Soaring rents and a housing shortage for international students in Ireland requires urgent action from the government, two student associations have said.

The team behind student accommodation provider GoBritanya has announced Stuhomes, a new venture in the UK's capital, London.

Rental prices have increased for all student accommodation types in the third quarter of 2021, according to HousingAnywhere.

International students in Victoria, Australia are living in insecure housing that is often unsafe and are at risk of financial exploitation.

Students coming to Ireland for their studies are having their experiences sullied by a lack of accommodation, reports have suggested.

Significant numbers of Indian students are struggling to find quality accommodation in the UK, according to the head of student association NISAU.

We found during the survey that because of Covid-19, 65% of Chinese students returned to China and only 32% of them were in their country of study

Accommodation platform HousingAnywhere has acquired German classifieds website Studenten-WG, as it cements its foothold in the German market.