Students at university in Bristol are being housed in accommodation across the River Severn in Wales.
More than 120 first-year students are living in Newport as the Bristol-based University of the West of England (UWE) has run out of accommodation.
Some of the students living in Wales say they are missing out on the full university experience.
UWE says it is organising social events for them and looking at how it can subsidise their travel.
A group of 127 students are paying between £121 and £152 a week for a room in the Newport Student Village - 27 miles from the main UWE campus.
