[HDNG]IN COLLEGE:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]A2[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Catered: 1% [BULL] Cost: ú49(38wks) [BULL] Self-catering: 37% [BULL][PARA]Cost: ú30-ú48 (41wks)[ESTAT][PARA][BOLD]Availability:[EBOLD] The Halls of Residence, out at Beckett Park, built [PARA]around 1900, are pretty much reserved for 1st years, but the [PARA]accommodation - mainly in single rooms - doesn't stretch very [PARA]far. Despite the large number of self-housing mature students, [PARA]the halls fall short of providing shelter for all 1st years who want it [PARA]only taking in 33% out of the rain. [ITAL]Fortunately, [EITAL]the rest are [PARA]caught by Unipol, not an international crime-fighting agency, but [PARA]the Leeds universities' [ITAL]first-rate [EITAL]joint student property [PARA]management scheme (3,000 places). Students housed through [PARA]Unipol bring the number in self-catered accommodation to 37%. [PARA]There is 1 all-female hall (Cavendish with 70 beds).[PARA][BOLD]Car parking: [EBOLD]Plenty of parking at Beckett Park, but almost none [PARA]at the city campus, so cars are very unusual.[HDNG]EXTERNALLY:[EHDNG][PARA]Most students are condemned to the large quantities of late 19th [PARA]century back-to-back terraced housing generally in poor condition[PARA]with damp and landlords who don't care. Students who want to [PARA]stay in one piece are advised to try Headingley, Hyde Park and [PARA]Woodhouse and avoid Chapeltown, although many may find [PARA]themselves settling for something further from the University [PARA]than they'd ideally like.[PARA][BOLD]Housing help:[EBOLD] UniPol (which should change its name to UniUni) - [PARA]the joint University and Leeds Metropolitan University SUs' [PARA]housing service - provides some help and advice by keeping tabs [PARA]on the worst landlords and even managing some 116 properties [PARA]itself as part of a head tenancy scheme. With 8 full time and 3 [PARA]part time staff, it's a dream scheme.[PARA][PARA]
