UK university turns student union bar into alcohol-free cafe selling milkshakes

A UNIVERSITY’S student union bar has left its hell-raising days behind to go alcohol-free.

It has replaced booze with smoothies, milkshakes, bubble tea and hot drinks.

The University of Bradford has changed one of the student union bars to go alcohol-freeAlamy

The University of Bradford’s old Student Central bar — the longest in the country — has been ripped out and replaced with a café.

Gobsmacked ex-student and rugby nut Neil Leamon told The Sun yesterday: “My uni days were pretty hazy . . . downing countless pints and necking shots after rugby games. It’s a very different student experience today.”

A university spokesman said it “acted on what students wanted in order to be more inclusive”.

The Islamic Society, and an imam at the local mosque, were involved in discussions over removing alcohol from the bar, according to local reports.

Aleem Bashir, chief executive of the university’s Union of Students, said another bar would serve alcohol.

He added: “A lot of students now have part-time jobs, some may have multiple jobs.

“When you have to wake up early in the morning for a shift, you can’t be going in there hungover.”

The student union bar has replaced booze with smoothies, milkshakes, bubble tea and hot drinks.Bradford University