1、 in its fourth year,the Knight Frank/UCAS Student Accommodation Survey analyses the views and expectations of more than 20,000 students about where and how they liveStudentAccommodationSurveySTUDENT ACCOMMODATION SURVEY 2023STUDENT ACCOMMODATION SURVEY 202323Surveying the marketWith over 20,000 comp

2、leted responses from both current students and new applicants,this years survey offers a rich insight into the role accommodation plays in the overall student experience.There are 2.2 million full-time students in the UK,according to the latest data from Higher Education Statistics Agency(HESA),up b

3、y 4%year-on-year and by 26%over the last decade.2022 was also a record year for UCAS applicants,reaching 760,000.Of these,there were over 560,000 acceptances the second-highest number on record.Growth in student numbers is forecast to continue.UCAS is predicting that by the end of the decade there c

4、ould be up to a million higher education applicants in a single year.Our own forecasts point to total undergraduate numbers increasing by 263,000 over that same time.Such growth will put pressure on an already undersupplied student housing market,as well as putting the quality and value of that acco

5、mmodation under the spotlight.This years survey,now in its fourth year,once again points to affordability being the number one issue facing students when it comes to accommodation.Against a backdrop of soaring inflation and spiralling energy prices,cost leapfrogged value for money as the most import

6、ant factor influencing decisions on where to live.Encouragingly,the majority of students continue to report that they are satisfied with their accommodation.The proportion of students living in private PBSA who say they are satisfied with where they live,for example,increased for the third successiv