https://www.scmp.com/rss/500027/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com After years on the sidelines as an alternative asset class, the purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) sector had finally earned its place in a diversified real estate portfolio. Along with build-to-rent multifamily, health care and senior living facilities, student accommodation was deemed to generate long-term, stable income returns. The countercyclical nature of the sector was also seen as a positive: student numbers tend to increase during economic downturn as people look to upskill... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/3170470/should-you-invest-student-accommodation-australian?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/3170470/should-you-invest-student-accommodation-australian?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 15 Mar 2022 04:00:22 +0000 Shivangi Shibu was making a list of names Thursday evening of the hundreds of international students trapped in Sumy, Ukraine, when she looked out the window and saw the dark sky illuminate a bright yellow. “Then we heard a loud sound. We just ran to bunkers,” said Shibu, a fifth-year student at Sumy State University originally from Patna, India. Five minutes later, students were unable to send text messages on their phones, and the lift stopped working. The power had gone out. “We thought that... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3169423/we-dont-want-be-casualties-hundreds-students?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3169423/we-dont-want-be-casualties-hundreds-students?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 06 Mar 2022 04:30:12 +0000 At the height of the pandemic in 2020, Park Kyung-su, a 22-year-old student at China’s Zhejiang University, was considering finishing off her remaining three years of school from her home in South Korea – completely online. Under this plan, Park would have been able to earn her degree without ever having to return to China, where she had only spent a single semester physically at school. In December 2019, she returned home to South Korea from Hangzhou for her first winter break, but the rapid... https://www.scmp.com/economy/economic-indicators/article/3159554/chinas-south-korean-students-gradually-return-campus?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/economic-indicators/article/3159554/chinas-south-korean-students-gradually-return-campus?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 13 Dec 2021 21:30:23 +0000 Despite the impact of Covid-19 on foreign enrolment in universities globally, the purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) market in the UK has been “remarkably resilient” over the past year. That’s according to research from Cushman & Wakefield which shows the number of new beds increasing and the development pipeline strong – clear signs of steady confidence in the sector. It’s not that UK providers weren’t affected. Cushman & Wakefield reports that in 2020/21, supporting those who couldn’t... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/3143432/uk-student-accommodation-getting-more-expensive-despite?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/3143432/uk-student-accommodation-getting-more-expensive-despite?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Aug 2021 07:00:15 +0000 Chinese students are starting to make plans for a post-coronavirus world and remain optimistic about studying abroad, but do have concerns about Beijing’s strained relationships with some foreign countries.  About half of the Chinese students surveyed by EIC Education, an education consultancy based in China, said they would like to go overseas this year or next.  60% of them said they would feel safe leaving home after getting a Covid-19 vaccination.  About 60% of students will feel confident... https://www.scmp.com/education/coronavirus-no-longer-deterring-chinese-students-looking-abroad/article/3126934?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/education/coronavirus-no-longer-deterring-chinese-students-looking-abroad/article/3126934?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 25 Mar 2021 12:27:38 +0000 Chinese students studying abroad have taken advantage of the freedoms they have outside China to voice their political views. In February, Hong Kong political activists Joshua Wong and Nathan Law were invited to speak at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. The event outraged some international students from mainland China. Inkstone joined them as they organized a protest on campus. https://www.scmp.com/society/chinese-students-find-their-voices-us-college-campuses/article/3086349?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/chinese-students-find-their-voices-us-college-campuses/article/3086349?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 29 May 2020 12:50:38 +0000 For many international students in US colleges, landing a job in the country could make their careers. But for millions of Chinese students graduating with degrees in technology, the nerve-wracking process of getting an American work visa has been complicated by heightened tensions between the United States and China. Chinese tech students in US colleges, especially those majoring in robotics, aviation, engineering and hi-tech manufacturing, say they have become collateral damage as Washington... https://www.scmp.com/education/chinese-tech-students-us-face-visa-restrictions-amid-trade-war/article/3008298?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/education/chinese-tech-students-us-face-visa-restrictions-amid-trade-war/article/3008298?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 30 Apr 2019 10:26:16 +0000 In April 2018, an American bus company was sued by Illinois prosecutors for alleged racial discrimination over an advertisement saying, “You won’t feel like you’re in China when you’re on our buses.” The bus company, Suburban Express, reached a six-figure settlement on April 9 that would allow the company to continue shuttling students between campuses and the Chicago area. But the deal does not mean the company, or its owner Dennis Toeppen, admits to having done anything wrong. On the... https://www.scmp.com/society/american-bus-company-accused-mocking-chinese-students-settles-lawsuit/article/3006732?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/american-bus-company-accused-mocking-chinese-students-settles-lawsuit/article/3006732?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Apr 2019 09:53:53 +0000