‘I didn’t know what to do’: collapse of providers of high-end digs leaves students in shock Cost of living crisis and drop in international students hits market for purpose-built accommodation The Guardian - UK · 13h ago
Vacant Scottish high street shop could become home to 107 students A LARGE vacant shop on Falkirk High Street could become home to 107 students now that planning permission has been granted The National (Scotland) · Jun 6
The world-famous London area where a quarter of residents are set to be students by 2028 Local authority plans to halt building of new student accommodation amid risk of ‘unbalanced community’ Evening Standard · Oct 9, 2025
London's high costs cannot be allowed to harm its appeal to global investors London remains a strong and liquid market with a track record of strong cross-border investment volumes and returns, Evening Standard · Sep 11, 2025
‘I should be living independently – but I can’t afford it’ A 37-YEAR-OLD woman has moved in with her gran because of the lack of affordable homes in Glasgow The National (Scotland) · Aug 16, 2025
Plans submitted for 25-storey student housing for more than 400 residents PLANS have been submitted for a Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) development for more than 400 people in Anderston... The National (Scotland) · Dec 10, 2024
Tough assignment: Australian universities are desperate for more student housing, but not everyone’s on board Institutions need more accommodation in light of Labor’s proposed cap on international students. But some councils and residents are pushing back The Guardian - AU · Jun 8, 2024
Former Edinburgh law building could be demolished for student accommodation A pre-application notice has been submitted to the council detailing plans for the vacant building at 140 Causewayside to be bulldozed and replaced with a block of student flats Edinburgh Live · Jun 1, 2023
Work begins on £19.9 million Dundee student accommodation The new development on the site of a former fabric factory should be completed by the start of the 2024/25 academic year Insider UK · May 26, 2023
Watkin Jones secures funding deal for major student accommodation scheme in Bristol The Bangor-based firm is delivering a 800-plus bedroom scheme on behalf of investor KKR Birmingham Post · May 24, 2023
The major Nottingham student accommodation projects that will transform city A consultation recently closed on a strategy which seeks to improve the integration of students into Nottingham Nottingham Post · May 1, 2023
Calls for Bristol's universities to 'do a lot more to manage downsides' of student expansion The city has thousands more students than five years ago, and is about to expand even more Bristol Post · Apr 17, 2023
Temple Quarter campus: How Bristol will cope with thousands more students "We’re very alive to the fact that sometimes the city gets worried" Bristol Post · Apr 8, 2023
Plan to stop areas of Nottingham being 'dominated' by students A new strategy has been launched setting out the approach to future student accommodation in Nottingham as thousands more bed spaces are set to be built. Nottingham Post · Feb 22, 2023
Edinburgh Live · Feb 12, 2023 Edinburgh locals in bid to save state school from turning into student flat development Members of Living Rent, a tenant and community union, have been campaigning against the development since its proposal. Despite the council rejecting it last year, the plans were approved earlier in January.
Edinburgh Live · Oct 3, 2022 Edinburgh New Town locals warn new student flats will 'block out light' from homes Purpose built student accommodation proposals for Edinburgh's New Town have been criticised by local residents and Lothians MSP Foysol Choudhury.
Edinburgh Live · Jun 23, 2022 Edinburgh Tynecastle High developers face growing opposition to student flats Two local councillors have joined calls for the 468-bedroom development to be scrapped, as it's argued the area is "in dire need of social and affordable homes".