[HDNG]IN COLLEGE:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]A1[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Catered: 15% [BULL] Cost: ú42.50-ú59 (31wks) [BULL] Self-catering: [PARA]25% [BULL] Cost: ú29.50 (40wks)[ESTAT][PARA][BOLD]Availability: [EBOLD]Most 1st years who want to live in are able to (95%). [PARA]There's space for about 1/3 of finalists to move back in and [PARA]nearly 10% can be housed in their 2nd year and don't have to [PARA]move out in the first place. 15% of rooms are shared - with the [PARA]older halls having larger rooms, but fewer power points. There [PARA]are only 3 tower block halls (640 places) actually on the main [PARA]campus at Singleton Park, all mixed, all bed and breakfast only. [PARA]Neuadd Beck (that's Beck Hall in translation) which houses 180 [PARA]students in single, double and even triple rooms - [ITAL]why, that's [PARA]nearly a dormitory![EITAL] - is about 10 mins walk from Singleton Park. [PARA]The 2 Clyne Halls, one for the ladies and one for the gents, [PARA]provide nearly 350 catered places a mile further west out of town.[PARA]One [ITAL]prize [EITAL]feature is the student village at Hendrefoilan which [PARA]accommodates 989 students in attractive specially built houses, [PARA]often split into flats. All these places are self-catering, occupied [PARA]by between 4 and 11 people, sharing a kitchen and bathroom in [PARA]noisy harmony. The Clyne Halls and Hendrefoilan are very [PARA]much self-contained communities with some of their own [PARA]amenities and organisations. There are a number of flatlets and [PARA]flats for married couples (but not students wanting to cohabit in [PARA]heterosexual sin). All new overseas students are housed.[PARA][BOLD]Catering: [EBOLD]For those in halls on campus, institutional food [ITAL]at its [PARA]very averagest [EITAL]is served at Fulton House, which also has other [PARA]snack and coffee bars, a post office, hairdressers, bar and [PARA]doctor's surgery. So, students can go in with a letter, eat, get [PARA]drunk, have a stupid haircut, fall over and get stitched without [PARA]ever leaving the building.[PARA][BOLD]Car parking: [EBOLD]To park on campus one of the 50 available permits [PARA]is needed [ITAL]and even with one, it ain't easy. At the other halls and [PARA]at Hendrefoilan, though, it's not a problem.[EITAL][ITAL][HDNG]EXTERNALLY:[EHDNG][EITAL][PARA][ITAL][GRPH]A1[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Renting: 60% [BULL] Ave rent: ú30[ESTAT][EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Availability:[EBOLD] [ITAL]Most students who end up looking for their own [PARA]accommodation find it without too much difficulty[EITAL], usually sharing[PARA]in the Victorian terraced houses and flats on the west side of [PARA]town or in The Mumbles, a [ITAL]pleasant [EITAL]tourist village, 2 miles from [PARA]campus. [ITAL]Other good areas include Brymill, Uplands and Sketty [PARA]although the east side of town is a bit too distant. [EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Housing help: [EBOLD]The 4 full time staff of the Accommodation Office [PARA]offer lists of recommended vacancies, a bulletin board, contract [PARA]negotiation and an approval scheme.
