A student website has been warned by the UK’s advertising industry regulator over “misleading” job listings.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has told StudySmarter that the three postings “cannot appear again” and has referred the matter to its sister organisation, the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP).
After the rebuke, the website, which offers educational resources as well as connecting students to work opportunities, has said it is “committed to maintaining transparency” concerning its job postings.
In a ruling released on 17 June, the ASA reprimanded the German company for a trio of job listings including a “part-time hourly lecturer” role, purportedly posted by a company profile belonging to Norwich University of the Arts.
However, the university disputed the post, which went live on the StudySmarter website in March.
