Students appear to be swapping wild parties for a sound nights sleep after it emerged more universities are offering alcohol-free and quiet accommodation.
In one of Britains most popular student cities, Manchester, three universities have revealed the quiet and alcohol-free zones are very popular.
St Andrews University in Scotland was one of the first universities to ban alcohol from some of its halls of residence in 2015 and it has now emerged more campuses across the UK have since followed suit.
The Manchester Evening News reported The University of Salford, Manchester University and Manchester Metropolitan University all were offering rooms for more sensible students.
Paul Burns, accommodation office manager at Manchester University, said: Nowhere can be guaranteed 100% alcohol free but the consequence of grouping people together who want a quiet hall is that parties dont occur, people go elsewhere, and alcohol consumption is significantly reduced, if it occurs at all.
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It is not so much that people want to avoid alcohol as much as they want to avoid the after effects that occur when people consume too much.
Additionally, we have students who want to avoid alcohol for reasons routed in general health, culture, fitness or religion.
Manchester Metropolitan University stopped offering quiet accommodation after students could not agree on what was and was not quiet.
A spokesman said: However, all students living in Manchester Metropolitan accommodation agree to keep noise levels at a minimum between the hours of 11pm and 8am.
We also offer students the opportunity to live in alcohol-free flats.
Student Laura explained on The Student Room why she wanted a quiet life at The University of Chester.
She said: Ive selected “quiet” as a preference cause Im not gonna lie, Im pretty introverted and have never liked going out drinking or anything.
But Id still like to socialise by going for meals, shopping, cinema and stuff so I wonder if the quiet accommodation or if any specific hall/house is suited enough for my personality.
The University of Chester also has quiet blocks, a spokesman said: The quiet hall is designed so that like minded people are placed together.
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