International Students and Rent
Category: National Issues
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Following work done by your VP Community & Welfare and a successful trial year, NTU have now partnered with yourguarantor to provide a UK based guarantor for students who need it. This can be accessed by talking to NTSU's Information and Advice Service, or through NTU's Student Support.
Facts
- If International students do not have a guarantor, then they have to pay their entire year worth of rent upfront.
- This leads to a huge amount of money leaving students account so it becomes very difficult.
- As well as this, trying to find housing when you do not have a guarentor is difficult as there is a lack of trust between landlords and tennants.
Impacts
- This means that it is incredibly difficult to find affordable housing.
- It also means that some International students are very tight for money throughout their time at university.
- This can also affect mental health and definitely can affect individuals studies.
Reacts
- I propose that the SU should look into what other universities have done. The biggest impact around the country is the 'University as Guarantor' scheme with guidlines set up by NUS.
- The SU needs to lobby the university to do this so that they can look after the large number of International Students that they have.
Comments
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Aysha Rahman-Roshanara wrote, 23-10-2018 - 23:07This would also help those from a lower income background! Neither of my parents and family earned enough to be a guarantor which meant I couldnt find cheap housing.
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Deleted User wrote, 15-10-2019 - 12:36
Hi! We now have a University as Guarantor scheme in place at NTU. If you would like some more information about this, please email me at liv.broad@su.ntu.ac.uk :)
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