The NUS attributes a large part of the rise in rents to the huge growth in private sector student housing developments coupled with a sell-off by the universities of their own low-rent stock.
At the top of the market, there are private sector student apartment blocks with an onsite gym and launderette, while universities themselves offer a wide range of self-catered flats, from basic study bedrooms to more comfortable rooms with en suite bathroom and kitchen.
With Australia's top eight universities pushing for higher fees and fewer students, it will be interesting to see how these two policies play out alongside each other, as well as the impact they'll have on the sector, student application rates and social mobility.
For maternal occupations and industrial sectors, "students" were combined with "homemakers" because of the small percentage (2.9%) of women misclassified as students on the birth certificate.
Although these loans represent less than 7percentt of private-sector student loans, they consume a disproportionate share of federal subsidies.
President Obama has proposed some solid remedies for this issue increasing federal grants for low-income students and replacing overpriced private-sector student loans with cheaper government loans, to name a few.
The for-profit college industry has been taking as much as $32 billion in federal aid annually, but increased public awareness of how high-priced, low-quality programs in the sector leave students unemployed and buried in student loan debt have sent enrollments and revenues plummeting in recent years.
"In a growingly competitive job market and higher education sector, our students will have a tough fight on their hands to beat off the stiff competition posed by students in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland".
