08 Jan Universities under pressure to provide sufficient student housing
The recent growth of the student housing sector in the UK has been driven by the rise in the number of full-time students, returning to levels seen before the government’s tuition fees hike in 2011/12.
According to Universities UK, there were 1.7 million full-time students studying in the UK in
2014/15. While most UK universities guarantee accommodation to first year students, they have been unable to meet growing demand from returning second and third years. As institutions face increasing pressure to provide sufficient student housing, a significant proportion of their existing residential stock is in need of capital expenditure to update facilities.
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