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It's Neurodiversity Celebration Week! 🌟 This week, we recognise and celebrate the incredible strengths, creativity, and unique perspectives of neurodivergent individuals. At HFS, we recognise how important this is, and our partnership with Recite Me is testament to that. Recite Me make sure our website is inclusive and user friendly through clever tools and functions such as language translations, colour functions and curser options, to name a few. What would you like to see to make neurodivergent experiences more inclusive? Let us know in the comments... #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek #Inclusion #DigitalAccessibility #NCW #Neurodiversity 

Our teams really showed up for #UniversityMentalHealthDay. Here’s a snapshot of what we got up to…   ▶️Kendrick Hall in Reading hosted a charity football match, which has so far raised over £900 for Student Minds ▶️Crown Place and Medici in Nottingham set up a wellbeing corner where residents enjoyed coffees and catch ups ▶️2 Powis Place in Aberdeen got artistic with group painting ▶️The Elements in Sheffield created wellbeing hampers for two lucky residents chosen at random ▶️Danesgate House in Lincoln hosted a car boot style sale for charity ▶️ Hillside House in Sheffield took part in rabbit therapy Mental health matters and it’s brilliant to see our teams and residents making huge efforts to support each other. In fact, we recently renewed our partnership with Student Minds – a charity we are proud to continuously support! #MentalHealth #HomesforStudents

We've been out and about in the last month, representing Team HFS! What University? & What Career? Live in Birmingham saw us meeting hundreds of students and their families, with our own Chloe Nuttall taking the stage to talk through university living options ⭐ Lee Rawlinson headed to Sheffield for the Student Experience Conference where he presented on the changing HE environment and impacts on housing sector 🤩 We’ve also been networking at the Big Student Lock In in London, various university housing fairs across the country and UCAS Discovery in Manchester, to name just a few. Sharing best practices and meeting our future residents is a priority for us! #PBSA #BestPractise #HomesforStudents

As we gear up for #IWD2025 tomorrow, we spoke with some of the female leaders from across various departments at team HFS on their experiences being women in a largely male dominated industry.   They share their experiences over the years, how things have (or haven't) changed and offer words of wisdom and support to other women. Find out how our team work together to #AccelerateAction in the property sector and beyond…

With International Women's Day coming up, Jess K. spoke with SheCanCode about this year's theme: #AccelerateAction.    Read the full article where women from all backgrounds, ethnicity and ages in the tech sector outline how they believe we can faster achieve gender equality. #IWD2025 Link in comments.

Introducing our newest member of the HFS family, Orla Living. Headquartered in Dublin, the newly established broader residential living platform will focus on Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany and the Nordics across PBSA, micro-living, seniors and residential living. Read more about this exciting news 👇 #EuropeanLaunch #PBSA #OrlaLiving 

Join us at MIPIM where we will be representing the new Orla Living brand!    #MIPIM

We're dusting off our glad rags🎉   Homes for Students has been shortlisted for Student Accommodation Operator of the Year at the Property Week RESI Awards!   2025 is already shaping up to be the best yet and we can't wait to celebrate with the team and other industry leaders at Grosvenor House in London on 7 May! We will be alongside VervLife, who have also been shortlisted for BTR Operator of the Year!   A huge thank you to our incredible team, partners, and residents who make this all possible! #RESIAwards! #StudentAccommodation #TeamHFS

Catch our director Lee Rawlinson at Unipol Student Homes National Codes Student Experience Conference in Sheffield tomorrow! He will be on a panel discussing:   - Changing higher education environment and the impacts on the housing sector - Best practice for partnerships - Could flexibility be the key?   More information can be found here: https://bit.ly/4h7OGN5   #studentliving #pbsa #universitystaff #studentaccommodation #conference #studenthousing

💖 Love was in the air last week as our property teams went all out with Valentine’s Day decorations and fun activities!    It's fair to say that our teams always go the extra mile to make special days a celebration our residents.   A shout out to our teams for all your time and effort!   #StudentLife #ValentinesDay #HomesforStudents