Monthly Archives: September 2020

How cheap essays are big business

21/09/2020 Dr Thomas Lancaster

Essay mills – services helping students to cheat by writing essays and completing assignments for them – turn over millions every year. New research has shown that buying an essay is possible at incredibly low prices, although this is able to sustain a flourishing business.

Social Science

Against the odds: Organizationally resilient schools in the digital age

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04/09/2020 Dr. Kerstin Drossel

A main issue facing schools today, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, is the digitalization of the classroom. Despite this, schools across the globe with students from disadvantaged backgrounds have achieved outstanding results in computer and information literacy (CIL). A recent study explores a deeper analysis of CIL and these “organizationally resilient” schools.

Social Science