23rd November 2023
Data seen by The Glasgow Guardian suggests there to be over 500 empty rooms in University-owned accommodation. A Freedom of Information (FOI) request obtained by The Glasgow Guardian has revealed substantial decreases in the overall occupancy rates of student accommodation available to University of Glasgow (UofG) students compared with the previous academic year. The occupancy ...
23rd November 2023
The Scottish Government’s eviction ban legislation includes loopholes which could be used to unfairly evict student tenants. A loophole in the Scottish Government’s eviction ban could be used to evict students from their tenancies. The legislation, which was introduced in October 2022, caps in-tenancy rent increases at 3% per year and pauses evictions in most ...
7th September 2023
The climate emergency is exacerbated by the University’s failure to provide enough housing to prevent unnecessary commuting For many, the housing crisis remains too large a part of the UofG student experience. An oversubscription of students, and a shortage of purpose-built student accommodation, has created a deluge of homeless and commuting students. Aside from the ...
10th April 2023
A lecturer at the University of Glasgow posted an advert on Spare Room for a bedroom in a “luxury 2 bedroom apartment” demanding nearly £12,000 rent to be paid upfront. This is equivalent to a year’s rent at a rate of £215 a week. Housing law in Scotland states that a landlord can not demand ...
14th October 2022
The Glasgow Guardian sits down with the newly-appointed NUS Scotland president, Ellie Gomersall. In conversation with The Glasgow Guardian, National Union of Students (NUS) Scotland president Ellie Gomersall has addressed the most pressing issues of the day for University of Glasgow students, from the rising cost of living to mental health. With regards to the ...
14th September 2022
The Glasgow Guardian talks to students with nowhere to live as the start of term looms. The new academic year is beginning on a similar foot to the last, with the student accommodation shortage in Glasgow showing little sign of improvement. Accommodation problems are being experienced from freshers to incoming postgraduate students with no offer ...
17th November 2021
Evie Copland was awarded the Malcolm Smith Memorial Award for her academic work in the housing sector. Evie Copland, an MSc student in housing studies at the University of Glasgow, has won the prestigious Malcolm Smith Memorial Award. The prize is given by the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) for the best piece of housing ...
23rd April 2021
The proposed building would have around 560 bedrooms and flats set up in a range of sizes. A student accommodation company has submitted a proposal to Glasgow City Council to build new student housing near the city centre. If approved, the proposed building would hold approximately 560 bedrooms and would place students within walking distance ...
27th August 2020
Since the Scottish government’s introduction of phase two in late June, students can again search for places to live through the SRC’s Flatshare database. The Student’s Representative Council (SRC) announced that students would be able to use its Flatshare database again following Scotland’s move into phase two of easing lockdown restrictions. With social distancing measures ...
27th August 2020
The index also found overall student satisfaction with their courses to be fairly low, with just under half of Glasgow students surveyed said to be enjoying their university degree. The NatWest Student Living Index 2020 has found that Glasgow has Scotland’s highest Student Living Index (SLI) at 0.89, and one of the highest in the ...
