Cautioning on Alcohol Chance at College Commencements

As the new term begins, students are being told to recognise the seriousness of the risks of drinking

Understudies beginning college are being cautioned about the risks of commencement occasions which include drinking intemperate measures of liquor.

The Universities UK task needs understudies to gain from the passing of a Newcastle University understudy in 2016.

Ed Farmer passed on in the wake of expending a lot of liquor at an inception occasion for first-year understudies.

His father Jeremy Farmer said he wanted to "reduce the risks of something similar happening again".

Ed Farmer, a student at Newcastle University, died in 2016 after excessive consumption of alcohol

Mr. Farmer said his son had died "needlessly", making the loss "all the more devastating".

Danger signs

Hundreds of thousands of young people will be starting at university for the first time this term.


The project wants to raise awareness about the danger of taking part in events for new students, which involve too much drinking or another risky behavior.

As well as warning about excessive amounts of alcohol, students are being told about other danger signs - such as events which involve bullying, coercion, manipulation or "sexual behavior".

The Universities UK project is in collaboration with Newcastle University, in response to Ed Farmer's death.

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A student died from toxic alcohol effects

At the inquest into the student's death, the coroner warned that young people could be "unaware of the risks of consuming large quantities of alcohol over a short period of time".

The coroner called for first-year students to be told about the dangers of excessive alcohol and given "guidance on caring for those who are drunk".

'No longer just drunk'

A letter from Ed Farmer's parents, published as part of the campaign, said they wanted other young people to understand the seriousness of the risks.

They said that "possibly just one student might be luckier on a night out than Ed" if they knew about the "dangers of drinking large volumes of spirits in short periods of time", and if they knew when someone was "no longer just drunk but in a life-limiting state".

Chris Day, the vice-chancellor of Newcastle University, said: "We all wish we could rewind three years and change what happened that night.

"But we can't go back, and so instead we are looking forward and doing everything we can to minimize the chances of anything like this happening again."

Resource: BBC News