, right?

Maybe. Ask him what its about, I don't want to give anything away or be rude.

Reply 8

musicbloke

It's about my blog. I slagged off some guy who hadn't been doing his job properly. Apparently the student papers are rather lacking stories these days. They did buy me coffee though.

MB

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