Tutors and students at Yingcredible Tutoring, the coaching college run by the mastermind of essay-selling website MyMaster, Yingying Dou, have spoken of the widespread practice of international students paying for university essays as they struggle with language barriers.

Edwin Shi, a 26-year-old accounting and finance tutor at Yingcredible, said several students had offered to pay him to complete their essays.

Yingying Dou leaves the Sydney premises where she works on Monday. Credit:Dominic Lorrimer

"Personally, I always refuse those requests," he said, adding he could not speak for all other tutors at the school.