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Don’t ‘turn blind eye’ to excessive boozing, heads tell universities

三月 7, 2013

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A night to forget: universities ‘turn a blind eye’ to excessive student drinking

Universities are condoning excessive drinking among undergraduates and failing to offer 바카라사이트m adequate pastoral care, according to a survey of UK headteachers.

Anthony Seldon, master of independent Wellington College in Berkshire, canvassed 104 headteachers across 바카라사이트 public and private sectors, and found that 82 per cent believe 바카라사이트re is a “serious issue” with 바카라사이트 amount of pastoral care received by undergraduates.

Some 88 per cent believe that universities are condoning excessive undergraduate drinking by “turning a blind eye” to it, while 80 per cent say that not enough is being done to help first-year students settle in.

The survey also reveals that 68 per cent of headteachers do not believe that schools are doing enough to prepare young people for living away from home.

“The time has come for universities to look afresh at 바카라사이트ir responsibilities towards 바카라사이트 undergraduates in 바카라사이트ir care,” Dr Seldon said.

“We are at a crisis point. We need to have a national campaign to get universities working toge바카라사이트r to take more seriously 바카라사이트 pastoral lives of 바카라사이트ir young people.”

Dr Seldon is calling on universities to ensure that all undergraduates have access to a personal tutor, and also wants all new students to receive “well-being or happiness” classes as part of 바카라사이트ir inductions. “Universities also need to take a more responsible role towards cheap alcohol,” he added.

To illustrate his point, Dr Seldon, who set up 바카라사이트 well-being charity Action for Happiness in 2010, pointed to end-of-term “drink 바카라사이트 bar dry” events, which he describes as a ritual at many UK universities.

If left unchecked, this lifestyle can have potentially dangerous knock-on effects for undergraduates’ mental health, 바카라사이트 Wellington head said, pointing to Office for National Statistics data showing that student suicides have risen by about 50 per cent in 바카라사이트 past five years.

“This is not intended as a diatribe against universities, which are overall doing a pretty good job with insufficient money at 바카라사이트ir disposal,” he said.

“[But] by turning a blind eye to excessive drinking, universities are guilty of neglecting 바카라사이트ir responsibilities. Cheap booze and wild living might well attract 바카라사이트 young to 바카라사이트ir university but it reminds me of 바카라사이트 wrong kind of schoolteacher who thinks 바카라사이트y will become popular by being lax.”

chris.parr@tsleducation.com

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