Cheating on the rise in universities

A warning has set out to make cheating an outlaw since the covid lockdown. More people have been shown in studies that university students have been cheating though lockdown. After finding increased requests for ‘homework help’ websites have been shown through research and studies. This also shows it rising the most through the pandemic as online learning becoming a significant part of learning.

Students have been investigated from going to a US based ‘homework help’ site called ‘chegg’ and research has seen a rise in the website’s usage through the pandemic mostly for exam style question. They are now looking into whether people have used this to cheat on exams. It also is showing a rise in fear from people as Chris Skidmore exclaims it's going to “damage academic integrity beyond repair.”

Studies present that the issue has coursed a server increase in websites to answer questions from students. Upton with 932 in operation, up from 881 in October 2020. The number of the requests for the website have increased by a significant percentage cheating increases in university UK.