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No More Guarantors
Student leaders from across the UK are travelling to Westminster today to meet their MPs. We have only one ask: abolish guarantors.
View blog postRenters’ Rights Bill and Student Accommodation: The Final Stretch?
The Renters’ Rights Bill had its first reading in the Commons on 11 September 2024, only 10 weeks after a
View blog postGo-ahead for 36-floor student tower in Glasgow
Plans for a 36-floor student flat block on the site of a former tax office have been approved by Glasgow City Council.
View blog postLarge student flats development approved by council
A large mixed housing development near the River Clyde in Glasgow has been approved by Glasgow City Council.
View blog postThe Renters Reform Bill: after the fall – Where should student housing go from here?
The Renters Reform Bill was part way through the House of Lords when the General Election was announced on 22nd May
View blog postThe London Plan and Purpose Built Student Accommodation Three Years On – Panacea for Growth or Painful Progress?
The London Plan (“the Plan”) adopted in March 2021 recognised the importance of Purpose Built Student AccommodationIt
View blog postMould, bedbugs and rats - but students' rents go up
Students living in housing with mould, bed bugs and rats are still seeing their rents go up, as campaigners call for controls on how much landlords can charge tenants.
View blog postLeeds office block could make way for 20-storey student housing
An empty office block could be demolished to make way for a 20-storey student development just outside Leeds city centre if plans are approved.
View blog postStudents paying hundreds for 'mouldy' flats
University of Bristol students say they are forced to work 20-hour weeks to afford 'awful' housing, a new survey has found.
View blog postMaintaining quality through the cost-of-living crisis
Published last week, HEPI’s report A Minimum Income Standard for Students highlighted the ‘bleak picture’ painted by the latest research
View blog postLandmark HEPI and TechnologyOne report shows students studying outside London need £18,600 to have an acceptable standard of living
A major new report by the Higher Education Policy Institute (www.hepi.ac.uk) and TechnologyOne
View blog postNew study reveals the best cities in the UK for job opportunities
New research has revealed which major UK cities have the best job opportunities for the people living and working in them.
View blog postA manifesto for the future
On 30 January, the National Union of Students launched our Manifesto for our Future which represents the aspirations of the millions of students
View blog postHow student accommodation became less affordable and how it could be made more affordable
Following the recent announcement that the maximum maintenance loan in England will increase
View blog postStudents and the Renters (Reform) Bill: the government has listened but it needs to listen some more, part II
Here are a few downsides to joint tenancies for students, and why I consider they should not be compulsory.
View blog postStudents and the Renters (Reform) Bill: the government has listened but it needs to listen some more, part I
Whilst fixed-term tenancy arrangements will remain the norm for purpose-built student accommodation,
View blog postRent now swallows up virtually all of the average maintenance loan as the student accommodation market reaches ‘crisis point’
Bristol has the UK’s highest average annual rent at £9,200 per year outside of London
View blog postUK student housing crunch projected to worsen through 2026
Nearly four higher education students are competing for every available student housing bed in London
View blog postAccommodation shortages: are the odds stacked against students?
The summer recruitment round is volatile in 2023, and intake levels hard to predict.
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