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Volume 25, Issue 4 Monday 18th January 2016
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Grumpy Corner: Body Shaming | pg 12
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Sex Education Survey | pg 19
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ACCOMMODATION BAD VALUE FOR MONEY SAY 50 PER CENT OF HERTS STUDENTS LIVING ON CAMPUS Oliver Price | News Manager A recent survey commissioned by Trident Media has revealed that half of the 130 students surveyed, who live in on-campus accommodation, believe their accommodation is either “quite or very bad value for money.” The survey also revealed that 40 per cent of respondents feel their accommodation is of satisfactory value, while only 10 per cent believe their accommodation is either “quite or very good value for money,” showing that the majority of students are underwhelmed with their living quarters and the price of rent.
accommodation (less than £100 a week compared to current average of over £130), such as Roberts Way and Butler Hall. The demolition of the less expensive accommodation has resulted in the lowest cost of oncampus accommodation currently being Telford Court, which currently costs over £5,250 for an academic year.
in-work parent background (£40,000 to £45,000 household income per year) pays at least 100 per cent of their maintenance loan towards rent and deposit to pay for the average cost of a room. Trident Media interviewed some of the students living on-campus. Cat Charker, a first year student studying Humanities and living in an “enhanced” room on College Lane said:
“My accommodation is rather bad value for money. I pay twice the rent that I would living off campus in a house and yet have less space, less freedom and have worse facilities, services and fixtures.”
Rebecca Marsh, a third year Law and Philosophy student, who has previously lived in on-campus accommodation, said:
“The new housing... doesn’t give options. They have a lot of bells and whistles but realistically students don’t need all that. What they need is less to worry about when they’ve already got enough on their plates moving out and starting a degree. In a small town like Hatfield it’s not going to be as easy for students to get part time jobs.” Trident Media approached the University of Hertfordshire but, at the time of publication, they did not make comment. Continued on page 3.
Oliver Price
Tobi Olasupo
This poll comes after the demolition of far less expensive
Research conducted by Trident Media has also revealed that the average rent costs for on-campus accommodation is over £6,000 for an entire renting period (including deposit). The same research also concluded that a student from an average two-
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