[HDNG]IN COLLEGE:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]A1[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Catered: 12% [BULL] Cost: ú53.55(30wks) [BULL] Self-catering: 10% [BULL] Cost: ú28.70(37wks)[ESTAT][PARA][BOLD]Availability:[EBOLD] There are 3 types of accommodation on offer: firstly, 4 halls (on campus, in the city centre and 2 miles out), which are mainly taken up by 1st years, housing 65% of them. 1st years who live locally have got to have a darned good reason if they want to live in. The 12% or so students who can live in after their 1st year (as well as 1st years who want to cater for themselves) are allocated places in the other types of housing. The 2nd option is in the University-owned self-catering student houses, mostly purpose-built groups. Finally, there are leased properties around the city, which the University lets to students on a private basis. About 8% of students in halls share and all corridors are split into single sex groups, as are many of the student houses. In the halls, 2 meals a day, 7 days a week, are provided, but there is a midnight curfew during the week and 1am at weekends. There are also 24 2-bedroom family flats and 6 flats for married couples, [ITAL]but it ain't enough. [EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Car parking:[EBOLD] [ITAL]There's a desperate shortage of parking on and around the campus[EITAL]. Permits, at ú5 a year, are needed.[HDNG]EXTERNALLY:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]A1[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Ave rent: ú30[ESTAT][PARA][BOLD]Availability:[EBOLD] Many students who live out live in their parents or their own home and so they are alright, Jack (or Jackie). [ITAL]The best place to live is near the campus on the west side of the city, usually in privately rented flats. The east side and city centre are not only too far, but also a bit rough. Certainly, it's better to be safe than sorry and hospitalised.[EITAL][PARA][PARA][STAT][BULL] Renting: 40%[ESTAT][PARA][BOLD]Housing help:[EBOLD] The University Residences Office, apart from allocating University places, offers bulletin boards, advice and booklets, provided by 3 staff.[PARA][PARA]
