5.4 Implications for Practice
Although student neighbourhoods can be a positive and attractive feature of the urban landscape, they have also been associated with disruption and a deterioration in the living conditions for the settled population. These characteristics appear to intensify as the overall proportional population of students increases, suggesting that universities and other local stakeholders need at least to be aware of potential adverse consequences of increasing provision higher education on local neighbourhoods and residents and to consider taking ameliorative action as appropriate. As well as affecting long-term residents, such issues can also impinge on higher education recruitment, given that accommodation has been identified
Although student neighbourhoods can be a positive and attractive feature of the urban landscape, they have also been associated with disruption and a deterioration in the living conditions for the settled population. These characteristics appear to intensify as the overall proportional population of students increases, suggesting that universities and other local stakeholders need at least to be aware of potential adverse consequences of increasing provision higher education on local neighbourhoods and residents and to consider taking ameliorative action as appropriate. As well as affecting long-term residents, such issues can also impinge on higher education recruitment, given that accommodation has been identified