A coalition of 12 residents groups across Bristol have called on the city’s two universities to ‘do a lot more’ to manage the negative effects of the growing student population.
The groups, who are made up of people living in a wide area from Hotwells to Cotham and Redland, are urging both Bristol University and the University of the West of England to include recognition of the issues and pledges to monitor and act on it.
The groups say the annual influx of students in residential areas like Clifton, Redland, Kingsdown and Cotham creates problems with an over-concentration of student house shares, litter, waste collections, noise, anti-social behaviour and parties.
