Contrasting staff and student views on alcohol education provision in a UK university

Figures & data

Table 1. Staff participants (gender is indicated in brackets).

Interviewee	Department
P1 (M)	Student union
P2 (F)	Student support
P3 (F)	Student counselling
P4 (F)	Campus security
P5 (F)	Residential services
P6A (M)	Residential services
P6B (F)	Residential services
P6C (F)	Residential services
P7 (M)	Occupational health
P8 (M)	Student counselling
P9 (M)	Student health services
P10 (F)	Student support
P11 (M)	Student support
P12 (M)	Student union
P13 (M)	Student registry
P14 (F)	Student counselling
P15 (F)	Student safety partnership

Table 2. Introduction to participating students.

	Personal details	Before arriving	Since arriving
S1	Female, 18 years old	Drank before Uni but mainly just pubs and rarely clubs.	Lives in halls. Made choice after reading about which halls were most ‘lively’. Drank a lot during Freshers and still goes out a lot with flatmates.
S2	Male, 19 years old	Had visited the area before and knew there would be a lively nightlife compared to home.	Lives in halls. Made choice of hall after reading online about costs and location. Drinks a lot, mostly with friends from sports teams.
S3	Male, 18 years old	Often drank at friend’s houses before coming but parents are both non-drinkers so never drank at home.	Lives in halls and chose from reading about the ‘most social’ option. Gets drunk with housemates a ‘couple of times a week’.
S4	Female, 19 years old	Drank before uni but was ‘never too bothered’ about it.	Moderate drinker. Lives in halls. Found Freshers quite tough as a moderate drinker but found a good group of friends and is living with them next year.
S5	Female, 18 years old	Went to pubs quite a bit before uni but was worried about pressure to drink differently at uni.	Moderate drinker. Lives in halls but friends are mainly other occasional drinkers from student societies.
S6	Female, 19 years old	Drinks ‘very rarely’, mostly when going out to listen to music rather than just to drink.	Low/non-drinker. Lives in halls but found it really hard in Freshers due to drinking levels of flatmates.
S7	Female, 19 years old	Visited the area once before starting and really liked it. Drank a bit before uni but was worried about lack of experience.	Low/non-drinker. Lives in halls and has had difficulties because of drinking levels of flatmates.
S8	Female, 20 years old	Drank before Uni but only a couple of local pubs to choose from. Was excited about the local nightlife.	Lives in the ‘social hall’ and her flat is often used for pre-drinks. Binge drinks a few times a week.
S9	Male, 20 years old	Felt like he had plenty of drinking experience during his year out before Uni.	Lives in halls. Picked a ‘social’ hall. Goes out drinking with flatmates at least once a week.
S10	Male, 19 years old	Drank in local pubs before Uni and was looking forward to a bigger range of places to go.	Lives in halls. Drank a lot in Freshers but mostly drinks with course friends now. Binges a couple of times a week.
S11	Female, 18 years old	Didn’t drink much before Uni.	Lives in private housing and mostly goes to local pubs with housemates every week, ‘at least once’.
S12	Male, 20 years old	Had a gap year working and drank a lot during this time.	Lives in halls and drinks a lot, both with flatmates and sports society friends.
S13	Female, 19 years old	Drank before uni but not many options at home so just local pubs.	Chose the biggest hall to meet the most people. Drinks frequently with house mates.
S14	Female, 21 years old	Knew the area well and was looking forward to the nightlife as a student.	Chose the ‘liveliest’ hall and ‘likes a drink’. Goes out multiple times a week to get drunk.
S15	Female, 19 years old	Non-drinker.	Low/non-drinker. Chose one of the smaller halls to avoid so much drinking. Some people have had issues with her not drinking but has found friends now who don’t care.
S16	Male, 20 years old	Drank regularly before uni.	His hall is ‘too quiet’ so he goes to friends’ houses to drink ‘pretty often’. Likes getting drunk.
S17	Male, 19 years old	Drank in local pubs back home but not much clubbing experience.	Lives in halls, has a drinking night with flatmates and another with course mates ‘most weeks’.
S18	Female, 19 years old	Drank moderately before uni, mostly in pubs with friends.	In the biggest hall and happy about the chance to meet lots of people. Gets drunk ‘maybe weekly’.
S19	Female, 18 years old	Hadn’t drunk much before coming but the area had a good reputation for nightlife at home.	Lives in halls. Is a regular drinker and enjoys the local club scene.
S20	Female, 19 years old	Drank a bit in pubs before coming but no clubbing experience.	Lives in a quieter hall so goes to other friends’ houses for drinking, maybe a couple of times a week. Likes ’pre-drinks’.
S21	Male, 19 years old	Didn’t know much about the area but had heard that locals ‘liked a drink’.	Chose the most social hall but got placed in a quieter hall instead. Likes drinking and ‘goes out a lot here’.
S22	Male, 18 years old	Defined as a ‘special occasion’ drinker before uni.	Lives in private housing. Drinks with them once or twice a week.
S23	Male, 19 years old	Enjoyed going to pubs and clubs before uni ‘for the atmosphere’.	Chose the most ‘social’ hall and gets drunk ‘a fair bit with flatmates.