One Cambridge resident took to Twitter this morning to express his surprise at finding a student asleep in his garden, “face down in a Dominos box.” Tim Hayward, a Cambridge-based food writer and broadcaster, then wrote that he had made the student a coffee, before proclaiming “Aah jeunesse dorée.” The unnamed male student then wandered off with the pizza under his arm.

Hayward added: "I felt simultaneously fatherly and a wee bit jealous ... well it was pepperoni."

Elsewhere, students took to the River Cam for the annual cardboard boat race. Hundreds gathered on Jesus Green as part of post-exams celebrations in the run-up to May Week.

A variety of materials were used to construct rafts to sail to Magdalene Bridge, including ‘wet floor’ signs and traffic cones, which acted as paddles. Other boats were made from cardboard, glue and gaffer tape, which unsurprisingly sunk within seconds of touching the water. The front of one boat was on fire on entering the river.

The Wyverns Garden Party also took place yesterday, this year without the inflatable pool filled with jelly which in previous years had female students wrestling as part of a competition. An inflatable pool with a provocative sign, reading “Please refrain from wrestling in our jelly”, was there instead.

Following a petition which gathered more than 1,000 signatures, organisers were pressurised into ending their alleged misogynous behaviour by stopping the women wrestling event.

In a further development, guests were invited to ride a large inflatable penis. The creator of the petition, Nina de Paula Hanika, was sceptical about the replacement . She said: “They’re free to define themselves however they wish I’m just unsure why they would choose, of all possible options, a giant inflatable penis.” Susy Langsdale, Women’s Officer for CUSU, called it an “aggressive, pathetic, ignorant decision.”

A spokesman for Cambridge University said: “Students are frequently advised by their colleges to look after themselves, their friends and their valuables when out socialising.

“We fully support the advice issued by the police, with whom we work closely in the interests of community safety.”

Cambridgeshire Police warned students at the University on Friday to stay safe ahead of Suicide Sunday. Chief Insp Chris Balmer called on students to be sensible and to look out for one another: “We know there will be a lot of young people planning on going out this weekend to celebrate finishing their exams.”