Postgraduate Accommodation Guide 2019

POSTGRADUATE ACCOMMODATION GUIDE ENTRY 2019

WELCOME

WELCOME We know that postgraduate students have different needs to undergraduates. With this in mind, our accommodation offers the following benefits: • Guaranteed accommodation for first year international students who apply by our deadline • Dedicated postgraduate accommodation* • Convenient, mostly on campus location • A variety of contract lengths • No guarantor required – arranging accommodation with us is easy • All-inclusive rents – no extra bills to pay Find out more at our website www.exeter.ac.uk/ accommodation/students/postgraduatestudents * Although Postgraduate accommodation is separate from Undergraduates it may, in some cases, be in close proximity due to the layout of residences.

KEY DATES Applications open for firm offer holders:

8 April 2019 from 10am

Deadline for applications under our guarantee

31 July 2019

Students with families

Advised to apply by 30 June 2019

Arrivals Weekend

13 – 15 September 2019**

Freshers’ Week

16 – 20 September 2019

When you will hear from us: Firm offer holders

From May 2019

Students with families

From July 2019

Couples

From May 2019

* If you are arriving outside of these dates, please refer to the website for more information: www.exeter.ac.uk/accommodation/students/prospectivestudents/arrivals

We hope this guide gives you all the information you need, but please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any queries.

Tel: 0300 555 0444 (calls from the UK); +44 1392 724724 (International calls) Email: sid@exeter.ac.uk www.exeter.ac.uk/accommodation exeteruniaccommodation

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OUR GUARANTEE New postgraduate students If you apply by 31 July 2019 we guarantee to offer you a bed space if you are; – An unaccompanied international postgraduate entering into year one, who has firmly accepted the offer of a place at the University of Exeter;

All students benefit from a range of additional support services, such as: – 24/7 campus-based security team – experienced welfare support team – roaming night support – repair service

– An unaccompanied incoming study abroad or Erasmus student at Exeter for the full academic year starting in September

– cleaning service

Please note that it is not always possible to allocate one of your preferences. In these circumstances the information you provided on the application form will be used as a guide for the type of accommodation we will offer you.

– personal contents insurance

If your course starts at any other time than September contact us as we may be able to offer you accommodation (subject to availability at the time).

Full information about how to apply is available on our website; www.exeter.ac.uk/accommodation

– laundry facilities – secure cycle storage Scheduled Building Maintenance Please note: essential maintenance works are scheduled to take place on a number of blocks at Lafrowda and Birks Grange Village during 2019/20. The University will make every effort to ensure that any disruption to students will be kept to a minimum and those in directly affected blocks will receive a rent reduction for the inconvenience caused during this time.

On your application form you will be able to indicate your preference to live in an affected block, however, there will be no guarantee that we will, or will not be able to allocate you one of these rooms.

Full details of the works taking place, including the blocks affected and an insight into what this year’s students have said about their experience of living in an affected block, are available on our website.

COMING SOON...

said about their experience of living in an affected block, are available on our website.

We are creating over 1,500 new student bedrooms at three locations across our Streatham Campus. The new developments: East Park, Moberly (undergraduates only), and Spreytonway (postgraduates only) will all be located on the Streatham campus and are scheduled to open in September 2020 and September 2021. They will provide a mix of high-quality en-suite rooms and standard accommodation with a ratio of two students to a bathroom.

Each of the residences will feature a range of multi-purpose social and study spaces enabling you to both socialise and study in the vicinity of your own residence.

You can find out more about East Park, Moberly, and Spreytonway on our website www.exeter.ac.uk/ accommodation/residences/newresidences students have

Spreytonway – Artist Impression.

WANT TO KNOW MORE? Virtual tours of many of our residences are available at www.exeter.ac.uk/accommodation/residences/virtualtours

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Birks Grange Village Clifford House Clydesdale Rise Cook Mews Duryard Exeter One James Owen Court Llewellyn Mews Lafrowda Nancherrow Northernhay House Northfield Nash Grove Point Exe Rowancroft

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PRICES POSTGRADUATES 2019/20 Self-catered residences

Contract start date

Contract end date

Room type

Number in flat

Birks Grange Village

15/09/19

20/06/20

Single studio

N/A

Birks Grange Village

15/09/19

5/09/20

Single studio

N/A

Birks Grange Village

15/09/19

20/06/20

Double studio

N/A

15/09/19

5/09/20

Two bed flat

Approx. weekly cost £

Approximate walking time to Streatham Campus

6,938.73

174.09

12

Studio

8,853.72

174.09

12

Studio

8,157.96

204.68

12

Studio

4

13,168.44

258.93

8

11,780.04

231.63

9

One bathroom in each flat

4

9,711.68

190.96

390

Three bed flat Clydesdale Court (for families only)

Total fee p.a. £

Number of beds/ rooms available

N/A

One bed flat

Bathroom ratio

Clydesdale Rise

15/09/19

18/07/20

Single en-suite

6

108

6,634.27

151.27

9

En-suite

Garden Hill House

15/09/19

18/07/20

Single standard

21

19

3,978.72

90.72

10

Two shower rooms with toilets and two bathrooms with toilets

1

9,711.68

190.96

5

8,312.60

163.45

15

One bathroom in each flat

2

8,277.00

162.75

Double bed flat + study King Edward Court

15/09/19

5/09/20

Double bed flat

N/A

Single bed flat Lafrowda

15/09/19

20/06/20

Single standard

3 to 12

44

4,664.88

117.04

5

Up to 12 share three showers and three toilets (each room has a sink)

Lafrowda

15/09/19

20/06/20

Single studio

N/A

86

6,938.73

174.09

5

Studio

Lafrowda Cottage

15/09/19

18/07/20

Single standard

5

5

3,978.72

90.72

7

Five residents sharing shower room and toilet

Nash Grove

15/09/19

5/09/20

Single en-suite

6

75

7,782.16

153.02

9

En-suite

Rowancroft House

15/09/19

4/07/20

Single standard

7 to 10

17

3,797.28

90.72

40 (10)

Approx one shower between four and one toilet between three

Rowancroft Studios

15/09/19

4/07/20

Single studio

N/A

31

7,286.91

174.09

40 (10)

Studio

St David’s

15/09/19

5/09/20

Single standard

4 to 6

31

5,916.72

116.34

15

Approx one bathroom/shower rooms per two or three

Distances in brackets refer to an approx walking time to St Luke’s campus.

The University of Exeter has signed the Student Accommodation Code and has been audited to assess its compliance. The code protects students’ rights to safe, good quality accommodation, ensuring that they get the best out of living in university accommodation. Information correct as of January 2019. Please visit www.exeter.ac.uk/accommodation for up-to-date information.