University of Nottingham students fined £150 for chants about necrophilia and violence
Chants were filmed during fresher’s week
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Your support makes all the difference.A group of students at the University of Nottingham have reportedly been fined after footage emerged showing them chanting about necrophilia and violence during Fresher’s Week in September.
The footage, filmed outside of the Capital FM Arena, was given to the university’s magazine Impact, who published it on YouTube. The university’s student union launched an investigation into the video.
The last two lines of the song caught on camera by an unnamed first year student were: "Now she's dead, but not forgotten, dig her up and **** her rotten. You wish, you wish, you wish you were in Cavendish."
The chanting was believed to have been led by week one reps, who are responsible for welcoming new students to the university.
Reps are asked to sign a contract that includes the clause: “I will not promote the singing of abusive, offensive, crude or intimidating chants and songs.”
The university magazine said the students have received personal fines of £150 each, which is the maximum penalty for breaking its code of discipline.
A spokeswoman for the University of Nottingham confirmed to the BBC that action was taken "in line with its code of discipline", but would not confirm the students had been fined £150.
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