Exeter student flats recommended on third attempt
Plans to build more than 200 student flats in Exeter have been recommended for approval despite being thrown out twice before…..
Cambridge business hits out at college development
Clare College, Cambridge, is looking to develop a site off Newnham Road to create a £5.85 million block of student accommodation. But it will have to kick out three…
Durham University backs housing concerns
Durham University says it is “entirely sympathetic” to residents’ concerns over city housing. University vice-chancellor Chris Higgins said he was as concerned as all other city residents at the imbalance in local communities he said had been caused by landlords converting too many family homes into potential student houses……
Unite unveils new Edinburgh Student Scheme
A show flat for the new property in Chalmers Street has been opened to give students an exclusive preview into Edinburgh student accommodation which is more akin to the nearby Quarter Mile apartments than traditional student housing….
Unite Unveils New Student Accommodation In Glasgow’s West End
Students in Glasgow will now have the best of the city’s cosmopolitan West End area on their doorstep as student accommodation provider UNITE opens a show…
Plan for student rooms over car park to go ahead – Oxford
The St Clements scheme has angered residents’ groups, who say the area has already seen a huge increase in applications for student accommodation….
Action plan for Baxter Gate hospital site – Loughborough
Is there too much student accommodation in Loughborough?….
University complaints ‘soar by a quarter’
Some 900 undergraduates and postgraduates reported institutions to the official watchdog last year……..
Bristol streets to be narrowed to create ‘village’
Three busy inner-city Bristol streets are set to be narrowed as part of a multi-million pound revamp for a previously neglected area of the city. The plans include creating a central public square, which would be bordered by a 200-bed hotel with an entrance on Redcliff Street. Behind the hotel, there would be a student accommodation block with 106 bedrooms in studios and flats….
Mansell wins £18m student housing contract – London
Mansell has won an £18m contract to design and construct 230 new student accommodation units in south-east London. The two blocks in south-east London will include 102 modular units and 128 traditionally constructed ones. The scheme, at the corner of Lavington Street and Great Suffolk Street, will be built for the Unite Group, a developer and manager of student accommodation……