Record number of university students caught cheating

A record number of Swedish university students were suspended in 2016 because of cheating, according to a fresh review, reports The Local.

In its review of 33 universities in Sweden, TT Newswire found 733 students had been suspended due to cheating in 2016. 2016 saw 103 more cases of suspension than 2015, a 16% increase – and the figure is growing for the third year running. Compared to 2013, which saw 533 suspensions, the figure has increased by 37.55.

The Swedish Higher Education Authority – Universitetskanslerämbetet or UKÄ – previously kept its own annual records of suspensions of higher education students, but stopped doing so last year. UKÄ Legal Advisor Pontus Kyrk said the increase was likely to be due to increased awareness, and that universities have got better at catching cheaters.
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