- Libraries:
- Hunter Street - Business and Humanities, opening hours are good - between 9am and 10pm or 12pm but with swipe card access after 5pm. Opens weekdays 9am to 5pm in holiday time.
Franciscan Library - Law and Sciences, located at Verney Park, in an old Franciscan monastry/boarding school. Opening hours are very good, from 9am to 10pm or 12pm weekdays and the afternoons and evenings at weekends too.
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- Computing:
- Computer access is by swipe card and 5 out of the 8 computer rooms have 24 hour access.
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- Sports:
- The University has four tennis courts and a small all-weather hockey pitch on campus. A mile away there are sports pitches, with floodlit training area and pavilion. The Student Union is BUSA afiliated playing in national competitions as well as local "Town and Gown" matches with sportsmen and women in the local area.
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- Future Plans:
- Everything is as modern as you would want it. Being a private university means that the facilities really are second to none for the relatively small size of the student population.
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- Disabled Students:
- The Student Support Advisor deals with these issues, and the University is happy to do what it can with regard to disabilities. However do your research, in such a small institution facilities cannot be expected to be marvellously orientated towards people with disabilities, the buildings are all fairly modern so access won't be too bad. The University is however better equipped when it comes to dyslexia.
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- Student Welfare:
- The University does have a student support unit with one full-time counsellor (the Student Support Advisor), who also deals with disability issues. For medical problems you will have to register with your local doctor in town. The doctor holds weekly surgeries on campus.
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- Parking:
- Parking is not a problem. You will need permits (for a small fee of course), but the advantage of coming to a private university where the free market ideals prevail, is that the powers that be don't have a phobia of cars. There is plenty of parking in the town as well.
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- University Shops:
- You can get snacks and stationery in the SU Tanlaw Mill building, but you'll have to go into Buckingham, if not Milton Keynes for anything more complicated.
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- University Bookshops:
- There is a University bookshop on the Hunter Street Campus that is run by a local contractor, that provides all the necessary course texts. Souvenirs and other university paraphernalia are also sold here.
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- Banking:
- All major banks are but a few minutes walk away in the centre of town, but there are cash machines on campus.
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- Transport Policy:
- Some transport is provided for students after functions to take them back to their doors, but really you don't have much cause to be concerned about walking back at night - Buckingham is hardly downtown LA.
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- Green Areas:
- Set in the mild, middle English, Buckinghamshire countryside, there is plenty of green around. The Student Union itself Tanlaw Mill is a converted mill, and sits on the other side of the river from a park. The place might almost be too isolated for those used the hustle and bustle of the metropolis, and students travel far to remind themselves of civilisation. However, enjoy the tranquillity here while it lasts before you are catapulted into the speed, sound and smog of the citysphere!
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