[HDNG]IN COLLEGE:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]A2[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Catered: 4% [BULL] Cost: ú51.50-53.50 (30wks) [BULL] Self-catering:[PARA]9.5% [BULL] Cost: ú28-40 (30/38wks)[ESTAT][PARA][BOLD]Availability:[EBOLD] Accommodation on campus is only able to shelter [PARA]80% of the 1st years and few from other years, but aims to [PARA]house all 1st years from outside the region. The accommodation [PARA]is divided into 4 'phases', I to IV, which differ according to cost, [ITAL][PARA]and levels of concrete ghastliness[EITAL]. 10% have to share. 400 new [PARA]places are due for 1995 entrants. There's also a head tenancy [PARA]scheme, whereby the University rents out 323 houses in town.[PARA][BOLD]Catering:[EBOLD] The University runs a refectory charging ú3 for a 3 [PARA]course meal[ITAL]. [EITAL]There's also Microbyte, which serves cheaper fast [PARA]food, and the Union.[PARA][BOLD]Car parking: [EBOLD]Car ownership is increasing, and [ITAL]the situation [PARA]sometimes approaches a shoehorn/vaseline scenario[EITAL].[HDNG]EXTERNALLY:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]A2[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Ave rent: ú40[ESTAT][PARA][BOLD]Availability:[EBOLD] Living out presents as many options as living in. Most [PARA]students opt to live in privately rented flats, some of which are [ITAL][PARA]very good value[EITAL], but some end up (for at least part of a year) in [PARA]lodgings with a live-in landlord/lady who cooks and cleans. [ITAL]Often [PARA]this is like a home from home, but students complain that rather [PARA]than making them homesick, this arrangement more frequently [PARA]makes them sick of home.[EITAL] Talking of home, many students are [PARA]local and live with their parents and/or families. [ITAL]With all these [PARA]options, most of the year it's not too difficult to find somewhere, [PARA]until it comes to September when everybody else is looking, or [PARA]August when landlords with any sense don't want to know [PARA]because all their properties are on profitable short-term rents to [PARA]Festival-goers. Students with nous can get a piece of this action [PARA]themselves.[EITAL] The trick is to avoid the crush and start a rental [PARA]period at the beginning of the summer and to ensure subletting's [PARA]allowed. Then get some am dram group doing a Fringe show to [PARA]pay ú50 per person per week, cramming in a cast of 20, during [PARA]the Festival and suddenly student debt is a thing of the past. [ITAL]The [PARA]best places to be are Marchmont, Bruntsfield and Newington, [PARA]particularly studenty areas, close to the centre with high quality [PARA]housing. [EITAL][PARA][PARA][BOLD]Housing help:[EBOLD] The [ITAL]excellent [EITAL]Accommodation Office has 5 staff [PARA]providing a bulletin board, approval scheme and advice.[PARA][PARA]
