Service · Universities and councils
How many beds, owned by whom, at what rent?
For universities and councils setting or resetting a residential position, modelled against your actual recruitment forecast rather than the sector average.
The problem
University accommodation sits between two teams that rarely plan together. Recruitment sets the numbers; estates carries the consequence.
What is included
- Portfolio review across owned, leased and nominated stock
- Bed need modelled against recruitment plans rather than last year’s numbers
- Own-versus-partner analysis
- Rent-setting and affordability policy
- Estate condition and reinvestment priorities
- Delivery route options across direct development, joint venture, lease and nominations
Common questions
Asked often enough to answer here.
Should a university own its accommodation or partner?
It turns on balance sheet capacity, appetite for operational risk, and how central residential life is to the institution’s offer. Ownership retains control and surplus but consumes capital and management attention. Partnering releases both but transfers the resident experience to someone whose incentives differ from yours. The analysis that matters is the one done on your actual recruitment forecast, not the sector average.
Free first conversation
Tell us what is not working.
Most people arrive with a scheme that is not performing, an operator they cannot read, or a board paper due Friday. Any of those is a fine place to start. Thirty minutes, no proposal attached.