Warwick accom off campus

[Michaelah]

A friend's DC has just been allocated accom at Warwick and was a bit shocked to be told there was no room on the main site so he would be put in private accom in Coventry.

My son is a 3rd year and it’s not happened the last 2 years. It would have put us off if we’d known it might happen.

I’ve no idea why anyone is surprised. It’s well known the better universities have been hoovering up students to keep their numbers up and money coming in. The result is strains on accommodation. You would think the brains employed there could work this out. Apparently they don’t understand why dc choose this university - its campus! It’s what applicants want. Just another example of poor management at universities and getting in ££ at all costs. Students are the pawn in the chess game.

Peole are suprised because often it is their first experience of uni applications and when ‘guaranteed accommodation’ is listed they believe it. Until the guarantee is any accommodation anywhere in the town.

The problem is not just being on campus, often this accommodation is private, very expensive and students don’t know if they’ll be with other freshers, other years or just other renters. They potentially have additional transport costs.

Look at recent threads this is affecting other popular and aspirational unis - not only Warwick but Exeter, Durham, Bristol. It’s disgraceful and for many students leaving home for the first time not the start and worry they wanted. AND don’t get me started on costs - with fees at £9.5k, accommodation at £10k (our Exeter offer) and living expenses, you’re looking at £24k minimum. Over 3 years now over £70k. If your student is getting the minimum that’s a lot of top up from parents or part time working from the student. It’s becoming out of reach for many. I wish the MSM would pick this up and run stories, it must also be having terrible housing implications for some of these cities.

The Warwick situation has got worse, as of yesterday they are now putting students in hotel rooms on campus or single flats or staff accommodation to wait it out until someone leaves and frees up a student campus room. They are offering a permanent campus room by the end of term 1 and have not outlined the cost of the temporary hotel room (which includes breakfast).

or the alternative of a link to accommodation in Coventry where most of it has been taken - the better Coventry accommodation is now full.

This accommodation option is not for clearing / insurance only, it's for everyone who was unlucky in the ballot so includes those who firmed, applied in time and have 3 x A star etc.

@WIWIKAA It’s over recruitment into universities to get money! They lower standards and floodgates are open. They need a cap on numbers. We had this 12 years ago but it needs to come back. Fewer courses and fewer students with lower grades.