[HDNG]IN COLLEGE:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]A2[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Catered: 2% [BULL] Cost: ú59.23 (40wks) [BULL] Self-catering: 7.5% [BULL] Cost: ú32.73 (40wks)[ESTAT][PARA][BOLD]Availability:[EBOLD] There are 10 small halls, all close to campus, and 5 main ones, 3 of which are within 11/2 miles. Warrenfield is 3 miles away and there's a hall in the landscaped grounds at the Holly Bank site. All this however accommodates only a fraction of the 1st years and that's it. 14% have to share (no mixed quarters). The further students have come, the more likely they are to get University accommodation. [ITAL]The situation may get worse[EITAL] since the University is expanding at a rate of about 15% a year, although a new site has just been acquired, with spaces for 1,500 punters, but it's 6 miles away and we don't know when it'll be up and running.[HDNG]EXTERNALLY:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]A1[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Renting: 75% [BULL] Ave rent: ú30[ESTAT][PARA][BOLD]Availability:[EBOLD] [ITAL]Matters were getting worse, but students have now accepted that, [EITAL]as the accommodation office points out, the further away students are prepared to look, the better value they will find. [ITAL]The best student nests are Birkby, Fartown, Lockwood and Moldgreen. Sheepridge, Deaton and Brackenhall are a bit rough, though, and worth avoiding.[EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Housing help:[EBOLD] The Accommodation Office allocates places in halls, [ITAL]but doesn't manage to be a great help in finding a roof over students' heads.[EITAL] [ITAL]Ironically,[EITAL] the Accommodation Office itself is housed in a portakabin (for the time being).
