UK Living Series: Student Housing Summit
Thu Sep 24, 2026
UK Living Series: Student Housing Summit
Connecting the Capital, Development and Operational Minds Redefining PBSA
£110.00
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Speakers and Panels
Dominika Klekner
William Ray
Taco van Heusden
WHY YOU CAN'T MISS THIS EVENT
Why now?
More than £4B was invested in 2025, with landmark consolidation deals like those of Unite Group with Empiric, and east London is emerging as an exciting new development frontier for the sector. Yet it’s clear that the UK purpose-built student accommodation market has never been more complex. The flow of overseas students is no longer guaranteed, cost-of-living pressures are dampening rental growth, and rising construction costs are challenging viability.
Sweeping regulatory change, rising student expectations, and the growing weight of sustainability responsibilities mean that the decisions being made right now will define asset values, operational performance, and market positioning for years to come. The 2026 UK Living Series: Student Housing Summit brings together the leaders making those decisions to share what's working, debate what isn't, and identify where the next wave of opportunity lies.
What You’ll Learn
- How market consolidation is reshaping investment strategy, pricing benchmarks, and competitive positioning across the UK PBSA sector.
- Where the strongest long-term opportunities lie based on which markets, product types, and strategies are attracting the most institutional conviction.
- How to improve current pipelines, partnerships, and planning strategies so they stay viable as build costs, regulatory timelines, and financing conditions tighten.
- The way all-inclusive billing models, net zero strategies, and community-led amenity design are being used to enhance operational excellence at scale by improving retention, satisfying investor ESG requirements, and justify premium rental pricing.
- How sweeping regulatory change, from the Renters' Rights Act to Building Safety requirements, is directly reshaping how deals are structured, underwritten, and delivered.
How You’ll Do More Business
Meet the investors, developers, owners, and operators actively shaping the future of UK purpose-built student accommodation. Leave with a clearer view of where capital is flowing, what can set your projects apart, and what key development and operational strategies are enabling companies to deliver. Identify the partnerships, planning approaches, and portfolio strategies gaining momentum, understand how regulation and sustainability are influencing investment decisions, and build the relationships that turn insight into transactions, joint ventures, and pipeline.
Who You'll Meet: Owners, developers, investors, architects, construction, designers, brokers, lawyers, financial institutions and government officials.
Previous Attending Companies: Fusion Group, Invesco, Unite Students, Scape, Firethorn Trust, Cain International, M&G Real Estate and more.
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Agenda
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1:00 PM 1:30 PM |
Registration & Networking
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1:35 PM 2:15 PM |
Capital, Consolidation & the Cost of Doing Business: Mergers, Margins & the Market Realities Reshaping UK PBSA
Explore how record investment volumes, landmark consolidation, and sweeping regulatory changes are reshaping capital flows, deal structures, and competitive strategy across the UK PBSA market.
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2:20 PM 3:00 PM |
Planning, Pipelines & the Race to Deliver: New Districts, New Deals & the New Development Playbook
Hear how developers are unlocking new supply through university and investment partnerships, data-led planning, and retrofit strategies.
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3:00 PM 3:10 PM |
Presentation: Silentnight
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3:10 PM 3:35 PM |
Networking Break
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3:40 PM 4:20 PM |
The Performing Asset: Energy, Technology & What Students and Universities Actually Want
From energy performance to spaces and features driving student choice and university nominations, this panel explores what the highest-performing PBSA buildings look like and what that means for asset value, investment decisions, and the future of the sector.
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4:20 PM 4:40 PM |
Fireside Chat
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4:40 PM 6:00 PM |
Cocktails & More Networking!
Following an afternoon of high-level discussion, join us for a hosted cocktail reception. It’s the perfect setting to continue the conversation. Enjoy!
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