Newcastle students party harder than anywhere else, according to study

Newcastle students spend more on alcohol than any other university – despite the fact that we live in the “third most cost-effective city” in the UK – and the third most on going out, according to a report by Natwest.

The reported average weekly expenditure for students buying alcohol in shops is £9.32 – a fair bit more than the national average of £6.85. We are followed by Glasgow with £8.63 and Reading with £8.50. Birmingham students spend on average a mere £4.12 a week.

When it comes to going out we’re third, apparently spending £7.81 a week on nights out. Thank God for £2 Tuesday and trebles. We come just behind Edinburgh – who spend £8.19 – and Belfast, £7.84.

Apparently, we are only spending 56p of every pound we earn (although I’m sure our overdrafts will tell a different story). We are the sixth biggest spenders on clothes, shoes and accessories, with £9.13 a week.