67% of students have enough access to study space

AFS Team·6 August 2021·3 min read
67% of students have enough access to study space

In a recent study by AFS partners, Student Minds, students reveal the impact of the pandemic on their mental health and their experience of student accommodation.

Despite the impact of the pandemic, respondents offered a broadly positive experience of their student accommodation, with the majority feeling they had the appropriate amount of space to study and some 75% having access to suitable outside space.

Challenges

Within this, students have experienced many challenges, with over 60% of students reporting worse mental health as a result of the pandemic. The report reveals that students think that accommodation providers can do more to help them with just 39% agreeing that their term time accommodation had provided enough support.

Finances

A key element of the report is a call for more funding to support students whose finances have been adversely affected by the pandemic. This call echoes a number of similar calls from key players in the Higher Education sector, including landlords, agents and PBSA operators.

The report highlights the amount of government hardship support for students in England at just £40.93 per person, which is not adequate to deal with the longer term implications.

You can read the full report right here

AFS and Student Minds

Accommodation for Students are proud supporters of Student Minds, recognising the importance of the work done to support student mental health. It is one of a number of partners we work with, which now includes Time4Trees , where AFS now plants a tree for every property advertisement uploaded to our website.