Manchester University are offering incoming students £2,500 to live off-campus after revealing they are 'just over' 350 rooms short in halls to meet demand - despite offering freshers an 'accommodation guarantee'.
University bosses say they have secured extra accommodation in Preston and Liverpool as a 'contingency', but hope enough students who live in commuting distance to campus will take up the offer.
It comes after Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) offered students £100 a week to take up accommodation in Liverpool and Huddersfield due to similar concerns.
READ MORE: 'Is this some sort of sick joke?' - Furious Mancunians respond to survey claiming Manchester is the best city in the UK to park In a message on their StaffNet forum, UoM cite 'exceptional circumstances' around the pandemic for an 'unprecedented' increase in demand for halls. "We have admitted more students over the last three years, linked in particular to the exceptional circumstances around A Level results during the pandemic and the increase in students achieving the highest marks.
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