A UK university has vowed to become the first in the country to bring in a "drug-free" policy which would force students to sign a contract not to take drugs on the grounds of the institution.
Students at the University of Buckingham (UB) may risk being expelled if they persist in taking substances on campus, officials have said, as it tries to become the country's first drug-free university.
The announcement comes as the National Union of Students published a report urging universities to stop reporting students to the police for possession of drugs, after figures revealed that hundreds of incidents were reported to forces last year.
A report by The Sunday Times also revealed a 42 per cent rise over two years in the number of students being disciplined by universities for drug use.
Sir Anthony Seldon, the UB vice-chancellor claimed that measures were not meant to be "punitive or repressive", adding that universities were "failing their students on drugs and mental health".
