Ten universities with the most bed bugs in halls
A study of bed bug rates in student accommodation puts London universities at the top of the table. It matters more than it sounds: an infestation in halls is the accommodation office’s responsibility to treat, not yours, and reporting it early is what stops it spreading down a corridor. Check the mattress seams when you move in. Finding student housing covers what halls owe you.
Students are not disengaged, they are responding to a thinner university
Two academics argue that falling attendance and engagement are not a character problem in this generation but a rational response to what has been cut — fewer contact hours, larger groups, less informal contact with staff, more recorded content. If your course feels thinner than the prospectus implied, that is a measurable thing rather than an impression. Lectures and seminars covers getting value from what is there.
What to pack, and what students wish they had left at home
Nottingham students on the packing list, with the same conclusion that keeps recurring: halls supply more than people expect, storage is smaller than people expect, and the things worth bringing are the ones that make a room feel like yours rather than the ones that duplicate a shared kitchen. Moving to university has the full list.