At least 1,500 students at Irish universities have been reported for exam cheating, plagiarism, or the use of so-called ‘essay mills’ over the past three years.
Trinity College Dublin and TU Dublin reported the highest numbers of cases with more than 1,000 instances of students trying to cheat at exams or in assignments at the two universities.
The Technological University (TU) of Dublin said they had dealt with 568 cases where students were deemed to have breached exam regulations or plagiarised material.
