Student Behaviour - Policy Statements
The University and the Student's Union have both issued policy statements on student behaviour which all members should read.
University Policy on Student Behaviour
In recent years the University community has grown considerably and the University wishes to avoid a corresponding increase in the incidence of anti-social and criminal behaviour by students. Such behaviour disrupts the lives and damages the well-being of other students, staff and residents of Loughborough. It also brings the university into disrepute, which disadvantages all those associated with it. The University is concerned at the scale of anti-social activity by students and that its root, in the majority of cases, lies in excessive consumption of alcohol. For those reasons it is appropriate that the University make clear its attitude to wrongdoing on the part of its students.
The University will not tolerate anti-social or criminal behaviour by students. It does not see internal disciplinary action as a substitute for criminal proceedings and, in more serious cases where actions are in clear breach of the criminal law, the University will encourage victims to press charges and will assist the authorities in prosecuting the case. The University does not believe that an individual's status as a student should be viewed as a mitigating factor in assessing whether criminal proceedings should be instigated against them and, like the courts, takes the view that drunkenness in no way reduces the responsibility of the individual for his/her actions. The University’s future actions in respect of all individual cases will be informed by this overall policy.
Union
Policy on Student Behaviour
Loughborough Students Union (LSU) caters for over 15000 students, and offers a large variety of activities and facilities, including a nightclub which can hold in excess of 2500 people. Students are encoraged to use the facilities as fully as possible without acting in a way that interferes with other peoples' enjoyment or damages the premises or property that the Union owns on behalf of the students of Loughborough.
The students union believes that maintaining good relations with our neighbours the local residents of Loughborough is in the interests of us all. We therefore encourage students to act in ways that are considerate of other people's lifestyles and property. We strongly disapprove of behaviour that disturbs local residents particularly in the early hours of the morning and of course criminal damage and other criminal acts.
Whilst the Union will defend students who may be wrongly accused of such acts we will have no sympathy for those who are guilty of such behaviour. In particular we believe that drunkenness is not an excuse and that students who can not control their behaviour when drunk should drink less.