LANCASTER University's accommodation crisis is over, and bosses have pledged to learn lessons for the future.

A number of first year students were forced to send the first two weeks of their university life in the Holiday Inn hotel, Caton Road, miles from the Bailrigg campus where they were guaranteed accommodation. Several students are still sharing rooms on campus.

The university offers guaranteed on campus rooms to all students who accept their places by a certain date, though this is to be reviewed.

However, this year saw a rise in the proportion of students choosing to live on campus, leading to a deficit of 120 rooms.

The year also saw the university achieve a record number of undergraduate admissions.

Students' Union president Trish McGrath said: "People have made friendship groups already, and there are a few people struggling

"I don't know of anybody who has dropped out of the university as yet, but a lot of people said if they had known what would happen they would have chosen their university differently."

"There are several reasons why this situation has happened. Some of the problems were out of the university's hands, some of them could have been dealt with earlier and some could have been dealt with better."

A university spokesperson confirmed that all the students had now returned to campus.

She added: "No university has enough rooms to accommodate all of its students.. We are not under any legal obligation to house all of the students."