Here at MyTutor, we take academic honesty incredibly seriously. We also understand that, with lots of assessments taking place remotely, a few students might try to use our platform to cheat or plagiarise.
How MyTutor keeps on top of this:
Our Tutor Matching team is trained to recognise signs that can indicate cheating when reviewing requests
We’ll suspend accounts of users who we have reason to believe are attempting to cheat
Where we have evidence that a tutor has knowingly assisted a student to cheat or plagiarise, we’ll suspend their account and/or remove access to the platform
What might a suspicious request look like?
It won’t always be very obvious, so here are some signs to look out for:
A student wants you to mark a piece of work that is clearly part of their official coursework or exams.
A student needs a one-off lesson in a very specific time frame.
A student asking you to write an example answer to a very specific question.
What can you do if you identify a suspicious request?
Turn down the request
You’re absolutely in your right to turn down any work that you don’t want to do, especially if you’re not comfortable.
You don’t have to specify why you won’t accept the request.
Flag the request with us
Make sure to include all the details: where the request happened (messages or your Free Meeting), the name of the student, and the request.
And we’ll take it from there! If you’re feeling at all uncomfortable or finding it tricky to turn down the work, please just let us know and we’ll handle the whole thing for you.