Four students at Oxford Brookes University have been ‘ticked off’ for reportedly bringing dead partridges back to their halls of residence.

Johnny Windsor-Clive, Miles Pattison-Appleton, Alex Archer and James Birley hung the birds in their rooms and posted pictures about it on Facebook, according to the Daily Telegraph.

A spokesman for the university said: “We have to be aware of the sensitivities of students from different backgrounds.”