Pass the student accommodation test
Britain’s army of students may be wearing concerned frowns this summer. Are they caused by late exam results? The scramble for university places? Or are they worried about where they are all to live?
There are already 1.96 million university students in Britain and 1.2 million higher education students, according to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills. About 10 per cent wait until the two months before starting their first year to find a place to live – no mean task in an unfamiliar town …