http://www.therundown.co.uk/news/living/ News for UK students en-gb Tue, 06 Dec 2005 23:34:01 +0000 (C) Hull Media Ltd, http://www.hullmedia.com http://www.therundown.co.uk/syndication/ A group of LSE students are in trouble for smashing up a rival university's campus while drunk. http://www.therundown.co.uk/news/living/1133912062/ Vitally important research of the week: Beer goggles aren't just caused by alcohol - and there's a formula to prove it. http://www.therundown.co.uk/news/living/1133024845/ A conference has heard that a million students have mental health problems and more needs to be done to raise awareness. http://www.therundown.co.uk/news/living/1130697872/ A third of students are victims of crime and a quarter are burgled, but many aren't getting the insurance they need. http://www.therundown.co.uk/news/living/1127249985/ The Telegraph has revealed that students have jobs, but it speculates that some might well prefer modelling to bar work. http://www.therundown.co.uk/news/living/1126645357/ New students are being advised to check their protection against mumps following several outbreaks at universities last year. http://www.therundown.co.uk/news/living/1123770060/ The government has published its plans for a smoking ban in public places across England, but students' unions may not be affected. http://www.therundown.co.uk/news/living/1119300515/ As many as half of all pubs may soon stop offering happy hour promotions in the face of mounting concern about binge drinking, but – health concerns aside - the outlook might not be all that bleak for students. http://www.therundown.co.uk/news/living/1116858287/ Four students in Northern Ireland have been suspended for poor behaviour, while 45 fines and 155 written warnings have been issued. http://www.therundown.co.uk/news/living/1116510115/ Doctors are today suggesting that the recent mumps outbreak has reached epidemic levels, with students being particularly at risk. http://www.therundown.co.uk/news/living/1115984810/ Leaders of the Guild at Aston University are planning to introduce juice and noodle bars in order to improve falling bar revenues. http://www.therundown.co.uk/news/living/1115043642/ Those clever Swedes claim to have found out, but more research may be needed. http://www.therundown.co.uk/news/living/1114977677/ The rush by pubs to apply for 24-hour licences has been somewhat slower than certain people predicted. http://www.therundown.co.uk/news/living/1111187118/ "Virtual thieves" are being used to drive home the Home Office's message about avoiding crime to students. http://www.therundown.co.uk/news/living/1110642427/ 48 students at Reading University are suspected to have contracted mumps since January, the latest in a series of outbreaks at British universities. http://www.therundown.co.uk/news/living/1110643635/ NUS Scotland in joing forces with drinks firm Diageo to tackle the problems of binge drinking among students north of the border. http://www.therundown.co.uk/news/living/1109620191/ Manchester residents have complained that students in the area are creating a mess, prompting calls for future student housing developments to be banned. http://www.therundown.co.uk/news/living/1109589822/ Does the drinking culture at university mirror the drinking culture the government is attempting to control, or are students able to control their actions without drinking being of any major concern? http://www.therundown.co.uk/news/living/1108380993/ How do you combat insomnia when you've suffered from it for years? How insomnia affects one student. http://www.therundown.co.uk/news/living/1108031470/ Students are again being warned about mumps as figures show a tenfold increase in suspected cases during January. http://www.therundown.co.uk/news/living/1107544789/ A new survey into student living says that students see value for money as an important factor in their studies, and most have tidy bedrooms. http://www.therundown.co.uk/news/living/1107102351/ Students at the University of Central Lancashire's campus in Carlisle have been affected by the flooding that hit the city, with several flats being wrecked. http://www.therundown.co.uk/news/living/1105571245/ A new poll suggests that most students get no exercise and a quarter think of themselves as overweight, but are they really to blame? http://www.therundown.co.uk/news/living/1105143992/ Students at Bournemouth University will be banned from smoking in its bars from January following a vote at the union's AGM. http://www.therundown.co.uk/news/living/1103125065/ Researchers in America have discovered that men who balance their laptops on their laps could be damaging their fertility. http://www.therundown.co.uk/news/living/1102788535/ Jarvis, the PFI contractor responsible for building [sic] halls of residence at Lancaster University, is to flog the project along with three others because it can't afford to complete it. As the FT reports today, the building company is facing mounting debts and some hope [er, fear? Ed.] it could collapse in the new year. It's now planning to run from all of its PFI projects and concentrate instead on plant hire, road and rail construction - something it does so much better. http://www.therundown.co.uk/news/living/1102693881/ Jarvis could be taken off the disastrous project to build student halls of residence at Lancaster University. Planning and pricing work has already begun by a potential alternative contractor for phase three of the scheme to build 4,000 rooms, the FT reports. Jarvis is said to be concentrating on the second phase, which would seem sensible given its incompetence so far. As we reported in September, as many as 650 students were affected by its inability to finish the building work in time for the start of the academic year, meaning many were put up in buildings due for demolition. http://www.therundown.co.uk/news/living/1101487432/ A survey by student insurer cover4students.com has found that office star David Brent, aka Ricky Gervais, is the favourite choice of poster among students. Eminem came second, followed by a catsuited Uma Thurman in third. Martin Luther King, John Lennon and Sesame Street characters Bert and Ernie also made it into the top 10. http://www.therundown.co.uk/news/living/1100797815/ A drunken punter has caused chaos at Hull Uni's nightclub by emptying a pint of Snakey B over the PA control system. http://www.therundown.co.uk/news/living/1100192761/ The mumps outbreak we reported on last week has now spread to Cambridge. So far 38 students across 8 colleges have been diagnosed with the virus since the start of term. Vaccinations are on offer to students under the age of 25. http://www.therundown.co.uk/news/living/1100096255/ Mass vaccination programmes are underway at several universities after it was revealed that as many as 3,000 students could be struck down by mumps this year, compared to just 10 in 1996. http://www.therundown.co.uk/news/living/1099415533/ PFI favourite Jarvis strikes again, but at least this time students won't have to be put up in hotels - they get rooms earmarked for demolition instead. http://www.therundown.co.uk/news/living/1096323070/