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Inspector Andy Smith of Student Safe.
Greater Manchester Police has today (25/10/12) recreated a scene familiar to students everywhere to emphasise the importance of home security.
The mock living room which is furnished to reflect modern-day untidy living and includes all of the trappings that a student home contain which, when totted up can contain between £5,000 and £10,000 of high-tech gadgets and technology per five student household.
Student Safe Inspector Andy Smith said: “These figures may seem staggering but when you consider that each student brings with them a mobile phone, laptop and TV this is seriously lucrative business for the criminal fraternity. This is why tactics such as these which may seem a little tongue ‘n’ cheek are a memorable way to educate them.
“Every day our officers witness the complacency of students who ignore simple things such as locking windows and doors and making your home secure. We know that moving to university is a new challenge and with that come new things to be learned but the value of items they are bringing are rich pickings for our criminals.”
The living room is displayed at the University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University which are home to nearly 100,000 students.
Inspector Smith, added: “We don’t want students living in their accommodation to feel frightened but we do want them to look at the initiative and take note that it’s not just monetary value of the items that we are highlighting but also the irreplaceable value they hold. Laptops alone contain music collections, photos and for those second and third year students lecture notes and work that would contribute to your final grade.
“I would also like to remind everyone that this weekend sees the clocks going back. Traditionally there is an increase in burglaries at this time as criminals love the dark and like to target unlit properties so our advice is simple, keep it locked, keep it hidden.
“In addition to the increased patrols in the student areas our teams have been delivering safety talks for new students urging them to be security savvy. A short film featuring Manchester students has also been produced it shows them talking about their own experiences as victims of crime before discussing methods of how to keep themselves and their property safe.”
Figures show that between 10 September and 14 October 2012, 80 student homes were burgled. Forty-eight of these could have been avoided if the homes had been made secure.
Since September police have been bringing in the criminals that are targeting students as part of Operation Harvest, a Forcewide crackdown on thieves, thugs and fugitives. It has seen officers carry out 92 search warrants, 1,483 home visits to persistent and prolific offenders and give face to face crime reduction advice to more than 7,000 residents. Officers also arrested 802 offenders for crimes involving theft and violence.
For more information on student safety visit: gmp.police.uk/students or like our Facebook page www.facebook.com/mcrstudentsafer. The page has been created by GMP, Manchester City Council and the universities. It includes updates on crime in your area and features useful information and advice on how to stay safe.
To find out more about policing in Greater Manchester please visit our website.
You should call 101, the new national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.
Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.
You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.
24 October 2009. The (then) new student housing block looming over Tottenham Hale Station.
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Note for Students:
You can click to the update 14 August 2012. I also have a set of photos around Emily Bowes Court..
Alternatively, please scroll down and explore the links for more photos of Emily Bowes Court and the so-called Hale Village. (Back-button returns to this page.) There's lots of good stuff. As well as reading the comments you're welcome to add your own.
§ N.B. All my photos are dated. Some show how things looked in the recent past. Much has improved. Though in my personal view, "Hale Village" remains a blot on the landscape.
Please note that some websites show artists' impressions of how a building may look in the future.
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§ Photos of the internal 'court' (interior patio) of Emily Bowes Court, posted in February 2010 by Laura who worked for Lee Valley Estates Ltd owners of the site. Photos on Laura's pages were labelled: "Hale Village, North London". The word 'Tottenham' didn't appear. (Checked 9 September 2010 and 17 August 2012.)
§ Emily Bowes Court is part of the "Hale Village" development. It's run by Unite - whose blue sign reads: "The heart of student housing".
§ Unite's website mentions the "excellent transport links" with Liverpool Street and Highbury & Islington stations. This is accurate. And there are also good links to Stratford and northwards to Stansted Airport and Cambridge. Though I hope students will not just "escape" to Upper Street and Shoreditch, but explore Tottenham: the River Lee; and other parts of Haringey.
§ Richard and Gill's photo of the building in June 2009 at an earlier stage of construction.
§ Poetry corner praises the wondrous Tottenham Hale Urban Centre Masterplan.
§ Interesting facts Pure speculation about IsarSteve's Tottenham grandparents.
§ Local newspaper Haringey Independent reported (12 November 2009) on the official opening. See: 'Beehive' of arts students move in.
§ In February 2010 the Hale Village page on Lee Valley Estate's website commented: "About a third of the new homes will be provided by Newlon, and they are expected to be popular with key workers and young professionals." [ My Comment : I'm unclear how that helps to meet the housing needs of desperate Haringey families. ]
§ Flickr visitors who liked this photo and the comments, may also enjoy a short video of the architect Irena Bauman who casts a critical eye on Unite's student housing in The Sky Plaza, Leeds.
§ Why is student accommodation: "the one remaining goldmine"?
§ Article by Owen Hatherley who thinks this: "closed, segregated, high-security, high-rent accommodation . . . is the epitome of our privatised cities."
§ Michael Polledri, Chair of Lee Valley Estates got an MBE in 2010 for "services to enterprise and regeneration in north London". (Thanks to JG for this news item.)
§ Aerial view of where I took this photo.
-§- Link not working? Please let me know - alan[DOT]stanton[AT]virgin[DOT]net
Inspector Andy Smith and Student Safe team.
Greater Manchester Police has today (25/10/12) recreated a scene familiar to students everywhere to emphasise the importance of home security.
The mock living room which is furnished to reflect modern-day untidy living and includes all of the trappings that a student home contain which, when totted up can contain between £5,000 and £10,000 of high-tech gadgets and technology per five student household.
Student Safe Inspector Andy Smith said: “These figures may seem staggering but when you consider that each student brings with them a mobile phone, laptop and TV this is seriously lucrative business for the criminal fraternity. This is why tactics such as these which may seem a little tongue ‘n’ cheek are a memorable way to educate them.
“Every day our officers witness the complacency of students who ignore simple things such as locking windows and doors and making your home secure. We know that moving to university is a new challenge and with that come new things to be learned but the value of items they are bringing are rich pickings for our criminals.”
The living room is displayed at the University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University which are home to nearly 100,000 students.
Inspector Smith, added: “We don’t want students living in their accommodation to feel frightened but we do want them to look at the initiative and take note that it’s not just monetary value of the items that we are highlighting but also the irreplaceable value they hold. Laptops alone contain music collections, photos and for those second and third year students lecture notes and work that would contribute to your final grade.
“I would also like to remind everyone that this weekend sees the clocks going back. Traditionally there is an increase in burglaries at this time as criminals love the dark and like to target unlit properties so our advice is simple, keep it locked, keep it hidden.
“In addition to the increased patrols in the student areas our teams have been delivering safety talks for new students urging them to be security savvy. A short film featuring Manchester students has also been produced it shows them talking about their own experiences as victims of crime before discussing methods of how to keep themselves and their property safe.”
Figures show that between 10 September and 14 October 2012, 80 student homes were burgled. Forty-eight of these could have been avoided if the homes had been made secure.
Since September police have been bringing in the criminals that are targeting students as part of Operation Harvest, a Forcewide crackdown on thieves, thugs and fugitives. It has seen officers carry out 92 search warrants, 1,483 home visits to persistent and prolific offenders and give face to face crime reduction advice to more than 7,000 residents. Officers also arrested 802 offenders for crimes involving theft and violence.
For more information on student safety visit: gmp.police.uk/students or like our Facebook page www.facebook.com/mcrstudentsafer. The page has been created by GMP, Manchester City Council and the universities. It includes updates on crime in your area and features useful information and advice on how to stay safe.
To find out more about policing in Greater Manchester please visit our website.
You should call 101, the new national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.
Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.
You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.
Greater Manchester Police has today (25/10/12) recreated a scene familiar to students everywhere to emphasise the importance of home security.
The mock living room which is furnished to reflect modern-day untidy living and includes all of the trappings that a student home contain which, when totted up can contain between £5,000 and £10,000 of high-tech gadgets and technology per five student household.
Student Safe Inspector Andy Smith said: “These figures may seem staggering but when you consider that each student brings with them a mobile phone, laptop and TV this is seriously lucrative business for the criminal fraternity. This is why tactics such as these which may seem a little tongue ‘n’ cheek are a memorable way to educate them.
“Every day our officers witness the complacency of students who ignore simple things such as locking windows and doors and making your home secure. We know that moving to university is a new challenge and with that come new things to be learned but the value of items they are bringing are rich pickings for our criminals.”
The living room is displayed at the University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University which are home to nearly 100,000 students.
Inspector Smith, added: “We don’t want students living in their accommodation to feel frightened but we do want them to look at the initiative and take note that it’s not just monetary value of the items that we are highlighting but also the irreplaceable value they hold. Laptops alone contain music collections, photos and for those second and third year students lecture notes and work that would contribute to your final grade.
“I would also like to remind everyone that this weekend sees the clocks going back. Traditionally there is an increase in burglaries at this time as criminals love the dark and like to target unlit properties so our advice is simple, keep it locked, keep it hidden.
“In addition to the increased patrols in the student areas our teams have been delivering safety talks for new students urging them to be security savvy. A short film featuring Manchester students has also been produced it shows them talking about their own experiences as victims of crime before discussing methods of how to keep themselves and their property safe.”
Figures show that between 10 September and 14 October 2012, 80 student homes were burgled. Forty-eight of these could have been avoided if the homes had been made secure.
Since September police have been bringing in the criminals that are targeting students as part of Operation Harvest, a Forcewide crackdown on thieves, thugs and fugitives. It has seen officers carry out 92 search warrants, 1,483 home visits to persistent and prolific offenders and give face to face crime reduction advice to more than 7,000 residents. Officers also arrested 802 offenders for crimes involving theft and violence.
For more information on student safety visit: gmp.police.uk/students or like our Facebook page www.facebook.com/mcrstudentsafer. The page has been created by GMP, Manchester City Council and the universities. It includes updates on crime in your area and features useful information and advice on how to stay safe.
To find out more about policing in Greater Manchester please visit our website.
You should call 101, the new national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.
Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.
You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.
Morrow, GA, Clayton State University; Pool at Clayton Station Student Housing. As of June 29, 2011, Clayton Station Apartments is owned and operated by Clayton State University through its Department of Housing and Residence Life.(Photo by Kevin Liles/kdlphoto.com)
Image Title: Student shenanigans
Description/Notes: Three Pomona College students in a dormitory room. One student is lying on a bed, one is about to hit him with a pillow and the other is about to hurl a trash can at the student in the bed.
Original Collection: Claremont Colleges Photo Archive
Item Number: xp01776
Permissions: For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact Honnold Mudd Library Special Collections.
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19 December 2010. On the right, Emily Bowes Court, student housing.
In August 2010 Julia Kollewe's article in The Guardian newspaper explained why property developers saw student housing as: "a recession-proof investment". The article included this comment from James Moss, director at Curzon Investment Property, described as a "boutique investment agent".
"Student property has been the one remaining goldmine
of the market these past years. It's a licence to print money
because housing in university locations is often in short supply.
The added incentive is that developers of such schemes get
preferential planning treatment."
"But the reality is that poorer students are priced out,
because these developments are created to serve the
interests of shareholders – not students and communities.
The government should really look to introduce price
capping on such schemes to ensure that all students
benefit from them."
My Comment
There will be no price-capping. The universities and their "partners" - companies running these blocks - will charge what the market will bear. And the market - usually of students from better-off families, or funded by foreign governments - has not dried up.
I suggest we also need to be sceptical about claims that students in these blocks will contribute to "regenerating" an area. This comment is not anti-student. At Tottenham Hale, Unite makes a major point of Emily Bowes Court's closeness to the station. As I've illustrated, at least until December 2010, Tottenham itself has been almost invisible in the sales pitch to students. Apart from mentioning the nearby Paddock and Lee Valley parks, location as a selling point is about the convenience of getting away - to colleges across London - and to more "stylish" areas closer to the centre.
"We free up spaces in houses in inner London ..."
Emily Bowes Court was officially opened in November 2009 by Richard Blakeway, Housing Advisor to Boris Johnson, then Mayor of London. The event was reported in the local Haringey Independent newspaper which quoted Mr Blakeway saying:
"by building student accommodation in outer London,
we free up spaces in houses in inner London that could
be used as homes for families in overcrowded, temporary
accommodation."
Which suggested an appalling ignorance about the enormous numbers of overcrowded, and poorly housed families in Haringey, and those who are homeless and in temporary housing. Nor, apparently had Mr Blakeway grasped the fact that Haringey, although funded as an Outer London borough, has all the problems of the inner ring of poorer boroughs.
Boosting the Economy
The Haringey independent also reported that students in Emily Bowes Court:
" . . are also being tipped to boost the economy by
spending their income at the nearby retail park which
houses a Costa coffee shop, Lidl food store, chemist
Boots and Staples stationery supplier."
Now that's what I call a boost!
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Links
§ Haringey Independent 'Beehive of arts students move in.
§ Article by Julia Kollewe: Blackstone's Nido Spitalfields is the latest student hall development
§ Article by Patrick Collinson and Rekha Jogia: The best and worst student accommodation.
§ The snow in the photo once covered a green area. Now a "regenerated" bleak asphalt nowhereville.
Architects; Leslie Martin & Colin St John Wilson. 1960-62.
Renovation by Levitt Bernstein.
This is the Breakfast Room, tapered raised shape of which is clearly visible in the courtyard and here. Isn't this simple and direct approach to architecture remains refreshing and even more meaningful for avoiding 'clever gymnastics' one is likely to encounter in recent buildings.
Greater Manchester has seen huge surge in the student population this week with the start of the new academic year.
Greater Manchester Police has been on hand to welcome the new arrivals and returning students with crime reduction and personal safety advice and to be a visible presence in student areas.
To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit www.gmp.police.uk
You should call 101, the national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.
Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.
You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.
Architects: Howell Killick Partridge & Amis, 1964.
Just filling in few gaps. See set for more.
Grade II listed. Original design was to have many blocks, threaded like beads with link corridors weaving their way around mature trees but only two were ever built.
This era saw lots of 'modulated' prefabricated buildings, expressing living units on elevations. This was one of the best of its type and weathering has not been unkind for a concrete structure.
Kuba park | Bergverksgata 02/03/2014 14h39
Walking from Olaf Reyes plass to the market Oslo Mathallen we came through this park with the Akerselva river and in the background a grain silo converted into student apartments. Oslo kept surprising us!
Oslo
Oslo is the capital of and most populous city in Norway. Oslo constitutes a county and a municipality.
Founded around 1000 AD, and established a "kaupstad" or trading place in 1048 by King Harald III, the city was elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and a capital under Haakon V around 1300. Personal unions with Denmark from 1397 to 1523 and again from 1536 to 1814 and with Sweden from 1814 to 1905 reduced its influence. After being destroyed by a fire in 1624, the city was moved closer to Akershus Castle during the reign of King Christian IV and renamed Christiania in his honour. It was established as a municipality (formannskapsdistrikt) on 1 January 1838. Following a spelling reform, it was known as Kristiania from 1877 to 1925, when its original Norwegian name was restored.
Oslo is the economic and governmental centre of Norway. The city is also a hub of Norwegian trade, banking, industry and shipping. It is an important centre for maritime industries and maritime trade in Europe. The city is home to many companies within the maritime sector, some of which are among the world's largest shipping companies, shipbrokers and maritime insurance brokers. Oslo is a pilot city of the Council of Europe and the European Commission intercultural cities programme.
Oslo is considered a global city and ranked "Beta World City" in studies performed by the Globalization and World Cities Study Group and Network in 2008. It was ranked number one in terms of quality of life among European large cities in the European Cities of the Future 2012 report by fDi Magazine. A survey conducted by ECA International in 2011 placed Oslo as the second most expensive city in the world for living expenses after Tokyo. In 2013 Oslo tied with the Australian city of Melbourne as the fourth most expensive city in the world, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)'s Worldwide Cost of Living study.
As of January 2013 city of Oslo has population of 623,000. Metropolitan area of Oslo has a population of 1,502,604, of whom 951,581 live in the contiguous conurbation. The population currently increases at record rates, making it the fastest growing major city in Europe. This growth stems for the most part from immigration and high birth rates among immigrants, but also from intra-national migration. The immigrant population in the city is growing somewhat faster than the Norwegian population, and in the city proper is now more than 25%.
Population: City: 629,313 - Urban: 951,581 - Metro: 1,502,604 (June 2013)
Coördinates: 59°57′N 10°45′E
[ Source and more information: Wikipedia - Oslo ]
Just Trevor (gathering the milk delivered to the back door) and I appear to be up in this snowy Sunday morning scene. This was ‘The Fuschias’, Thwaite Street, Cottingham, a property owned by the University of Hull that was home to some 14 of us students in 1971/72. Dating from c.1830-40, this fine house was perhaps too good for the likes of us, who had no worries back then of long-term indebtedness, while we also had the pick of the available jobs after graduation.
Hull University had been generous in providing accommodation for its 5-6,000 undergraduates of that past era. In addition to a choice of halls of residence (where I spent my first two years), the University had amassed a large portfolio of properties, comprising old terrace houses closer to the campus, plus some fine 19th century houses in the upscale Cottingham area. ‘The Fuschias’ to my young mind was almost as good as Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead. A number of my old housemates have been life-long friends, although I am mildly astonished that Trevor seen here has actually just turned 70 years old.
As with Waugh’s Brideshead, this quasi-paradise did not endure. The ever harsher financial climate for further education from the 1980s onward forced the University to seek new sources of funding, and that included disposing of its properties. An Aldi supermarket stands on the site of my old hall of residence, while ‘The Fuschias’ perhaps enjoys a quieter life as a private house. It has been much transformed since the 14 of us proto-Young Ones rampaged around the place.
February 1972
Zorki 4 camera
Agfa CT18 film.
Student Housing Delft University of Technology by De Zwarte Hond architects, Delft, the Netherlands.
My (preliminary) website is now online.
Living on campus provides the opportunity to become part of a values-centered community, to participate actively in campus activities and residential programs, and to learn a great deal about yourself and others.
Image Title: Pomona College student in residence hall
Description/Notes: A student in a large hat sits in a rocking chair with his feet propped up on a stool. He is holding an open book and smoking a pipe. An upright piano behind him is decorated with photographs.
Original Collection: Boynton Collection of Early Claremont
Item Number: bce00648.tif
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Student housing: The Tietgen Hostel in Ørestad, Copenhagen.
Tietgenkollegiet - 400 studentbostäder i Ørestad vid Københavns Universitet och IT-universitetet - byggdes efter en donation från Nordea-fonden och drivs av Tietgenfonden. Projektet inleddes 2001 och huset, som har fått flera utmärkelser, har ritats av danska Lundgård & Tranberg
Foto: News Øresund – Johan Wessman 21 april 2013.
© News Øresund.
Bilden får fritt publiceras under förutsättning att källa anges. Bilden får ej manipuleras.
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News Øresund, Malmö, Sweden.
News Øresund är en oberoende regional nyhetsbyrå som ingår i projektet Øresund Media Platform som drivs av Øresundsinstituttet i partnerskap med Lunds universitet och Roskilde Universitet och med delfinansiering från EU (Interreg IV A Öresund) och 14 regionala, icke kommersiella aktörer.
When the spring rains come, Dunedin turns mild and wet. I think it brings out the Scottish character very dramatically, and it's a good time to start photographing city scapes because of the added gloss everywhere. These images were taken in the student areas around the Polytechnic and university. I hope you appreciate that I got really, really drenched snapping these images. Haptchoo.
Image Title: Student residence interior, Pomona College
Description/Notes: An unidentified Pomona College student reading a book sits on the bed in her room. A large "Wells" pillow and a "Y" pillow are on the bed and an American flag is attached to the door.
Original Collection: Boynton Collection of Early Claremont
Item Number: bce00133.tif
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Architects: Alison & Peter Smithson. (1967)
These recent pictures show the Garden Building with more mature landscaping and new adjacent buildings.
Compare these with the ones taken more than 30 years ago.
Architects; Alison & Peter Smithson, 1967.
I have shown this building at varying ages quite a few times on Flickr with brief occasional comments. The recent Seiers' visit to Oxford has highlighted various contradictions inherent in this design. I felt it was right time to understand the background of Smithsons approach to the design and have made a meagre attempt to explain some factors with the borrowed interior photographs and clients requirements taken from an old building study in AD Feb 71. See my Blog for details.
I ordered the erection of the prop in the foreground to make a contextual point for my explanation.
If you believe this you would believe anything!
From out here I like how the windows look and I hope they never get replaced no matter how much the tenants hate them for their draftiness and difficulty of operation.
The downspout is ineffective because it is disconnected from the gutter!
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In East Lansing, Michigan, on April 11th, 2020, at the northeast corner of Ann Street and Durand Street. The duplex was built in 1949 and is owned by SH Rentals LLC and managed by MTH Management.
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Student Housing Delft University of Technology by De Zwarte Hond architects, Delft, the Netherlands.
My (preliminary) website is now online.
Greater Manchester has seen huge surge in the student population this week with the start of the new academic year.
Greater Manchester Police has been on hand to welcome the new arrivals and returning students with crime reduction and personal safety advice and to be a visible presence in student areas.
To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit www.gmp.police.uk
You should call 101, the national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.
Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.
You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.
Police in south Manchester are taking the fight against student crime direct to the offenders.
The division has launched a new crime busting team made of 10 officers who will prevent re-offending, target known criminals and make them think twice about their crimes. They will also work with partner agencies such as the Probation Service and will gather intelligence to put an end to their criminality.
Chief Inspector Arif Nawaz, from GMP’s south Manchester Division, said: “Each year we welcome more than 80,000 students to Manchester, they add to the vibrancy and rich diversity of our city as well as bringing a significant economic benefit. We run a bespoke student safe operation, with our partners, to help keep them safe.
“Sadly over one in 10 crimes recorded in Manchester are against a student which makes it vital that safety messages are both delivered and taken note of.
“We want to send a clear message to those offenders targeting students that we will be rigorous and relentless in our pursuit of bringing those offenders to justice. Our team won’t leave you alone and instead will make life difficult like you do for students. We will, however work closely with our partners and third sector organisations to support those offenders who genuinely want to turn their life around.
“Criminals will not be given the opportunity to ruin life for students and those blighting our communities will be locked up.”
In addition to the increased patrols in the student areas our teams have been delivering safety talks for thousands of new and existing students urging them to be security savvy.
Chief Inspector Nawaz added, “What students don’t often realise is that being a student automatically makes them a prime target for burglary as they bring with them up to £1,000 of goods when they move. On arriving they often leave the packaging of computers and other gadgetry outside wheelie bins and this in itself is an open advert to thieves.
"When students arrive to the city, simple things such as locking windows and doors are ignored. While we know that moving from home is a new challenge and a big step, simple security measures can be the difference that prevents you from becoming a victim of crime.
“Many of the items hold more than a financial value, in fact your laptop alone contains music collections, photos and for those second and third year students lecture notes and work contribute to your final grade.”
For more information on student safety visit: gmp.police.uk/students or like our Facebook page www.facebook.com/mcrstudentsafer. The page includes updates on crime in your area and features useful information and advice on how to stay safe.
Students can also download the GMP mobile app for details of police meetings and surgeries in your area. Using the GPS navigation, it also features the student safe zones – these are areas where you can go to when feeling unsafe.
To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit our website.
You should call 101, the new national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.
Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.
You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.