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2025 survey: Living Black at University

Living Black at University was published three years ago this week. Whether you’ve fully embraced it, taken some first steps or are brand new to it, we’d love to hear from Higher Education partners in our new impact survey.
05/12/2024
Press releases

Unite Students buys Glasgow site to build 934-bed property

Unite Students, the UK’s largest provider of student accommodation, has purchased a Glasgow site to build a new 934-bed property.
02/12/2024
Blogs

New report: Care and Learning in Higher Education

We’ve partnered with the Unite Foundation to commission a new report from the Social Market Foundation, to identify what needs to be done to support more estranged and care experienced young people to go to university and succeed.
02/12/2024
Corporate blogs

Joe Lister on care experienced and estranged students

Joe Lister, Unite Students’ Chief Executive, highlights why we commissioned a new report by the Social Market Foundation on urgent support for care experienced and estranged students.
21/11/2024
Press releases

Unite Students completes £32m refurbs for 5,200 students

Unite Students, the UK’s largest provider of student accommodation, has completed 11 refurbishment projects this year, benefitting 5,239 residents.

5 things you should know about international applicants

International students make up 26% of the UK’s student population and add £37 billion to its economy. Here’s what 2024’s Applicant Index report tells us about international applicants and how they differ from applicants from the UK.

Report shows 63% of care experienced applicants expect a culture shock at university

In our 2024 Applicant Index, we found that care experienced applicants were more likely to anticipate a sense of culture shock than any other group. In a special guest blog, the Unite Foundation speaks to students about their experiences of culture shock.

Designing community in student accommodation

To celebrate four years of Accommodation Matters, we took the show on the road to GSL Live and recorded a live episode! Join host Jenny Shaw for a lively panel discussion about designing community within student accommodation – including how the physical design can support community-building, the role of accommodation teams, whether themed accommodation works, and how to measure the success of community-building events.

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