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A university is expanding access to sexually transmitted infection tests, following record levels of gonorrhoea nationwide.

Oxford Brookes University will provide on-campus screening with clinicians each semester in this academic year.

Cases of the infection in the UK have soared, with 15 to 24-year-olds most likely to be affected.

Students are advised to use condoms and get a free test before having sex with a new partner.

The NHS said many people do not show symptoms of gonorrhoea, meaning they pass on the infection during sex without realising it.

A campaign run by Oxford Brookes Students' Union and the Terrance Higgins Trust, is aimed at improving sexual health and wellbeing on campus by providing free condoms and pregnancy kits.

It includes three free testing sessions each semester through the academic year.

Union president Jacob Callicott, said: "A key concern for students coming to university is they don't feel supported and they may not have had access to sexual health clinics.

"We're really trying to bridge that gap providing that safe, comfortable space where they can get tested on campus and learn a bit more about sexual health."

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