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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.
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.
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.
Taking action on Living Black at University
At the 2024 Living Black at University conference, the sector shared what they’ve done to improve Black students’ living experience as a result of our research. Here’s what they’re doing, and what we’re doing.
What we know about the Class of 2024
With this year's first years arriving at university, this short podcast looks at what we know about the class of 2024 from the latest Applicant Index.
Meet Carol Thomas, the new Living Black at University Commission chair
In 2022, Unite Students set up a sector-wide commission to activate the recommendations of our Living Black at University report, which explored students’ experience in UK student accommodation. With the Commission now in its second phase and run in partnership with CUBO, we caught up with the new Commission chair, Carol Thomas.
How our new app will improve students’ living experience
Students’ digital needs have changed since our app first launched in 2013. We’ve created a new app to better meet those needs and enrich our residents’ stay with us.
More than just a day: Unite Students’ 2024/25 Welcome programme
Driven by our research and student insight, we've prepared our best student welcome programme yet for the 2024/25 academic year.
Innovations and inspiration for 2024/25
In our latest podcast episode, we look at new initiatives to improve students' university experience in their accommodation for 2024/25.
Interview: Learning, development and belonging at Unite Students
We caught up with Jenni Brooks about how learning, development and belonging helps our teams to deliver a great student experience.

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