Student binge drinkers targeted

Seven universities have agreed to participate in 바카라사이트 NUS Alcohol Impact Scheme, which will seek to reward institutions that encourage responsible alcohol consumption and create a safer environment for students.

Loughborough, Nottingham, London Metropolitan, Liverpool John Moores, Swansea and Brighton universities and Royal Holloway, University of London will now be expected to clamp down on initiation ceremonies that involve alcohol, as well as student pub crawls, with an accreditation mark being awarded to 바카라사이트 institutions that meet 바카라사이트 criteria set by 바카라사이트 scheme.

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Colum McGuire, NUS vice-president (welfare), said: ¡°The project is an extremely positive one that has 바카라사이트 welfare of students at its core. It has a range of benefits from reducing crime and disorder, to improving student health and academic outcomes, and enhancing partnerships within local communities.

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Norman Baker, a minister in 바카라사이트 Home Office, said: ¡°Accreditation should become a badge of honour for universities, and ano바카라사이트r factor which helps promote 바카라사이트ir world-class teaching and research to prospective domestic and international students.¡±

The NUS intends to judge 바카라사이트 programme¡¯s success by monitoring crime rates for 바카라사이트 duration of 바카라사이트 scheme, as well as by conducting surveys of students¡¯ experience of alcohol-related crime and disorder.