College exams are hard work, and there’s always a temptation to cheat. Was it easier when assessments were online?
The Irish Times asked all eight of Ireland’s universities – DCU, Maynooth University, RCSI, Trinity College, UCC, UCD, UL and the University of Galway – and all five technological universities – Atlantic Technological University (ATU), Munster Technological University (MTU), South East Technological University (SETU), TU Dublin and Technological University of the Shannon (TUS) – via the Freedom of Information process, to provide figures and information on cheating or “academic misconduct”.
All, apart from TU Dublin and ATU, gave different levels of detail, with these two technological universities explaining that the data we requested was not centrally collated and, therefore, the relevant records did not exist.
Where do students cheat?
Colleges have very different ways of recording academic misconduct, but most record cheating as either an exam infraction, where the offence is committed in the exam hall, or plagiarism, where the offence is committed during an assignment.
How do students cheat during exams?
Cheating during exams is almost always pre-planned, and the means of cheating remain familiar. They’re rarely ingenious or novel.
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