London, UK. 19th October 2016. Students with tents and banners in the office of Unite Students, a FTSE 250 company housing around 50,000 students in the UK. They were protesting over the cost of student housing, once largely an at-cost service by universities, but increasingly big business for private developers at rents often above the entire student loan, higher than all but students from wealthy families can afford. Credit: Peter Marshall/Alamy Live News
London, UK. 19th September 2016. Students with tents and banners in the office of Unite Students, a FTSE 250 company housing around 50,000 students in the UK. They were protesting over the cost of student housing, once largely an at-cost service by universities, but increasingly big business for private developers at rents often above the entire student loan, higher than all but students from wealthy families can afford. The protest was part of a nationwide series as investors and developers were discussing the rich profits to be made from students at the MIPIM conference. Peter Marshall/Alamy Live News
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