2025 Spring Forum: International student accommodation

The Spring 2025 edition of Forum magazine has arrived, and for the first time, it’s entirely digital and interactive!

This issue examines one of the most urgent topics in international education today: Student accommodation. From affordability and availability to well-being and academic success, housing is a crucial foundation for a positive study abroad experience. With rising costs and shortages affecting many areas of Europe, this edition features fresh insights, grassroots initiatives and powerful student voices.

Rita Dias, president of the Erasmus Student Network and her co-authors offer a candid look at the financial pressures, scams and housing challenges students often face while highlighting creative responses such as housing swaps, local guides and collaborative efforts with accommodation providers.

Other articles take readers across Europe and beyond, sharing national perspectives and practical solutions from Portugal’s cross-sector partnerships to France’s student housing labels and Canada’s enduring homestay model.

Whether you’re an international educator, policymaker or student, this issue reinforces one vital message: Housing is more than just a place to live; it’s central to inclusion, mental health and academic achievement.