Student freshers given Paddington Bear-style ‘safety wristbands’ amid fear that ‘snowflake generation’ is being mollycoddled at university

‘For thousands of students around the country arriving for their first week at university freshers’ week is a time of experimentation out of sight of their parents.
But today’s generation of ‘snowflake’ students seem not to be trusted to avoid the pitfalls and take themselves home safely at the end of a night on the town.
One student housing company is handing out Paddington Bear-style wristbands printed with their address and emergency contact details.
Campus Living Villages is giving the brightly-coloured safety wristbands to 13,000 first-year students this month, including undergraduates from the Universities of Birmingham, Exeter, Manchester, Leeds, and Liverpool.
The scheme has been labelled patronising by leading academics amid fears they could encourage binge-drinking by lulling students into a false sense of security.’
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