Comprehensive Study on Student Accommodation Choices and Trends

This report provides a comprehensive overview of student accommodation options, essential for students seeking housing. It begins with an introduction to the concept of accommodation, emphasizing its importance for students away from home. The literature review explores different accommodation types such as halls of residence, college apartments, and house/flat shares, including aspects like cost of rent, contract length, and the surrounding environment. The report highlights factors influencing accommodation choices, discussing the roles of university administrations and private landlords. The report explores the significance of environmental factors and examines various accommodation types, including halls of residence, college apartments, and house/flat shares, offering insights into their characteristics and suitability for different student needs. This report is a valuable resource for students navigating the complexities of finding suitable accommodation.

Literature Review

Table of Contents
TITLE: ............................................................................................................................................1
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Exercise 1 ........................................................................................................................................1
LITERATURE REVIEW ...............................................................................................................1
The concept of Accommodation.................................................................................................2
Different type of Accommodation .............................................................................................4
To ascertain the concept of students halls...................................................................................6
The various aspects of letting out to students by private landlord..............................................8
Exercise 2 ........................................................................................................................................9
Primary Data ..............................................................................................................................9
Questionnaire............................................................................................................................10
Interview...................................................................................................................................11
Secondary Data.........................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................13

TITLE:
“To identify the different student accommodation options available”.
INTRODUCTION
Accommodation is consist to be a place of residence out side the state which is usually
occupied by students. It is quite tough for people to leaving home and moving to a new place or
people as to achieving some thing in their life (Gasher, Lorimer & Skinner, 2012). In the modern
trend people moving towards highly established cities as to gaining education, doing jobs and
business. As seems that large number of students moving towards universities and places as to
gaining education. Accommodation is a fundamental need for each individual and students live
in various places such as halls of residence and colleges, college apartments, home stay, renting,
hostels etc. the present report is based on the concept and different type of students
accommodation that are available for them to live.
Research Objectives
 To identify the concept of student accommodation.
 To analyse different type of accommodation.
 To ascertain the concept of students halls. To analyse the various aspects of letting out to students by private landlord.
Research Question
 What student accommodation is
 What different types there are
 Talk about Student Halls
 Talk about Private landlords letting out to students
Exercise 1
LITERATURE REVIEW
This is the most important part of research which helps the researcher in carry out an in-
depth research in an appropriate manner. This section of research is based on the objectives that
are associated by investigator in respect to clarifying the issue of research in appropriate manner
(Shelton, 2012). This section of research plays essential role in analysing the issues in
appropriate manner. In this section data has to be gathered through secondary source of data
collection and compare the view points of various authors and writers who are having some kind
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of knowledge and skills about a given area of study. Researcher is widely concern on conducting
an in depth research as to reaching at final result and outcome. In this section past research
projects that are related with the similar area of study plays vast role in analysing the issue in
appropriate manner. In this part researcher is having the option to discussion the opinion of
writer which is influencing in nature and also helps in providing a significant direction to carry
out whole research activities in appropriate way (Russell, 2014). As to conducting the research in
effective manner investigators needs to be more practical in nature as it is essential for them to
search the data through various books and journals. This section builds a foundation for the
investigator through rendering them appropriate data and information through various resources.
In this section the various elements that are involved in clarifying the research aim and
objectives are discussed on effective way as to reaching at valid outcome and results.
The concept of Accommodation
Accommodation is a basic need for any individual, especially people who are living in a
state other than there home town. Young students need to go outside their home town for the
purpose of their higher studies and there accommodation remains a big issue for them as well as
for their family. Family always want the their kids shall remain with them for any studies, but it
is usually not possible because of various situations, like lack of good institutions within the city
and no job opportunities after getting their education done from a mediocre college. It is
therefore quite important that Government in general should take care of the overall facilities that
are available to students in big cities for the purpose of accommodation. As per the views
expressed by Jill Papworth,2013, College administration can also play a big role in giving
students the kind of accommodation that they want. They can provide Hostels and Halls within
the campus itself, so that students do not have to put any separate as well as extra efforts for
search of accommodation in new city of which they are unaware of. There are different types of
accommodation which are being available within a city for students, it depends on the budget
and needs of students that what kind of accommodations they want to choose (Arambewela &
Hall, 2013). There are various factors which are involved, and these factors should be taken care
of before taking any decision regarding accommodation : Cost of Rent: It is quite necessary to analyse the Cost of rent that is prevailing within a
state, the student shall do proper Homework before he leaves his home town and enters a
new city. The cost of rent depends upon various factors like, locality,facilities given etc.
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There has been a steep increase in an overall rent paid by individuals looking for
accommodation in UK. The rent charged by different landlord also varies according to
the need and demand of Landlords regarding their facilities. Like as an Example, London
is a quite big city of UK and amount of Rent also varies there based on the area chosen
for the purpose of stay and the kind of facilities that are being looked by individual
students. It can be regarded as the most expensive city to live on in UK as the cost of
living there is also high, due to it being the capital of UK. The avg cost of stay in London
for a week is around 120£ in halls which are owned by universities also commonly
Known as Hostels (McGrath & Horton, 2011). This price goes up to 122 Pounds for
private sly owned halls. How ever if a person chooses to stay in a Hall which is operated
by a Private Supplier, it will cost them around 140. It is necessary that a proper analysis
of the kind of accommodation and rent structure is done before finally arriving at any
conclusion to leave home town and make a stay.
 Contract Length: The purpose of the stay for a student and the tenure of his study will
have a direct impact on the length of Contract that an individual would sign. It is
basically means Number of weeks in a year for which the rent is charged. If the length of
contract would be higher along with a higher Rent then it will put a lot of pressure on
overall Yearly Rent that an individual needs to pay at once. Hence it is quite inevitable
that a higher contract length would lead to a higher level of overall Rent. Expenses includes in Total Rent: There are various types of expenses that are occurred
when a individual decides to stay at a place different then his home town. These expenses
would be a Bus pass, Car Parking, Electricity as well as Gas connection cost etc. Student
should analyse the contract properly whether these cost are covered within it or not. If
not, then the stay can lead to a expensive preposition for the Student in general. Students
should look for only those accommodation that would cover these general expenses in
overall rent, because a separate burden of these expenses would ruin things for students.
 Environment and Surroundings: It is not enough to have a place to live whatever may
be the environment that prevails outside the accommodation (Farah, 2013). The
environment as well as surroundings should be such that it will enhance the overall
personality of an individual and not which may be harmful for students. It would mean
the environment and surroundings shall consist of all the basic needs like nearby grocer
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stores, Police stations, Hospitals etc. and the access to these facilities should not take too
long for students else it will make it difficult for them to live in these areas.
Different type of Accommodation
The term accommodation can be described as an alteration of environment, curriculum
format, or various components that allows an individual through a disability to attain access to
content or completed the assigned duty and task. As per the views expressed by Dan Mason,
2018, Accommodation is the primary need of each individual which is needs to be arranged as to
developing their living. In the modern era large number of people leave their home and stays far
from their house and they need some place to live so they are concern on looking towards
accommodation which provide a place to fulfil their basic desires (Mogenet & Rioux, 2014).
Students accommodation has various types and it can be owned and managed by any university
or college. It can also be manage and owned by private company, independently or in
partnership. There are various kind of students accommodations are available in which some are
described as under:
Halls of Residence and Colleges: This is the most essential type of accommodation which is
widely applied by students for their living. These kind of accommodations are owned by the
university and tend to be located within the university campus and not so far from this. This kind
of facilities are mainly provided to the students of first year. This consist to be an effective way
to adjust an individuals living as per their choice and this also helps in providing a chance to
explore a new place and making friends. In this students usually give rent to a single room and
share their basic facilities such as kitchen and bathrooms. Further more some universities provide
accommodation in apartments as to providing them private facility of bedroom, kitchen and
bathroom. All the basic utilities are involved in this such as gas, water and electricity. In the
modern era people are very much depend on internet and this also provide a way to getting some
specific knowledge and idea about their individual area of study. So it is mandatory for residence
authority to provide internet facilities which needs to be included in the cost of room. In this
institutions tends to offer variety of students facilities such as academic institution, library
facility, daily meal facility with a dinning facility (Semrud-Clikeman & Harder, 2011).
Residents may also provide opportunities to the people to make their own meal in their shared
kitchen. In this variety of options are available for students such as catered/ self catered or en-
suite/ shared bathroom.
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House/ flat share: This is also an another way of accommodation which provide private
accommodation facility to students in this an individual can share their flat with friends and
colleagues. This type of accommodations are mainly owned by private firms or an individual.
This provide independent facility to students as to manage their work or other daily activities in
appropriate manner. There is not any kind of conflicts arises in regards to facilities and meal as
in this people have to manage their all work as per their own. In this students live together and
and divide the share of room rent in equal parts (Bishop & Rhind, 2011).
College apartments: These are consist to be the most used facility of accommodation as in this
institutions provide individual and private facility to each students and charge as per the
requirement. This type of accommodation provide independent style of living than the university
colleges and halls of residents. Apartments are self restrained in nature and in this bathroom,
kitchen and other small living areas are included. In this utilities are not involved in the rental
cost and students needs to pay extra charges for other facilities such as internet, library or phone
services. In this type of living some apartments are affiliated by the universities or institutions
and some are privately owned by an individual or company. This type of accommodation helps
in providing more independent living style than the other form of accommodation. College
apartments are widely used by students as it provides more privacy to the students which is
required for them to study so people mainly prefer this type of accommodation.
Home-stay: This consist to be a type of accommodation in which students rent a room out in a
house in which landlord also sharing the facilities of place. In this people mainly gets their
individual room facility and share other facility including meal. The cost of home-stays varies
greatly and contact the university or institution about setting the pricing the rent. The major
reason for selecting this type of accommodation is that it helps in providing the family
atmosphere or creatures and comforts to the individual. This tends to be cheaper than the other
form of accommodation (Wahab & Hamid, 2011).
Private flat: This type of accommodations are mainly used by students who are not satisfied with
the facility of other type of accommodation as they are mainly concern about personal lifestyle.
These are extremely appealing in the situation when an individual is not satisfied with the past
experience of sharing their facilities with others. This kind of facilities are cost consuming in
nature as in this an individual have to pay all the accommodation facilities as their own and in
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this there is not any share of other. Mainly the people with rich background are using this kind of
accommodation facilities for their living.
Hostels: These type of accommodation facilities are popular option for students who are moving
from a regional area, interstate or overseas to study. This helps in providing a good and
appropriate short term option until an individual can arrange a permanent place to live. This type
of accommodations facilities are available for students who are not having significant knowledge
about the outside environment and they not able to deal with in appropriate manner. Hostels
mainly provides a well furnished bedroom with shared kitchen, bathroom, laundry, long area and
recreation facilities. The price of hostel are based on the location and facilities that are offered to
the students.
The above mentioned are some popular accommodation which are used by students for
their living. Among all of them Halls of Residence and Colleges is the most cost efficient
accommodation for students as this offers variety of facilities and services in reasonable prices.
In this the extra facility charges such as internet, library, play ground and daily meals are
included in the package of accommodation. It is also helps in saving extra expenses of students
like , electricity, water bills, food charges etc. in this continuous support from universities are
available for students unlike private accommodations.
To ascertain the concept of students halls.
Halls are basically a large blocks of Flats which house Hundred of Students, it gives
students furnished bedrooms which is organised in corridors or apartments. The kitchen is
usually shared (Gresse, Pietersen & Steenkamp, 2015). These halls are usually being provided by
the university or in partnership with any private company etc. The quality offered by these halls
is quite good as they have to comply with various regulations which are prevailing within the
country as well as the national codes for the issues is also needs to be taken care of by these
suppliers of the facility. In UK, most of the universities provides accommodation in the form of
Halls to its students for the first year of their post graduate programme for free. However this
facility may vary from students to Students.
The various bills of accommodation is usually included in the price of halls that are being
paid by the students, Hence it is easier for them to budget their overall expenses. The students
usually have the option to apply for these halls through university websites by making an online
application for the same.
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These halls are usually located near the university and hence it may gives an opportunity
to individual to remain acquainted with the student's life that is going on within the campus.
They are able to make friends as it is a facility available only for students and it is also a great
opportunity for social activities As per the Study of National union of Students,2017, Some of
the universities also provide catered accommodation to its students, that would mean availability
of food to individuals within the Halls (Wilkins, 2011 Soliz & Giles, 2014). It is a very
convenient facility that are being provided, as it help to individuals who do not know how to
cook or they do not have enough time to cook for themselves. though off course, These Kinds of
facilities will increase the overall cost of Rent for Students.
University-managed accommodation is a very good source of accommodation for
students they can make new friends who would belong to the same university in which they
study, along with sharing with them various issues and events that would take place in the
college. The support of university is also there for students if anything goes wrong. There are
various advantages as well as disadvantages of using halls to stay in a different city. These can
be summed as follows :
Advantages
 Social Activities: It is a good chance to get engaged in various social activities like
parties, meeting making friends etc. This will make it easy for students to spend a longer
tenure in the halls as they would not have to make any separate efforts to get engae in
social activities of the university (Tsai & Tsou, 2015). University Support: The 24 Hour Support is usually available from the university in case
there is any happening that would take place with Students. This Extra Support will be
very useful for students as it will give them a sense of security at a place outside of their
home town.
Disadvantages The Choice of Partner: A person can not choose the partner with whom he want to live
and may be given a room. This way the individual may come across various partners who
may or may not belong to the same culture and may have a different way of living, this
may be termed as a negative aspect of University halls.
 Noisy and Messy: It becomes noisy and messy to live with lot of students together as it
may impact the living standard of individual and he may become used to of living with
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noise and mess. The study and examination time would demand peace in the area but
such is not the case always and this may have an adverse effect on grading and marks of
students, which is not at all a desirable situation.
There is yet another concept of Private Student Halls. In this, The student will live in a complex
which is built and operated by a private player in the city. While looking for this kind of
accommodation it is quite necessary that a proper research regarding the bills that may be
included in the rent is done and what will be the environment as well as the surrounding that will
be offered by the company (Pickard, 2013).
Advantage
 It is usually built for students, and therefore the facilities are also the same as for
students.
 A lot of handy perks such as Wi-Fi can be offered by the company in the concerned
package. The location is usually close to the universities, as it is beneficial for students.
Disadvantage
 The cost usually is a bit extra than what is charged by universities Hall as they offer a bit
more facilities there.
 It also carries the same students problems, like messy and noisy.
The various aspects of letting out to students by private landlord
As per views expressed by Roxas, 2011, There are different types of strategies which are
accomplish by the landlord who letting out the different student who have coming out from their
home in order to accomplish their studies. They take room for rent and other accommodation in
order to save their time and they can focus on the study and other purpose. Sometimes it happens
that the have scarcity of the funds so not able to give rent to the landlord. Then landlord do not
behave with the student and force them to give money on time. It leads to distract the student
which affect the study of student living in the room of the landlord. They take these
accommodation in order to save the time for preparation of different examination (Odu, 2014).
There are various students who are living in the outside of the organisation. They come to urban
for their studies and accomplish different types of target in proper manner. They take different
types of accommodation facilities in order to ascertain their studies. As various students
coming from different location so they have different mentality so there is chance of
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misunderstanding between the landlord and student. This scenario is not occurs with every
students. some of the landlord are very supportive in nature they provide different types of
accommodation facilities to the student living his rooms. They also support the student in order
to accomplish their target in stipulated time period. The landlord helps to attain the aims and
objectives of student.
There are different types of strategies which is implemented by the organisation in order
to accomplish different types of activities which helps to attain the goals and objective of
students living in the urban area. It leads to maintain the effectiveness in organisation. It helps
the students to maintain the effectiveness to perform different types of activities of the
organisation (Potter, Lewandowski & Spenceley, 2016). Land lord put their effort in order to
accomplish their task in effective manner. Due to misconducting of the student landlord let them
out the student from the rooms and the student demotivated by the landlord and the student
deviated from the different path and student spoils its life. It indulge himself in doing
mischievous activities which leads to spoils the carrier of the student. Student perform different
types of crime activities which totally spoils the career of the student. There are two types of
aspect of the landlord one is good and one is bad and both of them have different scenario of the
student.
Exercise 2
Type of Investigation
This consist to be the most essential part of research project as in his researcher plays the
most effective role in selecting the type of research as a research is either qualitative or
quantitative in nature. Qualitative research is based on collecting data and information through
qualitative means. Qualitative methods includes focus groups, in-depth interview and review of
document for different types of themes. On the other side quantitative research is based on
numeric facts and figures. In this type of research data has to be gathered by researcher on
qualitative means. The researcher is applied to quantify the issue through generating numerical
data or the data can be transformed into usable statistics. In the present research project
qualitative research method has to be taken into proper action as it helps in analysing the
accumulated data into appropriate manner. The questionnaire interview has to be prepared on the
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