Well-Being of UiTM Shah Alam Students Living in Off-Campus Environment

Abstract

Current trends of housing development and rapid enrolment change are impacting students’ daily life such as their housing comfort, convenience and safety. This research is undertaken to study the challenges faced by the students’ well-being with regards to off-campus living environment. This study requires a key informant interview survey with samples taken from active and prominent off-campus students and also the officers from the Division of Students Affairs, Universiti Teknologi MARA. Findings will show challenges faced by the off-campus students and also the importance placed by the Students Affairs Division in ensuring that the comfort, convenience and safety of the students.

Keywords: Student housing; comfort; convenience, safety; off-campus.

eISSN 2514-751X © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.

https://doi.org/10.21834/aje-bs.v3i8.293