Toughest universities named

The universities that have thrown out the most undergraduates for inappropriate behaviour during the academic year 2006-7 have been named.

London South Bank University topped the list, excluding seven students over the course of the year, the Liverpool Echo reports.

Next were London Metropolitan University and the University of East Anglia, with both institutions chucking out four undergraduates.

Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) - one of three universities in the northwest city - was next in the list following the exclusion of three individuals during the last academic year.

A spokesperson for LJMU explained that students must sign a contract of behaviour when they join the institution.

'The university takes behavioural issues very seriously and at the end of the day, students are representatives of the university and must behave accordingly,' she said to the publication.

She added that the university operates a three strikes rule for offending students.