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Accommodation Matters brings sector experts together to discuss the Higher Education sector’s key issues through the lens of student accommodation. Join hosts Jenny Shaw and Jen Steadman each month for a lively round table chat with university student accommodation leaders from across the UK, national policy experts and subject specialists. Focusing in on topical issues, we’ll explore student accommodation and the student living experience within its broad context, talk about what’s happening right now and look at what might be coming over the horizon.
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Tuesday Jun 29, 2021
Tuesday Jun 29, 2021
Accommodation Matters brings sector experts together to discuss the Higher Education sector’s key issues through the lens of student accommodation.
In the first episode of a two-parter that focuses on preparing for September, our panel of expert sector guests discusses September’s incoming student cohort; their needs, anxieties and expectations, and how the sector can respond to those concerns.
Host Darren Ellis is joined by an expert sector panel made up of:
- Sunday Blake, President at the University of Exeter Students’ Guild
- Wayne Templeman, Director of Sixth Form at St Bonaventure’s school
- Adrian Clark, Student Health and Wellbeing Manager at University of London
- Simon Jones, Business Development Director at Unite Students
Unite Students’ applicant survey data can be found here.
A summary of the findings from both the survey and the expert round table on new students' needs, written by Jenny Shaw, is available here.
Unite Students is the UK’s largest provider of PBSA, housing around 74,000 students in our 173 properties, which are based in 25 leading university towns and cities.
Accommodation Matters was recorded on 22nd June 2021 and produced by Ed Palmer.
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