The pressure on the newer Universities to admit students who are unprepared for hard work, who look for the "student experience" and the student discounts rather than a good course leads to an intake which cannot handle it. The first year Tutor -the pastoral one- should teach them academic etiquette

JANE FLEMING, Whittlesey, United Kingdom

I say cheat away, if my experience of University was anything go by, having to suffer lazy lecturers, poor study notes, its no wonder the students feel unprepared for exams or the course work they're given. Education in this country has been tinkered with until it has become worthless!!!

Bob Joylove, London,

Be cautious with these figures -

It may be that the uni with the highest figure had the most cheats - bad university

It may be that the uni with the highest figure was working hardest to catch the cheats - good university

John, Leicester,

Whats the point in spending all that time and money at university if you are going to cheat. This is a new low in Higher education. Also I know of people who drink through the year, Fail ALL of their exams and then resit in the summer, thus allowing them to enter into the second year. What a joke!

Ben, York, England

The only thing worse than cheating is being caught cheating.

Farrukh, Woking,

While cheating & plagiarism may be a reflection of changing social values, faculty themselves must accept some responsibility. Far too many are unwilling to put in the time & effort required to find the cheats. If only 3 of 17 were expelled, Oxford itself deserves scorn for minimizing plagiarism.

Bob Evans, Anaheim, California