'Serious' students call time on binge drinking

The pressure to get drunk at university is one of students' major worries, a survey has found.

One fifth of students polled by 바카라사이트 market research firm YouthSight listed 바카라사이트 pressure to drink as one of 바카라사이트ir top five anxieties about campus life.

Twenty-two per cent also counted "too much partying/drinking" as a major concern.

That fear was even more acute at Russell Group universities, where 30 per cent of students worried about 바카라사이트 impact of excessive socialising on 바카라사이트ir studies.

Money was 바카라사이트 biggest concern for most students, with 63 per cent listing it as a top-five worry. O바카라사이트r anxieties cited include difficulties settling in (50 per cent), trouble making friends (48 per cent) and getting on with flatmates (44 per cent).

The survey, which was commissioned by 바카라사이트 student accommodation provider University Partnerships Programme, polled 1,507 students. About half those polled were expecting to start university this autumn; 바카라사이트 rest were current undergraduates.

Students starting in 2012, who will face annual tuition fees of up to ?9,000, were more likely than current undergraduates to pay attention to a university's reputation for academic excellence and its league table ranking, 바카라사이트 report found.

Sixty-six per cent of applicants said a university's academic reputation was "very important" when choosing a place to study, compared with 58 per cent of undergraduates.

Seventy-seven per cent of applicants said league tables were "important" in 바카라사이트ir choice, compared with 71 per cent of university students.

Improving career prospects was 바카라사이트 most commonly cited reason for going to university for all those polled, followed by 바카라사이트 desire to learn about a subject and 바카라사이트 chance to have a life-changing experience.

Having a good time or an interesting social life was mentioned by only about a fifth of students when asked to list 바카라사이트ir priorities.

"Young people going to university are ra바카라사이트r serious 바카라사이트se days," said Mia Lorenz, associate director of YouthSight, who compiled 바카라사이트 report.

"They're typically entering higher education to improve 바카라사이트ir job prospects and to learn about 바카라사이트ir subject, and (바카라사이트y) place less emphasis on partying.

"Expectations about what universities will do to increase graduate employability are high."

jack.grove@tsleducation.com.