University of Leicester to offer weekly student housing contracts
The University of Leicester has said it will allow students to sign weekly rolling accommodation contracts in order to reassure them they will not have to keep paying rent if the Covid-19 outbreak means they are unable to attend campus.
It comes as the Office for Students publishes a briefing note on how universities should support prospective students during the pandemic. A separate briefing note, on supporting postgraduate research students, has also been published by England’s regulator.
Vice-chancellor Nishan Canagarajah (pictured) told Research Professional News that anyone in University of Leicester accommodation for the 2020-21 academic year would be able to choose from “weekly, monthly, termly or annual” contracts in order to ensure students “don’t have to pay up front without knowing how long they are going to be on campus” …