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Students share experiences at uni accommodation to select committee 17 Mar, 2021 03:45 AM 4 minutes to read multimedia journalist at the Herald in Wellington@katieharrisnz Tears, frustration and anxiety, university accommodation providers have been slammed by students for their "greed" at a select committee today. The parliamentary select committee started an inquiry after a string of issues surrounding the handling of fees during Covid-19 and the death of Christchurch student Mason Pendrous wh...

Photo: 123RF/ Matej Kastelic They told the Education and Workforce Select Committee inquiry into student accommodation today that staff at some halls were poorly prepared to help students with sometimes harrowing situations. The committee is considering pastoral care and residents rights in student accommodation following complaints about how some halls of residence handled last years national pandemic lockdown. The government introduced an interim code of practice for pastoral care of domestic...

Report from RNZ Students and parents have urged MPs to regulate universities’ halls of residence and introduce minimum standards for pastoral care. They told the Education and Workforce Select Committee inquiry into student accommodation yesterday that staff at some halls were poorly prepared to help students with sometimes harrowing situations. The committee is considering pastoral care and residents’ rights in student accommodation following complaints about how some halls of residence ha...