Student accommodation: Cities face learning curve on rising numbers in third-level education

The opening of new on- campus and private student apartment complexes is barely able to keep pace with the rising numbers in third-level education.

There are 650 extra beds available at Maynooth University and University College Dublin for students this autumn. A further 3,000 spaces are planned at the five other universities and Dublin Institute of Technology by 2020, according to the Department of Education.

However, there is already an under-supply of 25,000 purpose-built student accommodation spaces.