- Percentage of First Year Students in Halls:
- 100%
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- Accommodation Details:
- Accomodation seems to range from good to really quite poor and you can let the prices be your guide. All rooms have ethernet and telephone connections. Hampstead Halls look nice and are situated within 16 acres of attractive grounds. 700 students are accomodated here in a mixture of self-catered and catered rooms. You may end up sharing kitchen and bathroom facilities with as many as 10-15 other students or maybe just one at the top end of the pricing.
Oscott Gardens accomodates 419 self-catering students and is opposite Perry Barr campus. Flats contain seven rooms each with their own en-suite bathroom facility. Each flat contains one kitchen. Facilities include on site parking, CCTV security, bike stores and a laundry. Some purpose-built flats are avilable for wheelchair users and other disabled students.
Coppice halls accomodate 432 self-catering students and these are also opposite the Perry Barr campus. There are six rooms in each flat and these share kitchen and bathroom facilities. Other facilities match those of Oscott Gardens.
Cambrian Hall accomodates 207 self-catering students and is well located close to the city centre. This is useful for those studying at The Conservatoire or Margaret Street. Each student here shares bathroom facilities with just one other.
Lastly Westbourne Road houses 423 students and is two miles from Birmingham City centre. It is convenient for those studying at the faculties of Education or Health and Community Care. I think when the University describes these halls as "traditional" what they really mean is nasty, but nonetheless, cheap.
When moving out of halls into the big, bad city, lots of students favour the residential area of Edgbaston.
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- Accommodation Prices:
- The cheapest accomodation available is offered at Westbourne Road for as little as £45.50 weekly. At the other end of the scale you can be paying £65.50 a week for a room in Oscott Gardens. The difference in standards makes the extra worth it if you've got the money.
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- Local Area:
- Locally of course we have Birmingham City, which despite all reports is actually undergoing something of a renaissance. There's plenty to do in terms of drinking, clubbing, sports facilities and Theatre life. Cadbury's world isn't far away for Charlie inspired chocolate enthusiasts and the NEC (located by Birmingham International station and very easy to get to) hosts all kinds of events including ski, craft, bike and car shows and some amazing (and sometimes not) musicians and bands. The shopping in Birmingham is really good and so are the cinemas. It's basically your standard city in which nothing is lacking, and as they go this one's pretty good in terms of the arts.
The city's nightlife has a reputation up there with London or Leeds. Restaurants, bars and clubs around Broad Street and Brindley Place are buzzing all week. Try Miss Moneypennys or The Church if you're a hardcore clubber.
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