Oxford crowned capital of celibacy...
Oxford students are less likely to have sex in their first month of University than any other Freshers in the country, according to a recent survey on student sexual behaviour.
A poll conducted by viriginstudent.com found Oxford students languishing in 124th place in the sex stakes.
Surrey University students topped the table as the most likely to indulge, closely followed by Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol and Cardiff.
This abstinence has been attributed to a range of factors including the intimate nature of the collegiate system and the academic standards expected of Oxford students meaning more heads buried in books than under covers.
One Oxford would-be lothario, who asked not to be named, said: "I can well believe Oxford students have less sex than students at other universities.
"My mates at Bristol are always going on about how much action they're getting, while I'm sitting stuck in the Bod."
Student Union Vice-President (Welfare) Nicky Ellis said thousands of condoms had been distributed to Oxford colleges to encourage the practice of safer sex.
Hoards of bedbugs have left a graduate student annexe quarantined, causing chaos during Freshers' Week. Brasenose's St Cross Annexe, which houses 40 students, was closed last Friday following the discovery of the insects in six student rooms on Monday, with no one granted entry for fear of infecting the entire student body. Combating the bugs required college officials to hire a freezer unit to cleanse all students' clothes and possessions, in addition to destroying all the site's mattresses. The annexe will remain closed for two weeks. While most affected students were relocated close to the city centre, 12 were housed in the Holiday Inn more than three miles away. Tuesday's Graduate Freshers' dinner was postponed at short notice and students were ordered not to attend University organised graduate inductions to avoid further infection. MCR President, Nicola Kalk said: "This has been an unfortunate occurrence, which happened at a bad time. However, we are very happy with the college's handling of the situation."
14th Oct 2004