Almost 100 first-year Vanbrugh students living in Eric Milner D Block will be forced out of their rooms by Easter.
The block, which currently houses 96 students, will be turned into part of the Environmental Sciences y department later this year, forcing those students to leave their current rooms.
The University have claimed that they will allocate all students new accommodation on campus, and will aim for them to be grouped together where possible.
This news comes after it was reported that there is not enough space on campus to allow for all the current freshers, with over 150 Langwith students living off campus.
Students who will be affected by this change referred to it as “less than ideal.”
One first year student currently living in Eric Milner D, who asked to remain anonymous, told Vision: “I only found out about this because there was a post on the website that didn’t even look important but I happened to click on it, one guy didn’t even find out till he got here.
“I am not happy to be uprooted and although we have only been here for a day, I feel close to people already and don’t like the idea of being separated from them.”
Another first year Geography student spoke about his fears that his room wouldn’t be as big somewhere else. “I have a double room but my roommate hasn’t turned up so I have a huge room which I love, I definitely don’t want to move.”
In response to the situation, the University Accommodation Services said: “All full year residents will have been offered an alternative room on campus by the end of Term 2.”
George Offer, YUSU Welfare Officer, has promised to try and make the transition as easy as possible. He told Vision: “We will work with the University to find ways to minimise impacts on students in nearby blocks.
“Although this issue is far from ideal, knowing this far in advance has given us plenty of time to work towards an easy transition for students affected when it comes to moving rooms later in the year.”