With the growing number of private student halls of residence now available in the UK there’s also been a rise in people’s expectations of what student accommodation should be. While the parents of today’s students may remember their university days, particularly in a halls of residence, as involving cramped study bedrooms, cold corridors and having to queue for the bathroom.

This is the time of year when there’s a last minute dash to find student accommodation and here at studenthalls.co.uk we can offer some advice. There are many reasons why a student may be desperately looking for somewhere to live, either they have left their search too late or they’ve suffered a last-minute glitch in where they are currently living.

One of the recent trends we have noticed here at studenthalls.co.uk is that while the provision of private student accommodation has improved, it has led to universities improving their offering too.