CHINESE university students will see in their New Year with a colourful party on a North-East campus.

More than 150 students will celebrate the year of the snake on the eve of Chinese New Year at Sunderland University tonight.

The event, in its third year, is expected to draw its biggest crowd, due to the increase in the number of Chinese students at the university this year, which has increased five-fold in the past 12 months.