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What’s the latest research and insight from Unite Students? Delve into our findings on students, student life and student accommodation.
20/08/2020
Higher Education blogs

Creating Community: The Role of Student Ambassadors

Phil Francis tells you all you need to know about the Unite Students student ambassador scheme and how it's adapted to Covid.
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13/08/2020
Higher Education blogs

How the transition to university looks for this year’s cohort

Amid uncertainty and the continuing challenges of Covid, Jo Blair looks at what the 2020 university transition will look like for new students.
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13/08/2020
Higher Education blogs

There is no grief like the grief that doesn’t speak

Jenny Dalzell shares her thoughts on supporting bereaved students and her own personal experiences of grief.
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07/08/2020
Corporate blogs

Watch our video update on living with us this year

Unite Students is committed to providing safe and secure accommodation this coming term
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03/08/2020
Higher Education blogs

A festival from afar: My key takeaways from “The Festival of Higher Education”

Jenny Shaw summarises some of the key messages from this year's digital Festival of Higher Education.
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29/07/2020
Higher Education blogs

The Home Charter – fostering a safe and secure environment amid Covid-19

Sarah Dixon outlines Unite Students' Home Charter, encouraging a supportive and safe living environment for students.
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23/07/2020
Higher Education blogs

Imposter Syndrome: What it is and how it can affect students

Frances Abbott, Student Support Manager at Unite Students, shares her experience of Imposter Syndrome, what you need to know about it, and how it can impact on students.
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15/07/2020
Higher Education blogs

Podcast gives students a voice

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09/07/2020
Higher Education blogs

A Welfare Revolution? The role of University Security in Student Welfare.

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05/07/2020
Higher Education blogs

The pioneers of blended learning: what we learned from disabled students

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05/07/2020
Higher Education blogs

The pioneers of blended learning: what we learned from disabled students

Susannah Doyle explores the benefits of digital learning and how this has enriched disabled students' university experience.
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30/06/2020
Higher Education blogs

How do you keep 75,000 students safe in a pandemic?

Steph Camm, Head of Health & Safety, reflects on what Unite Students has done to keep students safe throughout Covid.
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10/06/2020
Higher Education blogs

Hiding in plain sight – Domestic abuse in student accommodation

What does domestic abuse look and sound like in a student accommodation setting? Frances Abbott tells you what you need to know.
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09/06/2020
Updates

Survey: Summary and video

New research finds 9 in 10 students are keen to get on campus once safe to do so
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08/06/2020
Higher Education blogs

Supporting the return to university

Jenny Shaw outlines how Unite Students will be supporting a Covid-safe return to campus in autumn 2020.
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03/06/2020
Higher Education blogs

Building Back Better – what can the coronavirus pandemic teach us in the fight against climate change?

James Tiernan considers how Unite Students can build back better post-Covid and be a more sustainable business.
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01/06/2020
Higher Education blogs

LeapSkills: Parent Edition

Dr Dominique Thompson, GP and student mental health expert, shares her view on Unite Students' LeapSkills programme as a parent.
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27/05/2020
Higher Education blogs

A Look Back on Mental Health Awareness Week

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12/05/2020
Higher Education blogs

Risky Business: Student Mental Health in Accommodation through a Risk-Based Perspective

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22/04/2020
Higher Education blogs

Is UK higher education heading for a digital future?

Jenny Shaw looks at the future of British higher education in light of Covid-19, and whether digital learning will take over.
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22/04/2020
Updates

Coronavirus update – 22 April 2020

Unite Students provides an update on the potential impact of Coronavirus
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09/04/2020
Higher Education blogs

British Heart Foundation Blog

Vicki Fry talks about our strategic partnership with the BHF
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29/03/2020
Higher Education blogs

COVID-19: Update 30th March 2020

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26/03/2020
Higher Education blogs

Coronavirus: University & Student Union FAQs

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24/03/2020
Updates

Coronavirus update – 25 March 2020

Potential impact of Coronavirus on the business and measures to mitigate risks
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24/03/2020
Higher Education blogs

COVID-19 Update: Cancellation Policy – 24th March 2020

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23/03/2020
Higher Education blogs

COVID-19: Daily Update 23rd March 2020

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16/03/2020
Updates

Coronavirus update – 16 March 2020

An update regarding coronavirus
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13/03/2020
Updates

Coronavirus

Statement regarding Coronavirus
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13/03/2020
Higher Education blogs

COVID-19 Unite Students Update

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26/02/2020
Updates

ESG Reporting and disclosure

Disclosing our environmental and sustainability performance to external bodies.
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10/12/2019
Corporate blogs

Middlesex Street Excavation Blog – Donating rare stone to Tower of London

Reigate stone discovered by MOLA during excavations at Boar’s Head to be donated to Tower of London
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31/10/2019
Higher Education blogs

How I helped other estranged students to thrive at university

Unite Foundation scholar Asher Flanagan speaks to uS about her passion for broadening access to higher education.
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31/10/2019
Higher Education blogs

Government endorses programme to prepare young people for student life

The charity IntoUniversity shares its thoughts about Unite Students' Leapskills programme, which helps bridge the transition from school to university.
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30/10/2019
Higher Education blogs

Demand the best Student Welfare support from your PBSA partners

Jenny Shaw reflects on the journey taken to co-create a wellbeing framework for the student accommodation sector.
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30/10/2019
Higher Education blogs

Student resilience: Exploring the positive case for resilience

Unite Students shares the findings from its student resilience survey, and how this can inform mental health approaches going forward.
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28/10/2019
Corporate blogs

Middlesex Street Excavation Blog – New discovery

MOLA archaeologists discover 18th century tobacco-pipe kiln at the Boar’s Head Site
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22/10/2019
Higher Education blogs

LGBT students and family estrangement: how to help

Eluned Parrott, former Director of The Unite Foundation shares some insightful statistics and thought-provoking commentary on why this segment of our wider community appears to be experiencing estrangement issues the most.
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21/10/2019
Corporate blogs

Data security blog

Jeremy Ehlers talks about our success in attaining Cyber Essentials Plus certification
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03/10/2019
Higher Education blogs

Five things you need to know about today’s students

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