[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 halls (2 miles from Kedleston), which should rise to 90% by September 1995. After the 1st year, students are on their own. 1st years not in halls, might be offered rooms in council-owned houses (part of a head tenancy scheme) or catered lodgings with a live-in landlord/lady. These, and a number of other places, have 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 up and down. [ITAL]But space for parking is at a premium and not 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. Things haven't got that tough yet, but finding suitable housing in Derby is only slightly easier than finding the end of the sellotape whilst wearing boxing gloves. There are some red light districts to be avoided (Normanton), but beggars can't be choosers.[EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Housing help:[EBOLD] There are 4 places students usually turn when looking for housing: (1) the 4 staff of the university Accommodation Office which keeps a register of properties, approves housing and provides advice ([ITAL]although it's housed in a Portakabin, so we wonder about their[EITAL]); (2) the SU which publishes the handy handbook 'House-Hunting' and organises a weekend before the 1st term for freshers to come and search; (3) local private agencies; (4) God. [ITAL]According to the University, 'things are much easier now that Derby realises it has a University'[EITAL].
