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title: Student Uses Tissue Paper in Attempt to Cheat on Exam
description: Widespread exam cheating phenomenon revealed in Scottish Universities, with 353 cheating incidents in the last 3 years.
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# Student Uses Tissue Paper in Attempt to Cheat on Exam

[February 7th, 2014](https://www.proctorfree.com/news/university-student-uses-creative-method-cheat-exam)

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Students at Scottish Universities, including Glasgow and Aberdeen, developed resourceful [exam-cheating methods](http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/cheating-scots-uni-students-caught-3094970). An undergraduate students had answers written on tissue paper and then checked them in the university’s toilets. According to Daily Record, since 2011, 353 cheating incidents were revealed, with the suggestion of more remaining unexposed.

The cheating strategies employed in university exams in Scotland, include listening to test answers on mp3 devices and smartphones, smuggling exam notes in textbooks and even writing answers or prompts on one’s body. The caught-in-the-act students were in certain occasions merely reprimanded, while in other occasions severer punishments were applied; exam papers were invalidated and in a few cases the students were expelled.

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