Student housing: beyond just a place to sleep.

#CulturalManagement | UIC Barcelona hosts the 2025 ENCATC Congress as part of the Máster Universitario en Gestión Cultural UIC Barcelona. During the event, this year entitled “The Future Is Cultural: Policy, Practice and Education”, industry experts and professionals gathered on the Barcelona Campus to discuss issues such as cultural policy, practice and education and how they can lay the groundwork for regenerative futures. Christoph Pasour, director of University Master's Degree in Cultural Management, served as the moderator of the round table. As part of the congress, Marta Crispí Cantón and Blanca Reguant Montiel, teaching and research staff in the Faculty of Humanities, presented the research project “Artistic Season Planning”, an example of ways in which the University promotes innovation in cultural management. Furthermore, the director of Promotion and Admissions at #UICBarcelona, Raquel P., took part in the academic programme with the lecture “The Dichotomy of Travel Courses in the Digital Age”. Read the full article 👉 https://lnkd.in/dPBeTBjF

🌍 Exploring Smart Cities Through the Lens of Living Labs Our latest blog explores the book ´A Nordic Smart Sustainable City- Lessons from Theory and Practice ´ and its relevance to ULALABS. Several ULALABS members and stakeholders from Stavanger are authors or co-authors of chapters in the book, exploring how smart and sustainable cities take shape across multiple dimensions: education, democracy, mobility, culture, technology, and participation. ULALABS researcher Prof. Paloma Valdivia Vizarreta shares reflections, highlighting the book’s rich insights into co-creation, interdisciplinary collaboration, and the role of culture in shaping smart, sustainable cities. 📚 Read more here: https://lnkd.in/dHUXN3iy #ULALABS #LivingLabs #SmartCities #UrbanSustainability #CoCreation #Stavanger

Public space works best when it belongs to everyone. 🤝 Common spaces are the city’s shared living rooms, the streets, small parks, waterfront edges, and in-between places where daily life happens. They are bottom-up places, shaped by everyday users through co-creation, self-organization, and local stewardship. When design and governance enable this energy, common spaces foster co-presence, informal care, collective efficacy, and a grounded sense of safety. That is why we bring students into these places. Future city makers need clear, evidence-based methods to read spaces, test light-touch interventions, and evaluate what improves liveability, inclusion, and safety. Today, students from Norway, Portugal, and Italy – participating in the Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme Urban Transformation and Public Safety (BIP) - explored Rotterdam’s Hefpark. In mixed international teams, they carried out place-reading walks, mapped uses, edges, and sightlines, and shared a structured on-site lunch to exchange perspectives. The result was mutual understanding and a sense of shared ownership, the very conditions that sustain bottom-up CPTED outcomes such as natural surveillance, positive territoriality, and everyday stewardship. #UrbanTransformation #PublicSafety #SpatialAnalysis #ErasmusPlus #Rotterdam  Inholland University of Applied Sciences Universidade do Porto Università di Pisa Western Norway University of Applied Sciences Gemeente Rotterdam

🌿 Inspiring moments last week in Piraeus for our second In-Person Meeting! 💙 Delighted to have all #circulyoung partners together in #Piraeus, Greece for an inspiring meeting focused on #circularinnovation, #greenentrepreneurship, and #youthempowerment. ♻️✨ The exchange of ideas, creativity, and shared commitment to sustainability made this gathering truly meaningful. 😊A heartfelt thank you to all partners CRADLE-Promotion of Creativity, Innovation and Sustainable growth (Greece), Roscommon LEADER Partnership (Ireland), Training 2000 (Italy), and BildungsLAB (Austria) for their collaboration, energy, and shared vision! 💙 We were delighted to have the opportunity to meet our Guest speaker Dr. Jason Giraud, from Piraeus Makerspace, who shared how their projects blend circular design, repair-based innovation, and creative learning to empower youth and the local community. ♻️✨ 🌍 On Friday, our CirculYOUNG team went on a learning exchange to both Athens Makerspace and Odyssea, Greece - both were incredibly interesting and valuable examples of #circulardesign ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 🔗Check out the Free Resources on the website: www.circulyoung.eu ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Appreciation message to CRADLE for being amazing hosts for our second In-Person Meeting! Huge thanks to Aoife from Roscommon LEADER Partnership for creating this amazing video! 💙🙌 #circulyoung #circulareconomy #GreenSkills #youthempowerment #Sustainability #collaboration #socialinnovation #EUinmyRegion #greece ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Funded by the #EuropeanUnion. Views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Social Fund Agency. Neither the European Union nor the Granting Authority can be held responsible for them. Project Number: ESF-SI-2023-SKILLS-01-0052

Colliers: Hong Kong is well-positioned to become a global education destination for high-calibre talent, building on its strong academic foundation with five of the world’s top 100 universities. However, to realise its full potential, the city must address the shortage of supply of residential facilities, which has not kept pace with rising demand. This gap is projected to widen significantly, with demand expected to reach 172,200 beds by 2028, resulting in a shortfall of approximately 120,000 beds. Investors can capitalise on this unmet demand by developing or converting properties into student housing through the Hostels in the City scheme. Hong Kong’s growing non-local student base and policy support for student hostel development make this a timely opportunity. "Colliers' insights helped shape the Hostels in the City Scheme by aligning market realities with planning feasibility. We encourage investors to leverage this scheme and engage early with consultants to identify properties with favourable zoning, lease conditions and feasible floorplate." - Jason Kwong, Head of Land Consultancy, Colliers Read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/gXkQMCi6 #QIP #HK #pbsa #realestate #privateequity #livingsector #alternativeinvestments

As the new academic year begins, we’re proud to announce the addition of 1,072 beds to our purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) portfolio, reinforcing our commitment to high-quality living spaces in dynamic university cities. New Developments Include: 🔹 The Mile, Lisbon – A €35M, 333-bed residence in one of Europe’s most undersupplied PBSA markets, offering premium amenities like a pool, gym, and media rooms. 🔹 Ropemaker Court, Manchester – A 416-bed asset acquired by BauMont Real Estate Capital Limited (backed by M&G), set for phased refurbishment to enhance energy and operational performance. 🔹 Fabric, Nottingham – A £48M, 323-bed development now welcoming students, featuring en-suite clusters, studios, and wellness-focused amenities. Martin Towns, Global Head of M&G Real Estate, says “The student accommodation sector offers unmatched potential for stable, long-term returns and portfolio diversification. Our disciplined approach ensures resilience, high occupancy, and strong rental yields — making now the optimal moment for investors to engage.”

Uría Menéndez has advised Universidade Europeia on the establishment of its new campus within the recently completed “Oriente Green Campus” development, located near Parque das Nações in Lisbon. The Uría Menéndez team, led by Rita Xavier de Brito (Partner, Real Estate), provided legal counsel to Universidade Europeia on this project, which marks a significant milestone in the institution’s expansion and modernization. Read the full article >> https://lnkd.in/gWZ8WdTd #IberianLawyer #expansion #lawfirm #lawyers

I was working on writing an article today when I came across this quote from Loris Malaguzzi: "For me personally the great problem today is…how to move towards a form of renewal that attempts to interweave the single disciplines and make them interact in a way that has never been done before in learning. We are proposing something in very uncertain terms, which does not envisage abandoning specific disciplines but at the same time does not want to exalt them; something that would like to have the disciplines penetrating each other and reciprocally enriching each other." (Cagliari et al., 2016, p.264) Malaguzzi isn't asking us to throw out our disciplines, but to end the "exaltation" of silos. He calls for disciplines to "penetrate each other" and become mutually enriching. This is not about being interdisciplinary in name only; it's about a deep reciprocal enrichment. This vision perfectly encapsulates why cross-faculty projects rooted in rigorous educational research, are essential. They don't just solve problems; they redefine what a university can be by creating a shared space where the lines blur and innovation flourishes. The administrative structures and academic metrics of our institutions often reward specialization and separation. How can we, as leaders, academics, and industry partners, build systems that actively incentivize this crucial act of interweaving? University of Melbourne #HigherEd #CrossDisciplinary #AcademicInnovation #FutureofLearning #LorisMalaguzzi #SystemChange #universityofmelbourne #NTROs

🌍As part of the #REMAKING project, our partners from CoLABOR and European Creative Hubs Network have been carrying out extensive field research on the Digital Nomads case study. The #goal: to understand their lifestyles, needs, and the ecosystems that support them 📍In #Greece, members of European Creative Hubs Network have been conducting interviews in #Chania (Crete), #Athens, and #Peloponnesus (#Kalamata & #Leonidio). A vibrant community of digital #nomads is emerging, with valuable insights already collected from dozens of conversations 📍In #Portugal, fieldwork has just started by CoLABOR. They've carried out interviews in #Lisbon, #Peniche, and #Madeira. Each location shows a different dynamic: 📍Madeira: a fully established #ecosystem with strong institutional support 📍Peniche: an emerging scene, with #stakeholders and municipalities actively shaping #opportunities 📍Lisbon: a #diverse, business-driven network of flexible #workspaces 💡These insights will help to better understand how digital nomads integrate into local contexts, and how regions can foster sustainable, innovative ecosystems around them 🗣️ Alexandra Wrbka from European Creative Hubs Network and Eugenia Pires from CoLABOR explain in depth the situation in each of the countries #HorizonEU #DigitalNomads European Commission Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Elhuyar Trinity College Dublin Prague University of Economics and Business (Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze) European Research Executive Agency (REA) Paris School of Business R-Map project EU WinWin4WorkLife Startup Madeira Câmara Municipal de Lisboa Cretan Wild Tiago Santos Pereira Ana Teixeira Antigoni Papageorgiou Lorenzo Marmo Colm Stockdale

Early start yesterday as I travelled to Taunton to attend the inaugural South West Property Forum, hosted by The Property Forum. The expert panel explored opportunities and challenges in the region: Martin Bellamy from Salamanca Group highlighted how Gravity - Smart Campus will not only create 8,000 direct jobs but should also act as a flywheel for innovation and investment in Somerset, helping to redefine the region while building on its existing strengths....could Somerset become the UK’s Silicon Valley? Leader of Somerset Council, Bill Nevans, discussed talent retention challenges due to the region’s age demographics, emphasising the importance of investing in education and apprenticeships, and updated us on progress forming a unitary authority. Simon Prescott of tor&co highlighted planning process challenges, including nutrient neutrality requirements, which present hurdles for the area and the ever present need for more investment into the planning process and staffing shortages. Of course, no discussion could ignore the rise of AI. Representatives of the event sponsors Will Pink from Landstack, Tom Lee from Pure Structured Finance, and Peter Swinburn from Clarke Willmott, completed the panel and, shared insights on AI and its integration into the property industry, alongside contributing to wider discussions on the region’s opportunities and challenges. The key takeaway? Somerset is open for business and there are incredible opportunities for anyone ready to invest in this dynamic region. Thank you to David Jones RTPI RICS from Evans Jones for hosting the event. #FutureOfSomerset #Opportunity #Investment #Gravity