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The Class Foundation
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Higher education, student mobility, and student housing industry news from June 2020.
June 30
- New European inter-university fund of €32M to accelerate innovation
- FRESH OFF THE PRESS: Coliving Insights No2: Is Coliving Here To Stay?
- JLL’s latest EMEA Living Quarterly Bulletin reveals that the living sectors, including multifamily, student housing, coliving, and healthcare have maintained their defensive position as stable operating cash flows continued during the pandemic
June 17
- President Levits of Latvia outlines higher education reform strategy, to be completed by 2022
- While Universities in Norway opened for the remainder of the Spring semesteron Monday, borders remain closed leaving international students uncertain about August arrival
- British and American universities will be hit harder by financial troubles than those in Continental Europe, Politico argues
- The UK Home Office has confirmed that international students will remain eligible for post-study work rights upon graduation if they begin or continue their studies online in the 2020/21 academic year
- More than nine in 10 (97%) institutions have said they will provide some in-person teaching to students at the start of term this year, according to a Universities UK (UUK) poll of 92 universities.
June 11
June 10
- In latest QS rankings, Asian institutions rise while nearly three-quarters of UK universities fall
- 60% of higher education institutions report online learning provision strategic planning prior to COVID-19, but only 33% provided full online courses, according to survey results
- According to new modelling by Universities Australia, universities stand to lose AU$16 billion (US$11 billion) in revenue between now and 2023
- Most Irish universities and third-level colleges are returning rent fees to students but not academic fees
- UK university advocacy group says issues with student accommodation and racism risk sending the wrong message to future international students
- Expo Real announces hybrid format for October 2020 fair
- Spain’s IE University announces it will reopen its campus in July one permitted by the Spanish authorities, and that it will launch a ‘liquid education’ model in all undergraduate, postgraduate, and executive education programs this September
- The Interuniversity Council of Catalonia approves a 30% reduction in the price of university enrolment
- The European Commission has called for a €5.4 billion decrease in funding for the Erasmus+ program as part of its recovery plan
June 5
- Boston’s Northeastern University has secured 2,000 hotel beds for use as socially-distanced dorms in September
- A snapshot survey conducted by CUBO suggests there could be more than 100,000 students still resident in on-campus accommodation across the UK
- Director of Irish PBSA manager predicts halted rental growth and a cooled market in the country, where an estimated 6,000 beds are in the pipeline in Dublin alone
- Six of Harvard’s schools will switch to online-only classes in the next academic year, as the university joins a growing list of higher education institutions that will keep students off campus until 2021
- Ukrainian President Zelensky forms Council for Development of Higher Education to improve the quality of higher education, develop modern comfortable dormitories and promote Ukrainian higher education among foreign students
- Universities warn that EU research funding allocation is insufficient to support through future pandemic shocks
- Several UK universities discuss plans for students to operate in ‘social bubbles,’ mixing only with peers on their courses
- UK Department of Education releases guidance on reopening buildings and campuses
June 3
- As universities across the U.S. weigh whether to reopen campuses for the fall semester, some schools are eyeing the use of hotel guestrooms as a safer and social distancing-friendly alternative to dorms
- Details of English student numbers cap revealed, which intends to prevent universities from taking a recruitment approach against the interests of students and the sector as a whole
- Cardiff student accommodation owner seeks change of use to serviced apartments due to impacts of COVID-19 on the sector
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