Accommodation in general

Students have no money, it is a well publicised fact. A supposed fact about students is that they are at university to complete a degree, thus books are needed. Each module has a recommended text, some are compulsary, where as others are not, but in most cases additional reading is required if you want to get the top grades. These books are expensive, generally from £20 upwards, although I have found on average that they cost £30. Students now have two options when buying books, there is your traditional book shop or buying on the internet. Both have their merits; there is often a bookshop on campus, making it easily accessible, there may also be deals at the ...

Loughborough University has many merits. As far as the people in charge goes, one of which is the fact that it is in university terms exceptionally well off financially. Therefore when they announced that they were to increase the hall fees to cover a small loss that they make every year I thought it would be tiny. Instead it has gone up a good deal, especially when you consider two new factors that you must pay for. Firstly most rooms are now connected to the net and have phones. Lat year the charge for this was £1 a week. The charge for next year has soared 330% to £3.30 a week. An amount which adds up to a sizeable sum over the year! Secondly the ...