Student Accommodation
Student residential accommodation is changing: its type, who provides it, how services are delivered, how it is financed.
Various factors influence the choices made by HEIs; key amongst them are:
- Large Scale Private Provision
- Balance Sheet Pressures
- Changing Demand Pressures.
Demand from students for university accommodation remains strong and housing is felt by many universities to be a core element of the student experience. Good accommodation, once seen as an important marketing tool primarily for overseas students, has become an important differentiator when selecting their university of choice for all students.
In 2007 SUMS Consulting conducted a benchmarking study into the provision of University Residential Accommodation. The aim of the Study was to identify best practice across the breadth of provision of university accommodation and some trend information to inform our Members and help improve their offering.
Information was collected on a range of areas including planning and finance, services and pastoral care, vacation income, third party partnerships, portfolios of accommodation and income models.
A report was published in two parts:
Report 1405/07; this contains information about the benchmarking initiative, the process and key findings, definitions of the trends and within the appendices, aggregated analysis of the results of the study. This is available to both SUMS Members and non-members.
Supplement to Report 1405/07; this document contains trend information at the institution level that may be considered sensitive. The Supplement to Report is only available to those institutions that took part in the benchmarking study.
To request a report please click here.
Claire Taylor