Need to save some money? Try private accommodation – Reading
A university is looking to hand over the running of its campus accommodation to a private company in a £200 million landmark deal being described as “the direction of travel” for a sector starved of government investment.
Under the plan, the student accommodation office at the University of Reading and more than 4,000 rooms will be managed by University Partnerships Programme (UPP).
It would be the largest residential investment by a company into a UK university to date and would make Reading the first in the sector to form a long-term partnership with the private sector for its entire on-campus student accommodation estate …