Students forced to find somewhere else to live as college announces closure of halls of residence in Lanarkshire

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Students living at a Hall of Residence in North Lanarkshire will have to find somewhere else to live for the next term.The facility at New College Lanarkshire’s campus situated in Motherwell is set to close, with staff being offered voluntary redundancy or redeployment within the wider college community.The college’s board say it was left with “no realistic option other than closure”.Comprising of 49 furnished en-suite single study apartments, the accommodation in Enterprise Way has been operating at a deficit for the last few years.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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This year’s projected loss is significantly lower at £7,655 but college bosses put that down to Strathclyde University taking up a contract for 16 of the rooms, but have indicated that won’t be renewed in the coming academic year.The closure of the student accommodation in Motherwell is one of a number of cost-cutting measures announced this week by the college’s board who revealed the establishment is facing “significant financial challenges”.They claim a reduction in funding for the coming financial year of 0.7 per cent has resulted in a real terms cut of £4.3 million.Two nurseries owned by New College Lanarkshire, at their