[HDNG]IN COLLEGE:[EHDNG][PARA][STAT][BULL] Catered: 7% [BULL] Cost: ú43/55(34wks) [BULL] Self-catering: 5% [PARA]Cost: ú32/37(40/46wks)[ESTAT][PARA][BOLD]Availability:[EBOLD] The University halls are based on the main campus, [PARA]at Coach Lane, in Jesmond and Gosforth (a few miles from the [PARA]city centre). There are only 1,139 places, which are snapped up [PARA]almost exclusively by 1st years but still only manages to [PARA]accommodate 48% of them. A few rooms (5%) are shared. [PARA]Jesmond Hall is an all-male hall and the Lovaine Flats have single [PARA]sex corridors. The halls are 60s high-rise blocks in an [ITAL][PARA]unattractive [EITAL]blend of grey concrete and grey concrete. [ITAL]Students [PARA]complain that they are poorly maintained and that showers never [PARA]work. [EITAL] 400 new places should be ready by 1995. The University [PARA]also runs a head tenancy scheme, allocating 500 places in [PARA]houses and flats, none too far from the city centre. The [PARA]University acts as a [ITAL]benevolent [EITAL]landlord. (These places have not [PARA]been included in the above statistics.) There is no University [PARA]accommodation at the Carlisle site yet.[PARA][BOLD]Car parking:[EBOLD] Free permit parking.[HDNG]EXTERNALLY:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]A1[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Ave rent: ú32[ESTAT][PARA][BOLD]Availability:[EBOLD] [ITAL]There's not much problem about finding housing in [PARA]Newcastle and students can afford to be choosy. The best [PARA]places to look are in Jesmond - close to the campus and quite [PARA]posh (but still affordable) - Fenham and Heaton. The West End [PARA](postcode NE4) and Benwell have a high crime rate and lots of [PARA]drug taking. In fact, some students would be surprised if they [PARA]didn't get offered something, but with cheap accommodation [PARA]elsewhere, students can afford not to bother with such areas. [PARA]Car parking is restricted around the city centre and it's not really [PARA]worth having a car.[EITAL][PARA][PARA][STAT][BULL] Renting: 30%[ESTAT][PARA][BOLD]Housing help:[EBOLD] The University Accommodation Office has 6 staff [PARA]who operate an extensive advertising service including [PARA]newsletters and providing help, information and advice.[PARA][PARA]
