Property

The University of Kent has recently completed sustainable accommodation for post graduate students at Woolf College in Canterbury.

The emergence of science parks in the UK has provided the launch pad for hundreds of hi-tech and knowledge based companies.

The pioneering eco residence at Lancaster University has been selected as one of the UK BREEAM Award winners in the Multi-Residential category.

This month, more than 1,000 students across the country will be moving into pioneering environmentally-friendly student housing developed by University Partnerships Programme (UPP), a leading provider of on-campus accommodation.

Following a six week consultation last autumn, the University of Reading has now finalised its £250 million Whiteknights Development Plan 2008-2018.

Liberty Living as asset manager for Brandeaux Student Funds has acquired nine buildings from UNITE.

The British Property Federation (BPF) has criticised government plans to stop the ‘studentification’ of university towns. Ministers recently announced a review of houses of multiple occupancy (HMOs), which would introduce measures hindering students from renting family homes.

Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, is set to become the first UK university with a campus in Singapore. The university announced an agreement for the establishment of the QMU Asia campus in Singapore, opening up UK higher education opportunities for students across the Asia Pacific region.

The University of Glamorgan opens its brand new ‘ATRiuM’ building in the heart of Cardiff city centre this September. The state of the art building will be home to the Cardiff School of Creative and Cultural Industries.

August saw the launch of the UK’s newest university, The university of Cumbria. Funding to the value of almost £20 million has now been confirmed ahead of the university’s official launch on 1 August. The creation of Britain’s newest university,