UK & Ireland

Warwick University is predicting student numbers will rise by 2033. It hopes to boost housing on or near campus to the tune of some 1,200 student beds by this point, according to new plans. The schemes would be developed by the university directly or working with private companies.

Plans to tear down a major student housing block at Newcastle University have officially been put before city decision-makers.

The application was submitted to the Leeds City Council in October 2023 and will see the development of a part 8 part 10 storey building just off of Kirkstall Road containing 198 studio flats.

The new build framework will be used to deliver the University’s next five-year investment strategy. It has been divided into four lots that will also cover demolition, refurbishment, decoration and landscaping, up to a total value of £260m.

An aecc survey of 8,312 current and prospective international students from 124 countries (excluding China) has found that interest in Canada, the United Kingdom,...

A former engineering works and foundry site in Bristol looks set to be redeveloped into a scheme of almost 500 student bed spaces, with approval lined up.

Vita are proposing nearly 600 student bedrooms plus 20 affordable rental flats for a vacant site at 20 India Street. “Vita will develop, own and operate the student housing element of this proposal bringing increased residential density to the area and an improved public realm to the surrounding streets."

Maven Property (Nottingham) has been given the go-ahead by the city council to transform the tired-looking 191-195 Lower Parliament Street by adding up to three storeys to the existing two-floor building. The move, says the developer, will create a scheme that will retain the ground floor retail units at the site while adding 104 student bedspaces on the upper floors.

Delayed plans to build student flats on the site of a former Dundee nightclub have been re-approved following the discovery of on-site contamination.

Tech group Kainos will begin construction work on its new Belfast headquarters in September. The announcement follows a decision by Belfast City Council on Tuesday evening to grant planning permission for two major developments on the former Movie House cinema site on the Dublin Road.