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NUS believes that where a student lives is a fundamental part of the student experience: where a student lives during their studies can have a huge impact on their overall experience at university or college; either positively or negatively. Therefore NUS feels it is important to be involved in developing accreditation schemes, such as these, as it helps to ensure students enjoy, and learn to expect, high standards.. Furthermore, getting used to having expectations from accommodation providers from the offset can help to have far-reaching positive effects in the private rented sector more broadly.
It is important that all students living in UUK registered accommodation know that this is the case, and that the UUK code sets standards for institutions to meet, as well as a system by which you can complain if your accommodation does not meet these standards.
In theory, the code ensures that those managing your accommodation are committed to raising standards and employing good management practice, which then in turn ensures not only good physical standards where you live but a broad spectrum of good quality services (such as refuse collection or recycling to support and care when you need it).
The code allows you to gauge your accommodation against a set of standards, and if you feel these have not been met, there is a complaints procedure in place.
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