Barclay Littlewood

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Barclay James Littlewood[1] (b. 1978 in Huddersfield[1]) is a British entrepeneur who sells essays and other academic work over the internet to students in the UK, USA and Western Europe.[2]

After training as a barrister at Gray's Inn, Littlewood set up his operation in 2003,[3] based in Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire.[4]

His companies claim to offer work of a quantifiable academic standard - 2:1 and 1st Class level - that is unpublished and scanned using university plagiarism detection software.

The sale of academic work by Littlewood's and other companies has proved controversial and there have been frequent accusations in the media, especially from universities, that Littlewood's businesses encourage plagiarism.[5][6] Littlewood claims that the essays are sold to aid students with their research.[4]

Littlewood recently achieved a childhood dream and was ranked #71 in The Sunday Times Rich List for the Under 30 section.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b GRO Index of Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1837 – 1983
  2. ^ Sanghera, Sathnam. "Want to know how to get rich? Me too", Timesonline.co.uk, The Times, 2007-07-16. Retrieved on 2008-01-18. 
  3. ^ Meet Us (HTML). ukessays.com. Retrieved on 2008-01-18.
  4. ^ a b "Essays company denies wrongdoing", BBC Online, BBC, 2006-08-01. Retrieved on 2008-01-18. 
  5. ^ Press-Up National Archive (HTML). University of Nottingham. Retrieved on 2008-01-18.
  6. ^ Taylor, Matthew; Butt, Riazat. "Q: How do you make £1.6m a year and drive a Ferrari? A: Sell essays for £400", Guardian Unlimited, The Guardian, 2006-07-29. Retrieved on 2008-01-18. 

The Sunday Times Rich List 2008

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