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Webinar: How Can Education Providers Secure Access to Quality Student Housing Through Collaboration with the Student Accommodation Sector?

  • 23 October 2025
  • 11:00 AM

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Commonwealth Government reforms are compelling education providers to proactively engage with the student accommodation sector to build student accommodation capacity to support future enrolments while embedding safety rails for students through the implementation of the National Code.

The Student Accommodation Association brings education and student accommodation providers together to promote the value and quality of accommodation for the exclusive use of students. A safe place in which universities and student accommodation providers can engage, collaborate and build partnerships to respond to the recent government reforms.

The National Property Accreditation Scheme (NPAS) offers an established quality assessment tool for the student accommodation sector in Australia and a prerequisite for universities to adopt when looking to identify quality student accommodation partners to support their campus communities.

The webinar brings together university representatives and leading student accommodation operators to discuss best practice university–student accommodation provider partnerships and to discuss the role of the National Property Accreditation Scheme (NPAS) as a partnership enabler.

DATE: Thursday, 23 October

TIME: 11:00am AEDT

Location: Online Webinar 


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Why Attend?

  • Gain practical strategies to build student accommodation capacity
  • Establish a quality accommodation message for your institution to actively promote as part of the response to recent Government policy and reform.

Speaker:

Introduction to the Student Accommodation Association and NPAS (10mins) 
    - Geoff Denison, President, Student Accommodation Association, Director, Student Accommodation, University of Adelaide

    Panels:

    Facilitated by Rebecca Bendall, SAA National Committee member

    What are the current challenges universities are grappling with in responding to Government policy and reforms? (20mins) 
      - Alex Elibank Murray, Pro Vice Chancellor (Global Engagement), University of Sunshine Coast

      - Prof Kent Anderson, Interim CEO, Australian Technology Network of Universities

      Building bed capacity through partnership with quality student accommodation providers? What partners need from universities. (20mins)

        - Tim Klitscher, Senior Vice President Operations, APAC & UAE, Yugo

        - Loren Hallett, Executive General Manager PBSA, UniLodge

        Q&A (10mins):

        Facilitated by Rebecca Bendall, SAA National Committee member

        • Loren Hallett, Executive General Manager PBSA, UniLodge
        • Tim Klitscher, Senior Vice President Operations, APAC & UAE, Yugo
        • Alex Elibank Murray, Pro Vice Chancellor (Global Engagement), University of Sunshine Coast
        • Prof Kent Anderson, Interim CEO, Australian Technology Network of Universities
        • Geoff Denison, President, Student Accommodation Association, Director, Student Accommodation, University of Adelaide

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        For more information about Student Accommodation Association membership or sponsorship visit our website.

        Review the National Property Accreditation Scheme (NPAS) accredited property portfolio.

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        The SAA wishes to acknowledge the financial and practical support of the following Corporate Sponsors.