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The Shadow Scholars
Culture · Thursday, November 12 · 15:00 · Tours
3 Rue des Tanneurs, 37000 Tours, France
A film written and directed by Eloïse King White Teeth Films (UK, 2024, 98 minutes). When students at the world's top universities, such as Oxford, pay young Kenyans to anonymously write their assignments… Patricia Kingori, a professor at Oxford, investigates the hidden, global industry of “fake essays,” worth billions, leading her to the Kenyan “shadow scholars.” Screenings followed by a discussion with Eloise King, director, Patricia Kingori, sociologist at Oxford University (UK) and the ERC Nan…
