Newcastle University

How Misconduct is Dealt With

Misconduct by students in the community will not be tolerated by the University. It will be dealt with in the following ways.

• Local authorities

  • The City Council operates a Night Watch Team every night. They can issue on the spot fines for disturbances.
  • If you are arrested for misconduct, the University will be informed. Most complaints about noise and behaviour are made about people making their way home from a night out.
  • The Anti-Social Behaviour and Enforcement Team can issue Acceptable Behaviour Agreements (ABAs) to individual students or students collectively on joint housing agreements when persistent complaints of anti-social behaviour in the community are received.
  • The BBC's Inside Out produced a special programme on Newcastle's Night Noise Team, which highlights noise issues in the community and how noise is dealt with.

• The University

  • Complaints to the University are treated very seriously and will be fully investigated.
  • Students will be issued with sanctions by Student Progress Service for behaviour which brings the University's reputation into disrepute.
  • The University will refer serious misconduct cases to a Student Disciplinary Committee.
  • The Committees for Disciplinary Hearings will impose appropriate sanctions when misconduct has occurred and have the power to suspend and expel students from the University for gross misconduct.

For further information please see Student Disciplinary Procedures