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If you're thinking of moving in with other people, follow our top tips for harmonious co-habiting.
Check out our Choosing Your Housemates video here
Edinburgh College Students’ Association exists to represent the 17,000 students of Edinburgh College. Our elected full-time officers, staff and volunteers work with college management, the Scottish Government and as part of the National Union of Students (NUS) to help make students’ lives better at Edinburgh College. Whether you’ve got a problem with funding, want to start a society or want to campaign on student issues – we’re here to support you!
There’s loads of ways to get involved with us. We’re looking for students who’d like to speak up and represent their class. We’re looking for students to lead and develop our sports clubs and societies. We’re looking for students to work with us to make ECSA better.
In short, we’re looking for you!
RGU:Union is the representative body for students at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen. In Aberdeen, rental prices are out of control with a Scottish Government paper stating that prices in Aberdeen had risen over 70% above inflation. The costs for students to live in Aberdeen are exceptionally high, and with a market that is suddenly flooded with student properties, but still charging high prices, something has to be done.
RGU:Union has established the 'Live Right' campaign, where we work to support students find safe, affordable housing in Aberdeen, and put more power into students hands to make the right choices on where they live. This new campaign, launched in 2016, shall raise awareness of housing issues through events (such as a Housing Fair, find a flatmate workshop), resources, training sessions, website content and more.
Find out more:
https://www.rguunion.co.uk/liveright/
prescd@rguunion.co.uk
This resource has lots of useful information about your rights and responsibilities in a tenancy, and how to resolve some common problems - download it here.
Ready to Rent is an innovative new training programme designed specifically for students. The programme equips students’ unions with all the tools they need to deliver engaging and informative training to students on the crucial issue of housing. Students who have attended the training will be empowered to become more active and informed tenants, both individually and collectively, and we believe that this has the potential to generate real change in the private rented sector.
This programme offers students’ unions/associations:
The training includes adapted versions for use in the nations, and is therefore applicable UK-wide. It can be delivered by staff, elected officers, or student volunteers and trainers do not need to be housing experts.
To get started, request a login or email us on readytorent@nus.org.uk for more information. Once registered, we will set you up on the Ready to Rent U-Learn platform, where you will be able to view a series of short webinars which will help you understand more about the programme and how to deliver it.
Ready to Rent is an exciting new training programme, designed to give you the knowledge and skills you need to have a great time renting. The training will be delivered by local students’ unions – you can find out if your union is offering this training by visiting the events page. If your union is not already taking part, why not suggest it to them? There’s lots of information to help them get started here.
The training will help you understand how to:
Following on from the training, you’ll be able to access the Ready to Rent Hub which is full of useful resources to help you every step of the way.
Register for an event where you are.
Disclaimer
The content of the Ready to Rent programme was created in autumn 2014. NUS has provided this content in good faith and has taken care to make sure it’s accurate at the time of writing. However, housing issues can be complicated, and legal rights can change. We would recommend that you contact the advice centre in your students’ union, college or university, or another advice service if you are unsure or need more help.
Ready to Rent is an innovative new programme through which students’ unions are delivering tenant training workshops to student renters on their campuses. The programme has been created by NUS, with the support of the TDS Charitable Foundation.
The training is hands-on and interactive, and helps to empower students to become more active and informed as tenants, both individually and as a collective. We believe that this has the potential to generate real change in the private rented sector.
The training focuses on:
About the funder
This project is kindly funded by the TDS Charitable Foundation, which works to advance education about housing rights and obligations, with a particular focus on:
Disclaimer
The content of the Ready to Rent programme was created in autumn 2014. NUS has provided this content in good faith and has taken care to make sure it’s accurate at the time of writing. However, housing issues can be complicated, and legal rights can change. We would recommend that you contact the advice centre in your students’ union, college or university, or another advice service if you are unsure or need more help.
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