Accommodation in general

The quality and price of accomodation vary hugely depending on the college you are at. Many colleges have recently decided to impliment massive rent rise of up to 65% (eg. Kings) to make up for the recent cut in government funding. Such an increase would push up the price of a room to £70-75+ a week. This will hit students from middle income families particularly hard as they will be unable to claim additional help from rent bursaries and hardship funds. I should stress that not all colleges will be resorting to such extreme measures although most will be forced to increase rents by a considerable proportion. For example, my own college, Newnham, is carrying out ...

Cambridge is unique in that most colleges will provide you with accomodation for all 3 years of your course. The quality of the accommodation varies within college, but mostly it is very high. I was in King's college, and during my 1st year I had a small room, but with en suite facilities, and a 'gyp' room (small kitchen) nearby. My room also had a fridge - major bonus! For my 2nd and 3rd years I lived in a hostel - these are building not within the college complex, but owned and managed by college. The hostel was lovely - a row of large victorian terraces, with gardens leading onto the river. In each 'house' in the hostel ...