York University’s response to student accommodation concerns
As student recruitment at York has been very successful this year, the University will be welcoming about 250 more outstanding first year undergraduates than we had anticipated.
This is good news for the University as it demonstrates how popular we are. We believe that it is also good news for all our freshers that they have come to York to study. It is a great privileged to have you here.
Reaching a precise number of new students is like trying to land a plane on an envelope but it is good to overshoot the target than to find we have not been able to attract the numbers we wanted. We know how stressful it can be for applicants waiting to hear where they have a place. It is also an uncertain time for us as we find out who is coming so we are delighted that we have such a great intake this year.
In response to this situation we have found additional high quality accommodation to ensure that we honour the accommodation guarantee to all students who are eligible for it …