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Security leak

A campus security guard reveals the strange goings-on that universities would prefer us to know nothing about

5 January 2018

  • Happy friends on a night out together<br>EF4N9K Happy friends on a night out together

    'We all need to be less scared of asking for help': campus security on mental health

    Secret security guard
    The second term is starting and the January blues are kicking in. It’s time for everyone to make students feel supported

20 October 2017

  • Colourful condoms hanging on a string

    Campus security on sexual health week: 'we'll be as frank as our contracts allow'

    Secret security guard
    Some staff aren’t fond of the hijinks that happen during sexual health week, but we’ve got to make sure students are clued up on all things venereal

12 May 2017

  • Close Up Of Politician Making Passionate Speech

    Campus politics get dirty: a security guard reveals all

    The general election isn’t the only political battle that matters in universities – student union candidates resort to extra-judicial tactics to secure their votes

17 March 2017

  • Water Gun<br>BX4BC6 Water Gun

    'I think my flatmate's got a gun' – tales of weapons at a UK university

    It’s not just slingshots and stink bombs. Some students bring a hefty amount of firepower on to university grounds

16 December 2016

  • Drunk student

    A waif in a manger: Christmas on campus for the security staff

    Students used to be dispatched home for the holidays – now they can stay in halls, so the nights are neither silent nor holy

9 September 2016

  • Student drunk

    'Socks go on feet, not smoke detectors' – a campus security guard's guide to freshers week

    We can tell when cigarette smoke has been disguised with deodorant and we know that bong isn’t a lava lamp

22 July 2016

  • Pizza and wine

    Summer on a university campus: 'We become the worst hotel in England'

    I thought working as a security guard at a university over the holidays would mean nothing but chilling and chair races. I was wrong

9 April 2016

  • hopak dance

    Fighting terrorism on campus - through the medium of dance

    Threats come from a motley crew: Bradley the Spanish email bomber, Sammy the eight-legged alarm disabler, and a drugged-up yodelling dancer

5 March 2016

  • casino angeles city

    Us and them: life at the bottom of the campus heap

    We security guards are regarded as the plebbiest of plebs. But it’s not academics who rule the roost at university, it’s the likes of the Mocha Seven…

20 February 2016

  • ambulance

    It's our job to help students, whether they're self-harming or dealing drugs

    Young people in universities face a wide variety of issues, but campus security is always standing by to step in during a crisis

6 February 2016

  • CCTV control room

    Campus security: 'We heard a scream and saw him running up the road naked'

    Universities face a constant battle to keep students safe – from bike thieves, burglars and heavy breathers

15 January 2016

  • dynamite

    Bomb threats, breakdowns and bongs: the life of a university security guard

    Anonymous
    This week’s anonymous writer works in campus security, worlds apart from the academics on ‘Planet Corduroy’
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