asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether, under English law, a person who leaves his usual place of residence temporarily and solely for the limited purpose of studying elsewhere ceases to be ordinarily resident in the place where he is usually resident and has a settled, habitual mode of life. [HL4397]

As regards entitlement to be registered as an elector, case law has established that a student may be resident both at their permanent home address (for example, the parental home) and in the place where they are studying.