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You and Yours: Student Rents, Off Roading, Taming Gaming

07/01/2021

Student Rents, Off Roading, Taming Gaming

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, Student Rents, Off Roading, Taming Gaming

Students demand rent refunds. Is off roading ever acceptable? Parents and gaming.

The university students demanding rent refunds after being told to stay at home. The rights and wrongs of off roading. Helping parents to better understand gaming.

University students should have been returning to their campuses about now following their Christmas break. But thousands of students enrolled on non-practical courses have been told to stay at home until least mid-February because of the pandemic. Some of these students are now demanding rent refunds from their accommodation providers. We hear from Stephen Frank who is in his first year studying history and Leeds University and looking for a  rent refund from his university owned accommodation. We also speak to Nick Hillman, the director of the Higher Education Policy Institute, an independent think tank, about what students should do to secure a refund.

We examine the rights and wrongs of off roading where people use 4 by 4 vehicles and motorbikes to drive along narrow  tracks and lanes. Critics say such activity damages the environment and is unsuited to the peace and quiet they expect in rural areas. Motorists say it's a perfectly legal way of getting out and about. 
Our reporter Bob Walker talks to those on both sides of the debate.

Most children - around 93 per cent, now play online games. Yet many of their parents feel excluded and worried about what their children are doing  and the tension has increased in the last year, particularly during lockdown. We hear from a family living in Exeter about how it's affected them. We also speak to Andy Robertson, a gaming journalist, who has written a book called Taming Gaming.

Presenter: Winifred Robinson
Producer: Tara Holmes

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