The case for protecting student renters
HEPI argues that students are the tenant group with the least protection: fixed twelve-month contracts signed a year in advance, guarantor requirements that exclude anyone without a homeowning relative, and joint liability that makes one housemate’s default everyone’s problem. The Renters’ Rights changes do not reach most student lets. Know what you are signing before November, when the pressure to sign starts. Finding student housing covers the contract.
Glasgow commits £180m to campus expansion, including accommodation
The University of Glasgow has announced a £180 million partnership to expand its campus, with new student accommodation among it and the university making the case that living close to campus changes daily life. New purpose-built accommodation takes years to arrive, so this is a fact about 2029 rather than about next September — but it is the kind of commitment that eventually moves a city’s rents.
UK universities dropped from Emirati state scholarships
The United Arab Emirates has removed UK universities from the list eligible for its state scholarships. For students already funded, the immediate question is whether existing awards continue; for applicants, it removes a funding route to UK study. It is the second national funder this month whose decisions have left students here exposed, after the Ghanaian scholarship arrears.