UCC students under investigation over project cheating fears

Several University College Cork business information systems (BIS) students are awaiting the outcome of a probe into allegations that they cheated on a final-year project.

While more than a dozen are understood to have been subject of an initial complaint, the number being investigated is thought to be significantly less after initial consideration of the matter.

More than 130 students completed the final year of the four-year programme, but those being investigated have had their results withheld pending the outcome of investigations.