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Questions? Please contact us is you have any questions or queries. See page 10 for details. 01 www.brighton.ac.uk/accommodation welcome This guide is to help familiarise you with the accommodation office and to provide you with some information about staying in our Homestay accommodation. Homestay means that you live in the home of a local household; this may be with a family, a couple or a single person. We know that choosing the right accommodation is important to our students and the Homestay scheme allows you to stay with a local host for between 2 weeks to 6 months or longer. Many students choose Homestay accommodation because the host support and home environment help to ease the transition as you settle into university life. Once you’ve applied and have been accepted for the Homestay scheme, we will match you with a compatible host family. We inspect all our Homestay properties and all accommodation must meet standards and criteria defined in our Homestay Code of Standards. The Accommodation Office As well as arranging your Homestay, the accommodation office offers you advice and support throughout your stay at the university. If you have any questions or problems with your Homestay or wish to change your accommodation, please contact the accommodation team. Our contact details are on page 10. Homestay Code of standards The purpose of the code is to enable hosts and students to agree a set of undertakings about how they wish to do business with one another. The criteria in the code have been chosen to reflect a balance of common sense obligations and responsibilities between hosts and students and set standards that are achievable without significant expenditure of time and money and without affecting their legal rights and obligations towards each other. Homestay hosts are subject to this code of standards. code of standards better homes for students
your accommodation We offer two Homestay packages. You can choose catered accommodation or self catered accommodation. Catered accommodation Your Homestay host will provide you with breakfast and a cooked evening meal including meat, fish or vegetarian equivalent (individual arrangements are made for students with special dietary needs, or where the host is vegetarian). These meals are provided 7 days a week. During the week, you can buy lunch, snacks and drinks at any of the university’s cafes around our campuses. Your host will allow you access to the kitchen to make drinks and snacks which you will need to provide yourself. If you choose the catered accommodation option, you will need to fit in with the host’s mealtimes. Please let your host know in advance if you will be late or do not require your evening meal. We have advised our Homestay hosts that evening meals should not be served before 6.30pm to allow you time to get home from university. If you have any special dietary requirements please declare these on your application form and discuss your needs with the host when you arrive. Your host is likely to cook the same food for you as they do for themselves so it is a good idea to tell them what you like and do not like to eat as early as possible. Self catering accommodation If you choose this type of accommodation, you will rent a room in the host’s home but will need to buy your own food and prepare your own meals. Your host will provide you with storage space in a cupboard and in the fridge. You should agree with the Homestay host at what times you can use the kitchen to cook meals. Please remember that you will be sharing kitchen facilities with your host so make sure you leave the kitchen clean and tidy after using it. Licence agreements To make things easy for owners and students, the university provides a model agreement. It is easy to adapt to your own circumstances, and is extremely useful in helping to avoid confusion and misunderstanding at a later date. The licence agreement sets out what is included in your monthly payment and what will incur an extra charge. The agreement should also set out the main house rules. The agreement will be legally binding on students as well as on the host. You will be given your own copy of the agreement. www.brighton.ac.uk/accommodation 02
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