The Higher Education sector is full of ideas for improving student life. Last year, we asked our listeners to get in touch with what ideas and initiatives they’d launched in their accommodation – and our listeners loved it. So we’re doing it all over again.

Join host Jen Steadman for this month’s episode of Accommodation Matters, where you’ll hear about initiatives to promote inclusion, safety and sustainability. Among other ideas, we look at a new app that's helping to build student communities, a student safety campaign that's brought together nine universities, and a podcast by and for students to support with belonging.

Our contributors include:

• Pete Collins, Partnership and Engagement Manager at University of Birmingham
• Ellie Drave, Product Manager at Unite Students
• James Greenwood, Head of Residential Life at London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
• Laura Burge, Senior Manager for Gender Equity, Respect and Inclusion at Deakin University
• Milana, Social Media Co-ordinator at the Unite Foundation
• Helen Strachan, Sustainability Manager at Unite Students
• Chloe Lloyd, Environment Manager at Unite Students

Accommodation Matters brings together sector experts to discuss the Higher Education sector’s key issues through the lens of student accommodation. This episode was recorded throughout August 2024 and produced by Ed Palmer.

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are the personal views of individual guest speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views of Unite Students and/or Unite Group plc.

Resources

Download the Unite Students Applicant Index from the Unite Students website.

Learn more about LSE’s consent education campaign from their Consent video on YouTube.

Read more about the Respect at Uni campaign from Deakin University’s website.

Find out about the Unite Foundation’s scholarship, and download their podcast, from their website This Is Us At Uni – and the All Of Us community for estranged and care-experienced students at www.allofus.uk.