Scott Brownrigg and Galliford Try’s co-hosted roundtable on student accommodation and wellbeing was held yesterday.

The event was attended by key professionals and influencer's from across the university, welfare and design and construction industry including the following:

Fleur Priest-Stephens- Policy Lead & Programme Manager for Welfare, NUS

Julian Robinson - Director of Estates, LSE

Alan Percy - Head of Counselling, University of Oxford

Tracey Smith - MD Student Living by Sodexo

Dave Corcoran - Head of Student Support & Wellbeing, University of Chichester

Mark Dooris - Professor in Health & Sustainability, University of Central Lancashire

Mike Entwisle - Project Principal, BuroHappold Engineering

Neil Smith - Head of Inclusive Design, BuroHappold Engineering

Zulum Elumogo - General Secretary, LSE Students’ Union

Zachery Spire - Head of Research & Training, The Class of 2020

Robert Hartley - Head of Estates Strategy & Programme, University of Greenwich

Tom Martin - Residency Living Manager, Sodexo

Ilya Tabachinskiy - Commercial Development Director, The Student Hotel

Hosts:

Claire Jackson - Education Director, Galliford Try

David Long - Strategic Business Director,Galliford Try

Alistair Brierley - Project Director,Scott Brownrigg

Ian Pratt - Director, Scott Brownrigg

Steffan Williams - Director, Scott Brownrigg

The insightful event explored the pressures of university life and the rapid rise in mental health issues among young people. Focusing on the influence that evolving accommodation typologies and their design can have on wellbeing for students on and off campus. A number of key themes were identified.

Scott Brownrigg and Galliford Try will be publishing the key discussion points later this year – so watch this space.