Boozy students kick start Freshers’ Week with raucous night out in Birmingham
Ready for lectures in the morning? Boozy students kick start Freshers’ Week with raucous night out in Birmingham and Newcastle with teens spotted urinating in street, vomiting or lying passed out on the pavement
Students took to the town in Birmingham on Monday night to kick-off Freshers’ New undergraduates also spotted in their thousands in Newcastle’s Bigg Market Queues formed outside clubs in Nottingham and Bristol in a night of ‘carnage’Students expressed little concern for an expected spike in Covid cases
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Boozed-up students kick-started Freshers’ Week with a raucous night out – before some ended up passed out on the pavement.
Paramedics were on hand to treat drunken students who had over-indulged as they got into the spirit of life at university in Birmingham on Monday night.
Meanwhile, students gathered in Newcastle’s famous Bigg Market and along the Diamond Strip, where huge queues formed outside the most popular bars.
In Bristol, students hit the nightclubs for the first night of this year’s Freshers’ Week events, while in Nottingham city centre partygoers made the most of their newly-returned freedoms.
Some of the lines outside clubs were ten people deep and police had to intervene to ensure taxis were able to get through safely.
Revellers out on Broad Street in Birmingham at the start of the Freshers’ Week celebrations
Huge groups of students attempt to get into bars and clubs in Newcastle city centre on Monday evening as thousdands of students return to the city
Hundreds of students hit the clubs in Bristol for the first night of their Freshers’ Week
A group of students wait outside a club in Birmingham’s Broad Street
For some, the night ended with them collapsed in a heap on the street – or stumbling home clutching a bottle of water.
Others were spotted urinating in public, vomiting on the pavement or being helped by ambulance crews.
Some loved-up freshers put on an amorous display in front of crowds in the early hours of Tuesday morning in the city’s Broad Street party district.
But for those less fortunate, their night ended in the tears as they made their way home with aching feet and a pounding head.
A pair of loved-up freshers put on an amorous display in front of crowds
A large number of students queue to get into Bigg Market, in Newcastle
Freshers’ Week, which began on Monday, is typically a busy time for the hordes of first-year students who are beginning a whole new chapter in their lives
For many, the night ended with them collapsed in a heap on the street – or stumbling home clutching a bottle of water
Paramedics were on hand to treat drunken teens who had over-indulged as they got into the spirit of life at university in Birmingham on Monday night
One student was seen with a traffic cone in his hands as he walked through Broad Street in Birmingham
Hundreds of students queued to get inside Coyote Ugly Saloon while the bars surrounding the canal basin and Brindley Place were packed with revellers.
A first year English student, who just gave his name as Andy, said: ‘It’s been carnage tonight but who can blame us?
‘The pandemic has taken it’s toll on everyone but students have been cooped up, unable to meet up or have any fun.
Students said Monday night was ‘carnage’ following a year and a half of restrictions which saw last year’s Freshers’ Week cancelled. Pictured is the queue to get into Soho club, Newcastle
Four students queue to get into the clubs in Newcastle
Students in Birmingham enjoying a night out in the city’s Broad Street
‘As soon as the bars were open everyone went mad. It’s been a hell of night but it’ll be worth the hangover.’
Despite warnings of an expected spike in Covid cases following the influx of students starting university, many freshers expressed little concern.
One student, Samantha, 18, said: ‘My mum and dad have both had the vaccine, as had my nan.
‘I’ve just had my vaccine before I got to uni so as far as I’m concerned Covid is over for us.
Hundreds of students queued to get inside Coyote Ugly Saloon while the bars surrounding the canal basin and Brindley Place were packed with revellers
Many freshers expressed little concern about an expected spike in Covid cases
‘It’s basically like flu or a heavy cold. We all need to crack on with life. We can’t run scared anymore. Life’s too damn short!’
Birmingham University and Aston University Freshers’ Week kicked off on Sunday and goes on all week.
A £22 wristband gets students access to events including an adult-sized ball-pit, confetti showers, beer pong, bucking rodeo bulls and a neon glow rave which promises ‘f*** loads of neon paint’.
Students returned to Bristol in their hundreds to kickstart this year’s events
Police were in Newcastle city centre on Monday night as queues to get into the clubs were blocking the road
A huge queue forms to get into the Soho nightclub, in Newcastle
Meanwhile, freshers week is currently in full swing at Newcastle’s two universities, Northumbria and Newcastle.
Last year, festivities were cancelled due to the pandemic, but yesterday evening was busier than ever.
Newcastle has a firm reputation as a party city and it is popular with stag and hen groups.
One student said: ‘The nightlife here is amazing. I have never known anything like. It’s a carnival atmosphere.
‘Everyone is just so happy to be out partying after such a terrible 18 months.’
Students said they were happy to be out celebrating again after a ‘terrible’ 18 months
Groups of new friends were out enjoying their newly-returned freedoms after last year’s Freshers’ Week cancellation
A group of students pose outside the Market Shaker, in the Bigg Market, Newcastle
Partygoers in Birmingham’s Broad Street
