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Nearly 50,000 students cheat over three-year period

New figures reveal that almost 50,000 students have been caught cheating over the past three years, including 1,947 from the University of Kent.
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Almost 50,000 students at 129 universities were caught cheating in the space of three years, new statistics show. A total of 362 students (1% of those found to have cheated) were dismissed as a result.

The figures, obtained via The Times freedom of information requests, also indicated that non-EU students accounted for a proportionately high amount of those found guilty.