[HDNG]IN COLLEGE:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]A1[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Catered: 37% [BULL] Cost: ú57(31wks) [BULL] Self-catering: 12% [PARA]Cost: ú27(44wks)[ESTAT][PARA][BOLD]Availability:[EBOLD] Every 1st year is offered the opportunity to live in [PARA]college accommodation, usually in one of the 13 catered halls [PARA](there are 300 places at the Sutton Bonington site). There are [PARA]also 500 places available for 1st years in self-catering flats, but [PARA]most of these go to mature and married students. Almost all 1st [PARA]years take up the opportunity, leaving space for about 15% of [PARA]other students. [ITAL] The community atmosphere in halls is very [PARA]strong [EITAL]and there is always a friendly rivalry with inter-hall [PARA]competitions and so on. About 4% of places are shared and 5 [PARA]halls are single sex only (2 men's, 3 women's). In self-catering [PARA]flats, each kitchen is shared by 5 students.[PARA][BOLD]Car parking:[EBOLD] At Sutton Bonington, there is some parking, but [PARA]elsewhere a permit is needed, allocated only with extensive [PARA]bribery and blackmail (and never to 1st years).[HDNG]EXTERNALLY:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]A2[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Ave rent: ú35[ESTAT][PARA][BOLD]Availability:[EBOLD][ITAL] The bad news is that finding suitable housing in [PARA]Nottingham is not easy. The good news is it is possible. Lenton, [PARA]Beeston and Dunkirk (not that Dunkirk) are good places to look, [PARA]lying as they do between the campus and the city. Stapleford [PARA]and Ilkeston are a bit far and Radford is none too safe.[EITAL][PARA][PARA][STAT][BULL] Renting: 52%[ESTAT][PARA][BOLD]Housing help:[EBOLD] The Accommodation Office's 4 staff help find and [PARA]negotiate housing and contracts.
