Editing University Challenge (section)

====Ineligible contestants====
In 2009, [[Sam Kay]], part of the team from [[Corpus Christi College, Oxford]], was accused of not being a student when the show was filmed.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/university-challenge-winners-dethroned/2000957.article|title= University Challenge winners dethroned|publisher=Broadcast|author=Michael Rosser|date=2009-03-02}}</ref> Kay, who had completed a [[chemistry]] degree the previous summer, had been planning to go on to study for a [[Doctor of Philosophy]], but dropped out as he did not have sufficient funding. He then became an [[accountant]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7917481.stm|title= BBC in University Challenge probe|publisher=BBC|date=1 March 2009|access-date=1 March 2009}}</ref> The team, whose captain [[Gail Trimble]] was dubbed the "human [[Google]]",<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/latestnews/University-Challenge-winners--stripped.5030768.jp|title=University Challenge winners stripped of title – for having zero common sense|newspaper=[[The Scotsman]]|author=Brian Ferguson|date=3 March 2009|access-date=3 March 2009}}</ref> won the competition but was subsequently disqualified and the trophy awarded to the runners-up, the University of Manchester.<ref name=BBC-Disqualification>{{cite press release | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/03_march/02/challenge.shtml | title = University Challenge: a joint statement from the BBC and Granada | date = 2 March 2009 | access-date = 2 March 2009 | work = BBC Press Office | publisher = BBC}}</ref>

A few days later, it was also revealed that Charles Markland, a member of the [[University Challenge 2008|2008 winning team]] from [[Christ Church, Oxford]], had transferred his studies to [[Balliol College, Oxford|Balliol College]] halfway through the series. He said that his team captain had contacted a researcher concerning the situation, and had been told that this was not a problem and that the same team should be maintained for continuity purposes.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7922672.stm|title= University quiz hit by new claims|publisher=BBC|date=4 March 2009|access-date=4 March 2009}}</ref> It was also revealed that Freya McClements, captain of the 2004 winning team from [[Magdalen College, Oxford]], was at the time studying at [[Trinity College, Dublin]]. Although it was mentioned in a BBC news story at the time, no action was taken because the BBC stated that the facts had not been brought to their attention.<ref>{{cite news|last=Holmwood|first=Leigh|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/mar/03/university-challenge-winners-break-rules|title=Previous University Challenge winners appear to break rules|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=3 March 2009|access-date=4 March 2009 | location=London}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/3622739.stm|title=Scholar tops university quiz|publisher=BBC|date=13 April 2004|access-date=4 March 2009}}</ref>