Malpractice Appeal Statistics

Date published: 06/06/2025

FOI reference: FOI25/26 013

Date received: 06/05/2025

Date responded: 22/05/2025

Information requested

I would be grateful if you could provide the following information relating to candidate malpractice appeals from academic years 2021/2022, 2022/2023, and 2023/2024 (and 2024/2025 to date, if available): The total number of candidate malpractice appeals received per academic year. The number of appeals that were successful (i.e. where the original finding of candidate malpractice was overturned). The number of appeals that were partially upheld, where the finding of malpractice remained but the penalty was reduced or altered. If available, a breakdown of penalties issued and how often each type of penalty was subsequently overturned or reduced on appeal. Please provide the information in a table or similar summary format if convenient. If any part of this request requires clarification, I am happy to provide further detail.

Response

Please find information requested within the attached document.

Documents:

Candidate Malpractice Appeals Data (12 KB)