The Shadow Scholars: Fake Essay Scandal

Channel 4 +1

11:00 PM to 1:05 AM

Wednesday 24 September

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Oxford academic Professor Patricia Kingori delves into the multibillion dollar fake-essay industry, in which thousands of educated but under-employed Kenyans are working in essay mills, providing work for Western students to submit as their own. These 'shadow scholars' help students in countries like the UK secure degrees and launch careers, all without doing the work themselves