[HDNG]IN COLLEGE:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]A3[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Self-catering: 46% [BULL] Cost: ú37/45 (36wks)[ESTAT][PARA][BOLD]Availability:[EBOLD] 75% of 1st years live in halls, and 84% of finalists, [ITAL]which seems a bit odd[EITAL]. There are 5 halls on the Uxbridge campus, including the posh new Faraday and Mill Halls (which have [ITAL]en suite[EITAL] bathrooms in each room). All the students based at the Runnymede site, about 450 (not many women) are accommodated in the halls there. Cooking facilities are shared between groups of about 10 students, 1 launderette to each hall. All the halls are mixed sexes, although they're split into separate floors. There are 55 units for married couples.[PARA][BOLD]Car parking:[EBOLD] Plenty of free parking (permit required) [ITAL]but students will insist on trying to park as close to the hall doors as possible and complain if they have to walk 10 yards.[EITAL][HDNG]EXTERNALLY:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]A3[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Renting: 50% [BULL] Ave rent: ú45[ESTAT][PARA][BOLD]Availability:[EBOLD] Most students set up camp in Hayes, within 3 miles of the campus, mostly in shared houses and flats. [ITAL]Southall is a bit rougher, a bit cheaper, a bit further away and a lot less popular. There are enough vacancies for students to have some choice in the matter. [EITAL]Uxbridge is[ITAL] not enormously welcoming, but not as bad as Egham[EITAL] where student bashing has been declared a local sport on a few recent occasions.[PARA][BOLD]Housing help:[EBOLD] The University operates an Accommodation Office with full time staff. Student get 3 names and have to go back if none of them come up trumps ([ITAL]none too helpful[EITAL]). The SU helps with contracts and provides a housing pack. [ITAL]Most students reckon they're just as well off on their own.[EITAL][PARA][PARA]
