Universities UK (UUK), which represents vice-chancellors, has launched the new advice for institutions in collaboration with Newcastle University following the death of first-year student Ed Farmer after an initiation involving heavy drinking in 2016.
United Kingdom - Glasgow Caledonian University is to lead a study looking at the impact of alcohol minimum pricing on the homeless.
Newfoundland & Labrador - When you hear that a farmer is feeding craft beer grain to his cows, one obvious question comes to mind: do the cows get drunk?
SCOTLAND - A new report published today – compiled with the help of nine members of the Children’s Parliament – used workshops with 90 primary school pupils between the ages of nine and 11.
OTTAWA, Sept. 19, 2019 /CNW/ - Last year, over 23,500 youth (age 10 to 24) were hospitalizedi for harm caused by substance use — the equivalent of 65 hospitalizations each day.
FINLAND - Preliminary findings by market research firm Taloustutkimus revealed that alcohol sales in Finnish grocery stores fell between January and August this year.
AUSTRALIA - You reach for the bottle at your Saturday night get-together only to up-end it in your guests' wine glass —you're out of grog.
KENYA, Africa - A Facebook post claiming that Meru County Alcoholic Drinks Control Board has suspended the issuance of new licenses to bar owners in the county until January 1, 2020, is TRUE.
Korean imports of Japanese traditional alcoholic drink Sake fell to their lowest in 11 years while Japanese names were pushed out of top 10 bestsellers in the imported beer market last month amid anti-Japanese sentiment from soured ties over past and trade issues.
NEW ZEALAND - Relaxed liquor laws make it too easy for minors to buy alcohol online, an alcohol retailer says.