The problem posed by essay-writing services, and academic misconduct generally, needs to be addressed at multiple levels, writes David.
‘The problem posed by essay-writing services, and academic misconduct more generally, needs to be addressed at multiple levels.’
Damian Hinds’ call for PayPal to block transactions with essay-writing firms is to be welcomed (University cheats should be reported by their peers, minister says, 20 March). However, this can be only one element in the campaign to reduce a problem highlighted by the growing presence of touts who, at the start of the academic year, stand outside university property andhand out cards advertising essay-writing services to passing students, notably targeting identifiable international students who are given flyers written in their home languages.
The impact of Hinds’ initiative, if accepted, will not be evident for a while, and more urgent action is needed. The primary responsibility for this has to lie with each individual university.Vice-chancellors need to see if they can have confidence that their own processes for dealing with the many and complex issues around academic misconduct are robust and, importantly, whether they are being implemented. From my long experience in the sector this is not the case, and there is certainly no consistency between universities, and indeed even between staff in a university and between different courses, in how the general matter of academic misconduct is managed, understood, recorded and analysed. The problem posed by essay-writing services, and academic misconduct generally, needs to be addressed at multiple levels. Damian Hinds’ call is eye-catching and achieved its first purpose of getting news coverage, coincidingwith the well-received TV drama Cheat, but vice-chancellors should also look closely and critically at practices in their own institutions.
论文写作服务和学术不端行为带来的问题，需要在多个层面加以解决。” David写道。
“论文写作服务带来的问题，以及更普遍的学术不端行为，需要在多个层面加以解决。”
Damian Hinds对贝宝停止与论文写作公司交易的呼吁受到欢迎（3月20日部长表示，大学作弊应由同伴举报）。然而这可能是减少突出问题的一方面，因为越来越多的“黄牛”开始在学期开头站在大学校园外，向路过的学生发放论文写作服务的广告卡片。尤其针对那些显眼的国际生，“黄牛”会发放用国际生母语印制的传单。
如果Hinds的倡议被采纳，其影响一段时间内将不明显，需要采取更紧急的措施。这一点的主要责任在于每一所大学。副校长需要审视是否有信心，因其独自处理学术不端的流程是健全的，重点在于流程是否正在被完整执行。从我在这一领域的长期经验来看，情况并不会如预期发展，因为大学之间，甚至大学员工之间以及不同课程之间，在如何管理、理解、记录和分析学术不端的问题上，没有一致标准。论文写作服务和学术不端行为带来的问题需要在多个层面加以解决。Hinds的呼吁反响较大，实现了其获得新闻报道的首要目的，这与广受欢迎的电视剧《作弊》剧情如出一辙。但副校长们同样应该密切、批判性地审视各自学校的行为。
overhaul 彻底检查，翻修，检修
academic misconduct 学术不端行为
address 处理
campaign 运动，战役（注意发音，重音在第二音节。重音同样在第二音节：canteen 餐厅，食堂）
highlight 高光，强调，突出
tout n. 【N-COUNT】票贩子、“黄牛”
hand out 分发，发放
notably 尤其，显著地
initiative 倡议
vice-chancellor 副校长
robust 坚定的，强劲的（拓：一款饮料同样叫Robust，中文名“乐百氏”）
implement 实施，执行
consistency 连贯，前后一致
coincide 与…一致，极为类似（拓：coincidence n. 巧合，一致，同时存在）
However, this can be only one element in the campaign to reduce a problem （that） highlighted by the growing presence of touts who, at the start of the academic year, stand outside university property and hand out cards advertising essay-writing services to passing students, notably targeting identifiable international students who are given flyers written in their home languages. 遇到句子很长，大句套小句的情况，要划分句子成分，化繁为简来理解：主句，“However, this can be only one element in the campaign to reduce a problem”；“highlighted by the growing presence of touts”是一个省略了引导词that的定语从句，修饰problem；“who, at the start of the academic year, stand outside university property and hand out cards advertising essay-writing services to passing students ”是由who引导的tout票贩子的定语从句，其中插入了一个时间状语“at the start of the academic year”；后面还有一个who引导的students的定语从句 ；“stand outside university property”站在大学资产、地产之外，其实就是站在校园外。
PayPal 中文名“贝宝”，是倍受全球亿万用户追捧的国际贸易支付工具，即时支付，即时到账。于1998年12月由Peter Thiel 及 Max Levchin建立，是一个总部在美国加利福尼亚州圣荷塞市的在线支付服务商。PayPal也和一些电子商务网站合作，成为它们的货款支付方式之一；但是用这种支付方式转账时，PayPal收取一定数额的手续费。2018年12月，世界品牌实验室发布《2018世界品牌500强》榜单，PayPal排名第402。
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