Student survey - College sex life fraught with danger

Despite the worrying issues raised by the survey carried out by the Health Promotion Unit in association with the National Working Group on Alcohol Consumption in Higher Education into the health and sexual mores of students, the reality is probably worse.

The report recognised mental health, sexual health and alcohol abuse as major issues at third-level education, but its findings on unsafe sex practices would appear to underestimate the extent of the problem.

What the report, College Lifestyle and Attitudinal National Study, found was that one-in-10 students engaged in unsafe sex practices.