Stephen Morgan

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Destiny was stuck in the temporary accommodation to your Student 's block was not In Time

Destiny completed, feels betrayed and Angry .

she is a of around 250 students at the University of Portsmouth in the lurch, if their accommodation was not ready In Time for the new term.

Instead of a shiny New Room , she has been put temporarily in a hotel, away from other students, and no cooking facilities, she had To Live on take-away food for almost three weeks.

"I feel really anxious. I can't concentrate on my studies," says politics Student .

There are 22 private Student blocks in the UK has been delayed, this is a term - almost a third of those will be built, according to The Student housing charity Unipol.

Lack of Control ?

Eva Crossan Jory, the National Union of Students, said she was "extremely concerned about the significant increase" in students disturbed.

But the University of Portsmouth is also Angry - because even if it is perhaps a presumption that there is any connection to the unfinished apartments, these are private developments, the University has no influence.

Stanhope House for students in Portsmouth are not yet ready for The Students at p move in <>, The university's vice-chancellor, Graham Galbraith, says there is a serious lack of Control over how the private accommodation system works.

"At the end of The Day , these housing providers know that the universities in the crotch. So where does the responsibility for this lie? Because you seem to be the way to go in the situation," he says.

Who goes through the University towns and cities will see new blocks of apartments, mushrooms in the sky.

Bilgesu says, you will have to stay in a hotel room away from students and without access to wi-fi

This are often the private investment, but The Cash fueling this building boom is public money - in the form of maintenance loans, the cost to cover The Students ' life.

Prof Galbraith says, it seems extraordinary that billions of pounds of taxpayers ' money should be compulsory in the private rental projects with so little accountability.

"There is no real Control ," he says, and he warns that new blocks can be open, without even a "conversation" with the University.

He also wants better consumer protection for students signing housing contracts, with the argument that some regulations "are incredibly one-sided".

Unregulated

This fall, there were reports of unfinished homes in locations from Portsmouth to Swansea, Lincoln, Liverpool. In Bristol, the delays mean students will be placed in the temporarily in Wales.

But it is not clear who could intervene.

students were expected to be in this building in Portsmouth for new term

universities in the UK only applies to University-owned housing, says the " code of conduct - which means that any private Student developments are not covered.

The higher education regulatory authority, The Office for students, says that it "regulate enough powers to the private accommodation providers".

Portsmouth South MP Stephen Morgan asked a parliamentary question about "guarantees for the affected students due to properties not built in the Time ".

But the universities minister Chris Skidmore , said the universities were Autonomous and that "the government plays no direct role in the provision of Student residence".

The First day, no overnight stay

In Portsmouth, Bilgesu is another Student , the not be able to move on to in the new Stanhope House Student building.

she is in a hotel without free wi-fi, where they feel unable to with your field of study and isolation from Student life.

"It's just so Far Away from The Student environment," says the biomedical science Student .

Alex , an overseas Student , found out that he had no property, when he found out on His Way to the United Kingdom

Alex , an international Student from the Netherlands, the accommodation is not ready, as he was just traveling to the UK.

He came to a new country and a New City for the First Time and had nowhere to go, and so he booked in a hotel at their own expense.

"I don't know anything about this city, I could have no friends. It was hard for The First week," says Alex , who was then found a room of the University.

he says he was even more surprised when "The Day that tells you the people, you can not move to questions you were, for money from them".

"I feel like students are really easy to use. I just came in here expect to be done building, I'm trusting what I saw on the website. "

remuneration

the fate of the disorder means meant that they were not the expression of can get started. "I can't my books organize. It affected my studies," she says.

The Students are unimpressed by a compensation offer of £150 - Less than you cost for a week's rent.

Student union president Helena Schofield says starting at Uni is stressful enough without problems on the housing

The Student Union and University officials have tried to help students who have found themselves, moving unable to be in.

Union President Helena Schofield says that the connection between the housing and The Students underestimated the Mental Health .

Starting at the University, can be an emotional Time and such uncertainty about the accommodation and be away from other students, can only add to the stress.

Unreserved apology

The private company behind the Stanhope House, Prime Student Living, says it has "unreservedly apologized to The Students ".

The University of Portsmouth has tried to help students caught out by the non-completion of the property

But he makes his building to open a contractor for a defect in the warning of error, On Time , and says, the search for alternative accommodation was an "immediate priority".

The spokesman said The Company was listening to "disappointed that the University keep in mind that we effectively communicated to you".

"we believe we have done everything possible to limit the impact for those affected in the Time available," said the Prime Student Living-speaker.

"We will continue to do everything we can to The Students in The Building of an urgent priority. "

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Source of news: bbc.com