Unite Students

We recently hosted our Annual Supplier Day. The event saw great turnout, with around 80 of our strategic suppliers present and 20 internal stakeholders from across the business. We thoroughly enjoyed catching up with key stakeholders from our partners 🤝 . The day was centred around sharing our vision and strategy for operational and sustainable excellence. Talks included an overview of our strategy from Tom Ellis, understanding our growth through our pipeline from Tom Brewerton and how we look to our suppliers to achieve our targets covered by Daniel Walker & Nicholas Pigula, plus many more key topics! We all came away inspired for what’s to come over the next 12 months. Thanks to all who attended and contributed!  

Work has officially been completed on Rushford Court in Durham, with keys ready to be handed over as part of a 40-year partnership with Durham University. The project involved improving and enhancing the existing 358-bed building, as well as constructing a new extension. New features include:   🗣 A junior common room, with café, bar and social space   🤝 New reception area, with the existing building repurposed into a gym and yoga suite   💻 Additional study spaces   💼 New college staff offices   ❣ Welfare points The site is currently housing the university’s College of St. Hild and St. Bede, while their historic home is being redeveloped. In the future, the plan is for Rushford Court to become a new 18th college. Read more about the development in the press release here: https://lnkd.in/ekXR-pi3

Unite Foundation recently launched their annual Impact Report, highlighting the incredible support they’ve given to care experienced and estranged students during the 2023/4 academic year and beyond. Founded in 2012, the Unite Foundation offers a nationwide scholarship scheme that supports estranged and care experienced students with the provision of a rent-free home at university. As the founder and principle corporate donor, we are thrilled to see the amazing work the foundation has achieved in the last academic year. Read the report to find out more about the difference made in their areas of activity, from the scholarship scheme and community building, to removing barriers that care experienced and estranged students face when renting. Plus, much more.  

Listen to our CEO, Joe Lister, as he speaks to UK Investor Magazine about our recent preliminary results and growth plans. Plus, Joe delves into our biggest ever development pipeline, the shift in Labour’s attitude towards international students and the things that most excite him about the year ahead. Was great chatting to you Jonathan Roy. Thanks for having us!  

#UniMentalHealthDay is important to us. We put student welfare first and were the first purpose-built student accommodation provider to provide a welfare service.   With 24/7 support available in-person, over the phone or through an app, we're there if our residents need us, 365 days a year. Click on the images to find out more.

Introducing our new newsletter: Property Pulse We’ll be sharing a quarterly update here on LinkedIn, highlighting exciting development news, from signing build contracts to grand openings. Plus, each edition will include an exclusive Q&A, giving you access to unique insights within the industry. 📣 The first edition is now live We speak to Tom Brewerton about his 2024 highlights and what he’s looking forward to this year, as well as the biggest challenge PBSA faces right now. You can read the interview, as well as our latest development news here. 📩 Don’t forget to subscribe!

📣 We’re excited to share that we’ve been shortlisted in the Student Accommodation Operator of the Year category in the RESI Awards 2025.  We highlighted our sector-leading welfare provision, including our 24/7 Student Wellbeing Helpline and Digital Therapy initiative which provides students with a confidential counselling helpline that they can access at any time. Additionally, our Resident Ambassadors provide important peer-to-peer support. They capture the voices of our students and create a sense of community in Unite Students' properties, through events and depending on student needs. We also focused on our new joint venture with Newcastle University, a unique partnership which will involve redevelopment of their Castle Leazes accommodation.  Good luck to all the finalists, we can’t wait to attend the ceremony in May!   #RESIAwards 

It’s National Careers Week 💼! Here at Unite Students, we are passionate about supporting younger generations as they enter the workplace. We had a great time at National Student Pride this week, the UK’s biggest LGBTQ+ student event. The event celebrated their 20th anniversary and included a great line up of speakers, sponsors and performances throughout. This year marks our 4th time sponsoring and it’s great to see the event get bigger and better every year. Our team enjoyed connecting with students at the careers fair and hosting a presenting skills workshop. Watch the video to see more about what we got up to 📹 

🚨 Our Accommodation Matters podcast is back - and this time we're talking about the hottest buzzword in student wellbeing: compassion. On this episode, our Head of Resident Experience Rebecca Hayhurst talks to host Jenny Shaw about how we're putting compassion at the heart of our service and support for residents. Kathryn Waddington, Julia Hunt and Katy Lemmon also share their insights on our expert sector panel. 🎧 You can download the episode from all good podcast platforms, or from our website: https://lnkd.in/ekWdq48s. And if you subscribe, you'll be notified whenever we release a new episode! #studentwellbeing #studentsupport

Yesterday, we published our results for the year ended 31 December 2024. Read the full statement here: https://lnkd.in/e62-mXdX