The University of Glasgow says some students should defer or withdraw due to a housing shortage.
Students unable to find accommodation have been told by their university to considering deferring or even withdrawing from their studies.
It advises people not to complete registration - or even travel to Glasgow - until they have found somewhere to stay. However, it has denied the problem has been caused by accepting too many students from outside Scotland.Kirshen Chadwick-Patel is about to start the second year of his business management with politics degree.Krishen has spent the past two weeks sleeping at friends' flats, but has no idea how he will be able to make that work in the longer term."They don't care about our education and they don't care about us, because we want to finish our degree", he said.
The lecturer said: "I would describe this as a crisis for the students who are caught up in it. To be homeless is a crisis for anyone - and students who find themselves in this position are in a particularly invidious position. He added: "There are things that the university can do. They really should provide emergency accommodation for homeless students.
She added: "We are seeing an increase in the number of students who are being offered places at university, which is fantastic."But what we are not seeing is an increase in quality, affordable accommodation."
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