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UNIVERSITY OR COLLEGE
ACCOMMODATION
Universities and many colleges
own and run their own accommodation for their students. There are several types:
• halls of residence – large buildings for large numbers of students
• houses for small groups of students
• flats for married students or students with families.
Halls of residence are the most widely
available type of accommodation. Some halls are single-sex (for male or female
students only) and others are mixed. Universities and colleges usually only have
a limited number of houses and flats, and so specific groups will have priority.
In a hall of residence you live in a
study bedroom (either by yourself or with another student) and you can expect to
have a bed, bed-linen, storage space for your clothing, a desk, a desk lamp, a
chair, and some bookshelves.Your room might also include a shower and a
telephone – but in most halls these are located outside the individual rooms and
you share them with other students.
Some halls of residence provide meals
(usually breakfast and an evening meal), but most accommodation is now
‘self-catering’ – which means that you buy and prepare your own food, usually
sharing a kitchen with other students.
For more information and how to apply
contact your university or college accommodation office.
Home for the
holidays: staying with a British family
Some international students choose to stay as a guest in the home of a British
family during the vacations. There are two organisations in the UK that arrange
this kind of short-term accommodation for international students:
Experiment in International Living,
287 Worcester Road, Malvern, Worcestershire ,WR14 1AB, telephone +44 (0)1684
562577
HOST, 1, Ardleigh Road, London N1 4HS,
telephone +44 (0)20 7254 3039, fax 0207 7923 1606, e-mail info@hostuk.org,
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