Halls

All University accommodation (known as a Hall of Residence) is within a mile of the central study facilities and has easy access to shops, banks and social facilities. All Halls are located on bus routes from the town centre.

Rooms will contain a data point with unlimited access to the University network via your own computer, and a Resident Tutor or Senior Academic Resident, who provides welfare support for students.

Hall rooms are fully furnished and include a single bed, desk/table, desk chair, wardrobe and shelves. There is a launderette in every Hall. Residents are required to provide and launder their own bed linen (including duvet, duvet cover, pillows, pillow cases, sheets) and towels. You will receive detailed information on what is provided from your Hall in September.

Catered Accommodation (meals provided)

In the catered Halls of Residence you will receive a flexible catered package with meal options equivalent to 14 meals a week. Small kitchens (or pantries) are shared amongst groups of students for preparing drinks and light snacks.

Catered accommodation offers a well balanced range of meals with vegetarian options at every meal. The cost of the majority of your meals is included in your accommodation fees, so you will not need to worry about budgeting for food. You will have informal contact with other students at meal times.

For more details about the catering arrangments see the University Catering web page.

Please note: St Patrick's Hall, Wantage Hall and some rooms in Mackinder Hall (Dunsden Crescent) are catered in the term time and self-catered during the Christmas and Easter vacations.

Most fully catered halls have residency periods which are offered on a Term Time Plus Vacation basis (39 week residency including Welcome week) where you can live in your room during term time and Christmas and Easter vacations.

Self-catered Accommodation (no meals provided)

Self-catering Halls provide kitchen facilities that you share with a number of other Hall residents. The kitchens are equipped with all the essential items such as cooker, fridge, freezer, kettle, microwave and toaster. You only need to bring cutlery, plates, bowls, pots and pans.

The main advantage of self-catering accommodation is flexibility, giving you the opportunity to eat what, when and where you like. Self-catering might be more appropriate for students with medical or religious diets

Self-catered halls are usually only available to full year students on a 39-week contract, which will enable you to remain in your room during the Christmas and Easter vacations.