The last thirty years have seen a remarkable transformation in student accommodation within the Higher Education sector. This has sharpened in the last decade with 'traditional' Halls of Residences being replaced by Accommodation Blocks and Student Villages, often built under Public-Private Partnerships. Accompanying these material changes are significant cultural and social shifts, notably in the relation of students to the local area, in the way HEIs conceive of 'residence' and in the way HE is experienced by students themselves. This is anchored in wider changes in the urban environment: studentification, gentrification, the broad development of medico-university complexes, all accompanying further marketisation and internationalisation of HE.
Discussant: Owen Hatherley writer and journalist based in London who writes primarily on architecture, politics and culture and author of ‘Militant Modernism’, 'A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain' and 'A New Kind of Bleak'.
'Somewhere to live': vocabularies and communities
Liz Pride and Reza Schuster, MJP Architects
With recent changes to the Higher Education landscape student accommodation is increasingly being regarded as a crucial element of the student experience. Universities are approaching this challenge in various ways with a wider trend for more innovative estates strategies and, in many cases, a greater integration between academic and non-academic aspects of student life. Drawing on UNITE's research, Paul reflects on current expectations of the student accommodation experience and its place within the wider student experience.
Changing student geographies in the UK
The student housing market is volatile and is currently being restructured in profound ways in light of changing social, political and economic conditions. This paper will consider how the residential geographies of students are being recast and how this is impacting on student lifestyles and experiences. It is argued that students are increasingly being segregated from other social groups in university towns and cities, as studenthood is commodified and regulated.
New Rooms for Old? or Creating Finance to Build the University Experience
Can a university use a Public Private Partnership (PPP) to acquire then use of residential accommodation, which offers it the prospect of a sustainable advantage in teaching or research?
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