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Author	artfuldodger1212
Comment	>(I couldn't find data on this on admission numbers, Wikipedia says Glasgow uni has maintained a relatively steady number for a decade, so was willing to give you the benefit of the doubt on that particular point, but you seem to be unwittingly arguing on my side of the debate.) I linked the HESA website mate. It provides a very easy to navigate graph with total student population by year. I can only lead a horse to water. You are likely only looking at/considering undergraduate numbers which is tripping you up. There are many hundreds of factors bringing more students to the UK broadly and Glasgow specifically and "they just built some new private student halls" isn't a significant one. The biggest single factor has been the reintroduction of post-study work which allows international students to work in the UK for a number of years after their course. That has had a monumental impact. You are making the classic mistake of getting correlation and causation confused. The additional halls have been a very minor contributing factor in the overall increase in the student population. I understand your points just fine they are just not very strong ones. A huge portion of the increased student population is postgraduate who need accommodation for only one year. Many of them will be away down south and into the job market as soon as they are done. I would reckon 90% or more of Glasgow Uni's increase has been in one year postgraduate students. If you were making a list of the top 100 leading experts on the subject of housing stock in the UK my name would 100% be on that list. So trust me when I say, we need more stock, we need more stock, we need more stock. That is THE long term solution.
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>(I couldn't find data on this on admission numbers, Wikipedia says Glasgow uni has maintained a relatively steady number for a decade, so was willing to give you the benefit of the doubt on that particular point, but you seem to be unwittingly arguing on my side of the debate.)

I linked the HESA website mate. It provides a very easy to navigate graph with total student population by year. I can only lead a horse to water. You are likely only looking at/considering undergraduate numbers which is tripping you up.

There are many hundreds of factors bringing more students to the UK broadly and Glasgow specifically and "they just built some new private student halls" isn't a significant one. The biggest single factor has been the reintroduction of post-study work which allows international students to work in the UK for a number of years after their course. That has had a monumental impact. You are making the classic mistake of getting correlation and causation confused. The additional halls have been a very minor contributing factor in the overall increase in the student population.

I understand your points just fine they are just not very strong ones. A huge portion of the increased student population is postgraduate who need accommodation for only one year. Many of them will be away down south and into the job market as soon as they are done. I would reckon 90% or more of Glasgow Uni's increase has been in one year postgraduate students.

If you were making a list of the top 100 leading experts on the subject of housing stock in the UK my name would 100% be on that list. So trust me when I say, we need more stock, we need more stock, we need more stock. That is THE long term solution.