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The Class Foundation
Thursday, December 31, 2020
Higher education, student mobility, and student housing industry news from December 2020.
December 31
December 28
December 17
- New Harrison Street and CA Ventures JV to acquire and develop PBSA in the UK
- Greystar acquires student housing complex in Utrecht €98.5m (NL)
- Erasmus+ aims for 10m more participants in 2021-27
- Tech reshapes student living
- Canada and Italy seek to boost youth mobility
December 16
- Nido to expand further across Europe, CEO says
- English universities in “relatively positive” position despite COVID-19
- Germany’s international student enrolment grew again in 2019/20
December 15
- Prep year recruitment “contrary to the spirit” of law, warns Dutch minister
- Kajima and Tonsa JV targets Europe’s BTR housing market
- German language schools launch student protection plan
- EAIE blog – 2020: a story of adversity, agility and resilience
- Student Housing Vacancy Grows As Rents Rise in the US
- RealPage: Retaining Your Student Living Residents by Building Community
- Bucking expectations: What 2021 holds for the PBSA sector
- Under one roof: U.S. cities look to co-living to ease housing crisis
- Higher education in 2020 and 2021
- According to PwC report over 70% of employees want more home and less office
- HousingAnywhere is extending its cancellation policy to offer more flexibility to landlords and tenants
- Sustainability Variables in Build to Rent Developments You Need to Know
December 14
- Catalonia recovers investment, but 2020 should close with a drop
- ING makes logistics and residential rental a priority in Iberia
- Competitive prices appeal to invest in Porto
- Oxford International launches OI Digital Institute
- Savills Poland presents a preliminary summary of 2020 and forecasts property market trends for the coming months
- Canada: Int’l talent needed to fill skills gaps
- Ensure digital transformation benefits students
- Chinese education agents opt for UK over Australia post-Covid
- Could students save landlords in 2021?
December 12
- HE should be the global voice of internationalisation
- UK gaining in agent perception for staying open according to Navitas survey
- ‘Coliving’ for students and professionals – 3Capital creates a virtual community and enters Madrid and Valencia
- ASK4’s Connected Living research series: The Students of 2022 – Discovery
- Universities can help the US retake its seat at the global table
December 11
- England: non-EU tuition revenue likely to fall 10%
- Tech is enabling new real estate asset classes
- Essential student insights for university leaders – Sodexo partnered with YouthSight to understand how student satisfaction has been affected by the pandemic
- Unite Students’ Accommodation Matters Podcast discusses the importance of housing for international students
- The future of the workplace is hybrid, says global survey
- GSL Webinar: The Future of Strategic Marketing in Student Accommodation
- Accommodation for workers and students more than just a roof and four walls for Centurion Corp
- Starcity will invest up to 45 million in ‘coliving’ in 2021 [Spanish]
December 10
- Co-living Valuations Exceed Multifamily in Many Cities
- Top English campuses forecast £458 million fall in foreign fees
- The synergies between PBSA, BTR and Co-living – article by Travis Knipe, CEO of StarRez
- German residential investment volumes highest since 2015
- ELT students look to stay in Ireland despite Covid-19
- How COVID-19 Will Alter the Evolution of Student Housing
- New report urges universities to have zero carbon emissions by 2035 and to rethink knowledge and teaching practices for the era of climate change
December 9
- It’s time to rethink the single-family home as the American dream
- Wellbeing triumphs in Savills’ top 12 Tech Lifestyle Cities
- Harrison Street to develop new student accommodation property in Spain
- A fund promoted by Bankinter will build the largest student residence in Andalusia in Seville [Spanish]
- 77% drop in Malta student arrivals in 2020
- Scholarship demand booms in Germany – DAAD
- The Future of the European Education: achieving high-quality education for future young Europeans
December 8
- Harrison Street co-founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Chris Merrill sees strong demand for off-campus student housing
- UK unis offer EU scholarships and fee freezes
- Heimstaden Bostad has become Eiffage Immobilier Polska’s investment partner to develop ca. 640 build to rent units across two projects in Warsaw. Savills advised on and brokered both deals.
- Partners Group buys €500m assets in Italy and Poland
- Student Engagement and Online Reputation Become Critical at Student Properties During COVID-19
- CBRE Weekly Take – Better Together: Where and Why Co-Living Is Poised to Thrive
- Staggered return to campus for university students in Scotland
- How to transform the outskirts of a city into a vibrant community – interview with Mark Kuijpers, Managing Director of Greystar Netherlands [Dutch]
December 7
- January return to campus ‘going to be really, really tough’, says CUBO chair
- Goldman Sachs plans to reactivate investment in Spain including build-to-rent
- The French government has created new rules that mean language schools in France will be classified as a protected sector and will receive fiscal relief and furloughs
- From Crisis to Growth: How Key Areas of Higher Education are Set to Flourish Post-Pandemic
December 6
- ‘We won’t be cash cows’: UK students plan the largest rent strike in 40 years
- Converting dated dormitories into sleek, furnished apartments – how to adapt to changes in student housing demand
December 5
December 4
- Covid-19 has changed the landlord/tenant dynamics
- UK to stagger students’ return to unis in January
- Commercial excellence across UK universities recognised at virtual CUBO awards
- Differentiation in the Digital Classroom: AI Will Deliver Personalised Learning Like Never Before
- In Iberia, the alternative segment received 120 million euro in investments, the lowest number of the year
- A&G Banca Privada and Moraval will invest €100M on student residences in Spain
- Campus France launches global campaign to attract int’l students
December 3
- View from the top: Stewart Moore, the CRM Students chief executive
- Juliette Willemse, new Managing Director of Student Experience in The Netherlands
- New poll finds a decline in student mental health but growing satisfaction with online learning
- How unis can use student housing to solve quarantine issues
- Student housing platform will provide Airbnb-style booking
- ASK4 CEO Jonathan Burrows and STRATIS UK Director Richard Reid discuss how technology in PBSA has changed over the past two decades
- UK: 81% of overseas students “happy” with 2020 experience
December 2
- Catella European Residential sells Dutch portfolio to Woonhave N.V. for over €100 Million
- How unis can use student housing to solve international student quarantine issues
- QS report – Higher Education in 2020: How COVID-19 Shaped this Year
- Confidence slips but property has the edge according to ULI Europe & PwC Emerging Trend in Real Estate Europe report
- The synergies between PBSA, BTR and Co-living – Article by Travis Knipe, CEO of StarRez
- Aareal Bank finances “Scape” student accommodation in London
December 1
- René Parmantier becomes new Corestate CEO – Lars Schnidrig remains on board as CFO
- Coliving, a vision of connected working and living
- The Urban, Gecina’s podcast on urban lifestyles and the city, is back
- Project Destined, Walker & Dunlop, and Greystar Launch Innovative Internship Program for Underserved Students in Middle School, High School, and University
- This Is How Real Estate Is Adapting To The Ongoing Pandemic According To JLL CEO Guy Grainger
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