Can’t leave Unite Students uni halls,GP note & counsellor letter on mental health, medical grounds

Murphybear

Manxman_in_exile said:

I agree with what seems to be the consensus here that your health issues don't have any bearing on the contract and they don't give you a way of getting out of the contract.  Your accommodation provider is not bound to take any notice at all of letters from your GP or any other health professionals.  All you can do is ask again.

In my experience (admittedly over 40 years ago) having noisy fellow students in a hall of residence - or any shared student accommodation - is simply a fact of life.  I'd also add that - in my experience - 2nd year students are the worst for noise and disruption.  After the first term and the novelty of university wears off, most 1st year students settle down to work.  Third year students concentrate on getting their degree.  It's the second years who can freewheel a bit.

In my day, when universities provided the halls themselves, it was common for students who disliked living in hall to find a student who could take their place instead of them.  This happened all the time.  Some students like living in hall, some hate it.  Whether that still happens these days I don't know, but I see @beckstar1975 has suggested the same thing.

Failing that, as suggested by others, you could seek a medical deferrment for the academic course - the whole course, not the accommodation.

Also, and I hate to say this, but if you've already switched from another university and you are now complaining about the noise in your hall making anxiety and depression worse, I'd question whether the state of your mental health at the moment is sufficiently robust to cope with university life.  It isn't for everybody.

And I find myself agreeing with @y3sitsm3 again, do you not have a HEI in your home town so you could live at home while doing a degree?

This sounds just like my experience in the University of London in the early 70s.  It was manic