“We will continue to strive to work with partners”

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East Park sees the biggest rise in accommodation prices of an individual hall this year, with ensuite rooms increasing in price by 11.2 per cent and standard rooms increasing 12.5 per cent.

Undergraduates who cannot get the limited campus accommodation instead often live in in-city privately managed student housing accommodation, with a reputation for being more expensive than campus accommodation. Cushman and Wakefield data found that rents at private student accommodations in Russell Group cities between 2018/19 and 2022/23 had increased by 14.5 per cent in the four years, an even greater rate than the reported increase in prices of University of Exeter took place in November and December 2022. The residence would offer an additional 1250 student bedrooms.

Average cost of undergraduate accomodation at Exeter

A spokesperson for the University of Exeter told Exeposé: “We understand that the current cost of living crisis is a significant concern for our community, and we have worked with our student representatives to introduce a wide range of measures to support our students. We have sought to keep any necessary increases in accommodation fees as low as possible. We have contractual accommodation in this period, which rose by 12.8 per cent.

In order to address the shortfall in available accommodation,

Exeter for the 2023/24 academic Maximum maintenance loan amount rooms as we can, and for 2023/24, 23 per cent of the rooms we offer will have an annual rent below £6,800, based on a 40-week contract. agreements with our third party accommodation providers to allow us to offer as many lowerpriced

The University provides a range of competitively priced rooms and housing both on and off campus. As well as providing a range of accommodation types and contract lengths, the accommodation contract also includes all utilities costs, room contents insurance, 24-hour security and support in the form of guidance, advice and events from our residence Life team.

“We will continue to strive to work with partners, including representatives from the Students’ Guild, possible going forward, while continuing to invest in improving facilities and accommodation across our campuses.”

A spokesperson for the Students' Guild told Exeposé: “Guild President, Lily Margaroli has been working with the University on a review of their ‘affordability principles’ for accommodation as well as a new set of bursaries for students living in university accommodation, which aim to be in place as of next academic year. Additionally, strategies, and there will be increases in the number of bedrooms on University campus in the upcoming years . The Guild Advice team provide housing advice, from helping you identify where to live, to providing advice on what to look out for in your contract and how to ensure that your move in and out goes as smoothly as possible. They also hold regular flatmate-finder events to help you find people to live with.”

The average undergraduate’s rent will increase by 2.8%

8.8%

A standard room at East Park will increase from £6,331 to £7,123