POLICE have warned hundreds of students to watch their behaviour on a fancy dress pub crawl tomorrow night.

About 800 students are expected to attend the “doctors and nurses” themed event in Oxford city centre.

The night has been organised by Carnage UK, which describes itself as “quite simply, the best student event ever”.

Carnage UK hit the headlines last month when 19-year-old student Philip Laing was seen urinating on a war memorial while out on an event in Sheffield.

He has subsequently admitted outraging public decency and will be sentenced later this month.

Last night Thames Valley Police said it would operate a zero-tolerance approach to any student acting in a similar way.

Insp Matt Bullivant said: “Thames Valley Police will not tolerate any antisocial behaviour or drunken disorder – and I would urge those students taking part in this event to ensure they behave in a sensible manner and stay out of trouble.

“Oxford is a great city and we do not want to see anyone’s evening out spoilt by the mindless behaviour of a few people.”

He also felt Oxford’s students were well aware of the potential ramifications of their actions.

Organisers for the ticket-only event said revellers would visit Anuba, Po Na Na, Que Pasa and Escape before a bus took them to The Regal, Cowley Road.

They will be escorted by uniformed stewards at all times.

Carnage UK is run by Birmingham-based Varsity Leisure Group Ltd, whose spokesman Steven Hughes described the Laing incident as “appalling” and that the firm “denounced the student’s actions publicly and unequivocally”.

He added: “Varsity Leisure Group wants the students to be safe and for the local economy to have the benefit of a boost to its late-night trade, at a time of recession, without any trouble.

“Last year’s Carnage UK Oxford event passed off peacefully — we are implementing the same rigid procedures in this year’s event.”

Carnage UK events are independent of the National Union of Students and student unions.

Oxford Brookes Student Union president Abeiku Sarbah said last night: “We don’t agree with the event — we are not supporting it or promoting it.”

The president of Oxford University Student Union was unavailable for comment.

Phil Davidson, a spokesman for Anuba in Hythe Bridge Street, said: “Students are students – we deal with them every night of the week. Really, 800 students down here is not going to be any different than any other night.”

Michael Kill, general manager of The Regal, said: “We are 100 per cent working with the authorities to make sure it goes as smoothly as possible.”