[HDNG]IN COLLEGE:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]A2[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Self-catering: 19% [BULL] Cost: ú31-ú43 (30wks)[ESTAT][PARA][BOLD]Availability:[EBOLD] 60% of 1st years are able to live in the University's [PARA]halls (2 miles from Kedleston), which should rise to 90% by [PARA]September 1995. After the 1st year, students are on their own. [PARA]1st years not in halls, might be offered rooms in council-owned [PARA]houses (part of a head tenancy scheme) or catered lodgings with[PARA]a live-in landlord/lady. These, and a number of other places, have[PARA]been checked out by the University and the rent is monitored.[PARA][BOLD]Car parking:[EBOLD] Available with a card that makes a electric barrier go[PARA]up and down. [ITAL]But space for parking is at a premium and not [PARA]available to most students.[EITAL][ITAL][HDNG]EXTERNALLY:[EHDNG][EITAL][PARA][ITAL][GRPH]A1[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Renting: 62% [BULL] Ave rent: ú32[ESTAT][EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Availability:[EBOLD][ITAL] When the going gets tough the tough sleep rough. [PARA]Things haven't got that tough yet, but finding suitable housing in [PARA]Derby is only slightly easier than finding the end of the sellotape [PARA]whilst wearing boxing gloves. There are some red light districts [PARA]to be avoided (Normanton), but beggars can't be choosers.[EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Housing help:[EBOLD] There are 4 places students usually turn when [PARA]looking for housing: (1) the 4 staff of the university [PARA]Accommodation Office which keeps a register of properties, [PARA]approves housing and provides advice ([ITAL]although it's housed in a [PARA]Portakabin, so we wonder about their[EITAL]); (2) the SU which [PARA]publishes the handy handbook 'House-Hunting' and organises a [PARA]weekend before the 1st term for freshers to come and search; [PARA](3) local private agencies; (4) God. [ITAL]According to the University, [PARA]'things are much easier now that Derby realises it has a [PARA]University'[EITAL].
