A UNIVERSITY lecturer booked into a bed and breakfast to escape the racket from a student party in East Oxford.

Dr Roger Teichmann, 46, of Howard Street, took the drastic action on Saturday to avoid the latest party organised by nearby Oxford Brookes students.

He and other residents are now calling on the university to review the way it deals with noise complaints.

Dr Teichmann, a philosophy lecturer at Oxford University’s St Hilda’s College, said he and his wife Sarah, 37, checked in at a B&B in Headington to avoid confrontation with students.

He said he had twice got into rows with students visiting parties in the street in recent months.

Dr Teichmann said he had been in touch with Oxford Brookes University to report the incidents.

He called for the university to take strict disciplinary action against students responsible for antisocial behaviour and causing repeated noise pollution.

“There does not seem to be the will at the moment from the university to take action,” he said.

Dr Teichmann’s case is being highlighted by the Divinity Road Residents’ Association, which has urged Oxford Brookes to review its procedures for dealing with complaints about students who make too much noise.

Association chairman Elizabeth Mills said: “We are concerned that, during the last 10 years, complaints about the behaviour of Brookes students have led to disciplinary proceedings on only four occasions; and in no cases were any penalties imposed.

“These are very disappointing statistics given that some 390 complaints have been registered in the last four years alone, most of them about noise.

“The number of incidents of antisocial behaviour is much higher than the number of registered complaints because residents often cannot identify the culprits, especially at night.”

Dr Anne Gwinnett, director of corporate affairs at Brookes who chairs Oxford Brookes Residents’ Association meetings, said: “The university works proactively with residents, the city council and police to address concerns over noise.

“Only a small proportion of complaints the council receives will be about Brookes students, but it is an issue we take extremely seriously.”

Last year, city council officers received and acted on 1,902 complaints about loud music and noisy parties. That compared to 1,581 complaints in 2008 and 1,533 in 2007.

The city council’s environmental development team ran a joint event with Oxford Brookes this week as part of Noise Action Week.

Brookes student Lucy Cox, 20, said: “We have a bad reputation.

“A lot of people think all students are noisy but it is just a minority that give us a bad name.”

A spokesman for the city council said: “The majority of complaints that we receive regarding noise are successfully dealt with after we write a letter to the person causing the noise. Many people don’t realise the impact they are having on their neighbours.

“Sometimes the only solution available is to take a case to court and seize sound equipment.”

A fixed penalty notice of £100 can be imposed for noisy parties after 11pm, followed by court action.