Eh trying to get permission to use it as housing for non students was probably aways the plan (you do the intial build as student accomidation since the minium standards are lower).
I’m not surprised they’re having terrible filling them – they’ve built so much new student accommodation there must be over 10 times the capacity since I was a student there 20 years back.
Went there recently and it’s just tower blocks as far as you can crane your neck up, total eyesore
> Building owner Collegiate said the problems were being caused by a lack of overseas students.
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Eh trying to get permission to use it as housing for non students was probably aways the plan (you do the intial build as student accomidation since the minium standards are lower).
I’m not surprised they’re having terrible filling them – they’ve built so much new student accommodation there must be over 10 times the capacity since I was a student there 20 years back.
Went there recently and it’s just tower blocks as far as you can crane your neck up, total eyesore
> Building owner Collegiate said the problems were being caused by a lack of overseas students.
Now. Let’s think. I wonder what could of caused a drop in overseas students coming to England. Must be COVID. Nothing else has really changed. Mind you, the [number of EU Students Applying at Irish Universities Has Tripled Since?](https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/news/number-of-eu-students-applying-at-irish-universities-has-tripled-since-brexit/)
The fucking mental gymnastics the media is doing at the moment is going to hurt this country so bad in long run.
But reduced demand is a good thing. Needing less of something is always a good thing.