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The decline in sales of alcohol across the bar is visiblc throughout the country, says the prcsidcnt of Durham Student Union, Nick Piekłeś. This is partly financial, but also represents a change in youth culturc. The Durham SU bar has stopped sclling real ale, says Mr Piekłeś, becausc there was no demand - and the appcal of traditional pubs for young drinkers seems limited. He adds that students may still be drinking alcohol, but, rather than spending time in pubs, they buy winę from supermarkets, or go to bars.

Whilc there are so many headlines about exccssive consumption of alcohol among the young in generał, thesc changes involving students raisc the prospcct of morę American-style, healthy-living youngsters at least on campus . It's not good news for the pub industry, which has already seen so many inner-city pubs close.

No longer can student trends be dismissed as referring only to a smali, unreprcsentative group, as almost half of all young people now go to univcrsity, with morę than two-thirds of those in morę afTluent parts of the country going on to higher education.

In the vicw of Vcronica King, NUS Vicc-Presidcnt for welfare, the factors undcrlying the decline in student drinking are morę practical. Simply, students have ncither enough time nor money for it. Dcbt reduces their spending power, and with so many now having term-time jobs, they don’t have the long hours to sit in pubs. When so much time is taken caming money, the time pressurc on academic work inereases, she says, and leisure activities tend to sufTcr. "YouTe morę likely to find a student working bchind a bar than drinking in front ofone these days."

Adaptcd from: http://news.bbc.co.uk, published: 2006/02/21

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11.    Most peoplc’s view of British students

A.    difTcrs considerably from the rcality.

B.    reflects precisely the real State of affairs.

C.    is very close to the true picture.

12.    The NUS Welfare Section is going to cncourage SUs to

A.    make a greater number of their evcnts acccptable to non-drinkers.

B.    limit the amount of alcohol consumcd at all student events.

C.    design separate cvcnts for non-drinking and drinking students.

13.    The trend for the closing down of pubs is

A.    quite likely to be rcvcrsed by students.

B.    distinctly unlikely to be rcversed by students.

C.    certainly going to be revcrsed by students.

14.    As far as statistics on student leisure activities are concemed, in comparison with sport and cxercisc, going to the pub

A.    remains morę popular.

B.    is now slightly less popular.

C.    enjoys exactly the same popularity.

15.    According to Nick Emms, in comparison with the population as a wholc, students are

A.    morę concemed about their health and fitness.

B.    less concemed about their health and fitness.

C.    equally conccrncd about their health and fitness.

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