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CUBO Accommodation Strategy Group
8th August 2024
MS Teams, 10.30-12.30
The CUBO Accommodation Strategy Group is for senior managers responsible for the strategy and delivery of student accommodation, spanning the broad remit of student accommodation activity in higher education. This group:
provides a network for senior accommodation professionals in the UK and Ireland
provides a forum for discussion of topical issues and sharing best practice that supports members to develop a strategic approach to the delivery of student accommodation
encourages innovation, new ideas and perspectives through discussions and guest speakers
supports CUBO, as an expert organisation consulted by Government and sector governance bodies, to formulate responses to relevant government announcements, white papers and new legislation
provides input to help CUBO to shape research and benchmarking in the area of student accommodation
Meeting Agenda
Review ToR
Introductions
Updates from across the UK and Ireland (influencers, developments, and disrupters). Noted below are a few items of interest but members from these countries will also be invited to share their knowledge: 3.1 Scotland Review into PBSA: Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) - scoping survey findings - gov.scot (www.gov.scot). X5 of the x11 recommendations accept by Scottish Ministers allocated to stakeholder groups to take forward. SG issued survey to review the impact/experience of ending PBSA tenancies early: Purpose built student accommodation: notice to leave tenancy: student survey - Scottish Government consultations - Citizen Space 3.2 N. Ireland 3.3 Wales 3.4 Ireland Residential Tenancies Act: Ban on 51 week leases for students Ireland bans 51-week student leases (thepienews.com) 3.5 England Renter’s Rights Bill – Labour to pick up the RRB and take forward. Details TBC. 4. Accessible Accommodation A review of some of the key findings from the recent GSL Report ‘Closing the Gap’ and Pulse Survey from the last CUBO ASG Alice Speller (CEO at National Association of Disability Practitioners) and Piers Wilkinson (Senior Policy and Campaigns Lead for D&A, NADP Board of Directors) join us to expand on and discuss the disabled student experience in university accommodation. 5. Topical updates and developments Using some online interactive Q&As, we will gather, explore and drive discussion around topical issues members are currently tackling, thinking about and forming solutions for. 6. UUK Code update Trudy Williams (National Code Manager) will provide an update on anything Code related. 7. AOB - Housing Codes & Standards role
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