Have namechanged - obviously.
I am a York Uni alumnus and live in York. Today I got an e-mail from accommodation services at the uni asking basically if we wanted to rent or give rent free a room to a new student.
The e-mail says 'This year there has been an increase in applications to the University of York from new first year international postgraduate students and also an increase in applications from new undergraduate students. Accommodation Services are therefore making contingency arrangements for those students who do not have a guaranteed offer of accommodation.
We would like to hear from alumni living in York, either in their own house or in rented accommodation, who have a spare room and are willing to help a new student when they arrive in York in October'
When I went to York they guaranteed accommodation to first years. I think they've stuffed up their offers this year and have too many new students for the space that or some slippage on something they are building. they are asking for short term and longer term options.
Anyway - my point in posting it here is that I rather doubted that they have notified the students yet. I hope I'm wrong. However if I had a child starting uni this year I would jolly well want to know now rather than in a week or two so am posting it here.
Hope that is of help to people.