It claims it will help Nottingham cope with an additional 10,000 students over the coming years
About 61,000 students attended Nottingham Trent University and the University of Nottingham last yearA strategy which claims it will tackle the rising number of students in Nottingham has been unveiled.
The strategy claims it will improve the affordability, quality and location of student accommodation in the city. Councillor Toby Neal at the city council said the strategy will help neighbourhoods from being "overpowered by one group of people". "If you look at the context of why and where [student accommodation is] being built, it's actually part of our longer term strategy to support neighbourhoods."Both universities add a combined £3.8 billion to the economy each year and provide 25,000 jobs in the area, the strategy said.
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