Rolling tenancies sound better than they are for students without a family home
Wonkhe argues the shift from fixed-term to rolling tenancies under the Renters’ Rights Act is a problem for independent students — care-experienced, estranged, or international — who have nowhere to go over the summer and now face landlords able to end a tenancy with two months’ notice rather than a fixed year. The flexibility everyone else gains is the security this group loses. Finding student housing covers what a contract now says.
Universities warn new guidance creates a safeguarding problem for trans staff and students
London universities have warned that new guidance will create what they describe as a safeguarding issue for trans scholars, with one source saying people are going to get hurt. Institutions are caught between equality duties and the new guidance, and the practical effect on students will be decided locally — in individual policies on facilities, records and support.