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Off-campus complexes are getting larger, with some being home to more than 1,500 students, and being built on prime parcels of land as close to campus as possible.
A surge of students with allergies and special diets is challenging meal services and changing the shape of the campus cafeteria.
When future engineer Rafiul Hossain arrived in Sydney, he didn’t expect to have to share his bed with bugs. And he isn’t the only newcomer to our fair city with a story to tell.
It’s the hidden side of the housing crisis: skipping meals, staying in garages, sharing rooms, or even sharing a bed on a roster basis.
About one in four international students were in severe financial stress just before COVID hit, and soaring rents and record low vacancies are likely to make their plight even worse now.
Growing numbers of students are experiencing hidden homelessness or accepting poor accommodation
In a state marked by inequality and staggering housing prices, nearly 20% of community college students report experiencing homelessness
Higher education is one of the most casualised sectors of the UK economy, and for many it means a struggle to get by
A campus security guard tells of the biggest disasters he's seen when students try to cook in the dorms.
Even before the pandemic added to their financial stresses, a survey of international students suggests more than 20,000 were renting beds that are available to them for only certain hours.
The residential hall for international and local university students equipped them for a globalised world, more than anything they could learn in a class.
The start of university often means moving out of home for the first time and organising accommodation, but some options are more affordable than others.
Many of today’s students are living in far better-appointed accommodations than now-graying alumni did.
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The housing shortage has been especially brutal for overseas students. But some find another place to call home.
Lawyers and student advocates warn that corporate housing providers are avoiding tough laws designed to protect renters.
China’s move to no longer recognise the qualifications of students who study remotely has sparked fears of a housing shortfall as Sydney grapples with rising rents.
One day I hope to be able to shoulder the cost of an entire apartment, and with no boyfriend waiting in the wings to pay half, I won’t be happy about it, but I will be ready
Growing numbers of students are experiencing hidden homelessness or accepting poor accommodation
Two thirds of university students regularly struggle to buy food and other necessities.
Billionaire Charlie Munger's controversial plans for a massive, windowless dorm at the University of California, Santa Barbara has left many wondering -- how is this even possible?
The 11-story, 1.68-million-square-foot building, made up of eight-person living units, would house 4,500 students, 94 percent of whom would not have windows in their compact single-occupancy bedrooms.
Submissions from students and parents to a select committee inquiry suggest the student accommodation sector is overdue for tougher regulation.
Melbourne’s CBD has already lost 17.2 per cent of its population without international students, analysis shows. What’s happened to the thousands of apartments they lived in?
Many Australian university students are thousands of dollars out of pocket as colleges they were meant to be living at this year refuse to refund their costs.
Minister wants answers after body reportedly lay unnoticed for up to eight weeks.
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