Although there has recently been a rise in cheating at many of the UK's top universities, Cambridge seems remarkably free of cheaters.

With only has 1 reported incident of cheating at Cambridge University in 2010-2011, students appear to be remarkably honest compared to other universities.

Oxford had 23 incidents and Lancaster topped the table with an incredible 194 incidents.
Examples of cheating in Cambridge included a Land Economy student taking a textbook into his exam, while other universities had more incidents of students plagiarising in coursework, and submitting essays bought online.

The lack of coursework, and heavy focus on exams, might contribute to Cambridge's low rates of cheating.

The University includes coping or colluding as examples of plagiarism, as well as passing another person's ideas off as your own. This would include using a lecturer's ideas without acknowledging it.

Students are threatened with losing their degrees, and membership of the University, if they are caught.

One Arts student admitted to not referencing supervision essays as well as the University would like, and often using lecture notes in essays without acknowledging it, saying "if not referencing lectures counts as plagiarism then the University has to make that known. It's just how you write essays".

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