5th April 2016 - The Glasgow Guardian



The student experience: are halls value for money?

5th April 2016

The Glasgow Guardian spoke to two students staying in Murano Student Village to see if they thought living in student halls proved to be value for money. Alisha Toner: “I would say some of the recently refurbished flats and rooms with double beds are probably worth it but, for our flat, £480 is definitely overpaying ...


The University has no one to blame but itself for these unjustifiable rent increases

5th April 2016

Fraser McGowan & Alastair Thomas Editors It is hardly surprising, in an era in which higher education has become so commercialised that even Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary would blush to think that the amount students are asked to pay for the privilege of living in student halls has more than doubled since 2002. Inflation has ...