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<p>Government does not control rents for student accommodation as higher education
providers are autonomous bodies, independent from government.</p><p>The student funding
system makes loans for living costs available as a contribution towards a student’s
living costs while attending university. Living costs support increased by 2.8% for
2017/18 and 3.2% for the current, 2018/19, academic year. We have announced a further
2.8% increase for loans for living costs for the 2019/20 academic year – to a record
amount.</p><p>All universities who wish to charge fees above the basic level are required
to have an access and participation plan approved by the Office for Students. Through
these plans, universities can fund bursaries for disadvantaged students, such as care
leavers.</p><p>The Unistats website provides information about all university courses
and includes links to individual websites with details of the costs for student accommodation
at a higher education provider.</p>
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