Postgraduate ProsPectus - Aston University

High quality accommodation
accommodation
The University’s attractive, safe and compact campus
makes living in residences a very sociable and
enjoyable experience. Studying and living away from
home is a big decision, but you can feel assured that
our modern accommodation provides a high quality
and affordable place to live. Living on campus will
allow you to experience the full range of academic and
support services the University has to offer.
Living on campus
Choosing to live on campus means that you’re only ever a couple
of minutes walk from all of the University facilities and services and
less than 10 minutes’ walk from Birmingham City Centre. It’s also
really easy to make friends, as there are over 3,000 other students
living within close proximity.
We guarantee accommodation for international fee-paying
students for the duration of their course, who apply by the
deadline each year.
Our accommodation is managed by friendly and professional
University residential services staff, ensuring that it is clean, safe
and secure, with 24/7 welfare provision. Residences are also
supported by a 24 hour on-site security team with swipe card
access to all of the residences.
Rooms are currently offered on a 39 week licence period for
returning and new Home students, 40 week licence for International
and EU (non-British) students and 52 weeks for care leavers. This
means that the room is yours throughout the academic year, so
there’s no need to move out during the Christmas and Easter
holidays.
Low cost, high speed broadband with WiFi provided by an external
service provider is available in all bedrooms on campus for an
additional, but affordable, annual charge of £9.99.
For more information contact:
Accommodation Office
Tel: 0121 204 4704/4707
Email: accom@aston.ac.uk
Find us online at:
www.aston.ac.uk/accommodation
Allocation policy/rents
For more information, visit our
website at: www.aston.ac.uk/
accommodation
Students with disabilities
We have a number of specially
adapted rooms on campus to
cater for those with disabilities.
Please discuss your individual
needs with the Accommodation
Officer once you have been
made an offer by Aston
University.
You are encouraged to view
the accommodation before or
after you apply so that you can
see the campus and discuss
arrangements well in advance.
Car parking
We are unable to offer students
car parking spaces on campus.
Parking is however, available
for students with specific
disabilities. Pay and display car
parking is available close to the
campus at the time of going
to press but we recommend
you visit our website or contact
the accommodation office for
confirmation of prices.
Brand new student residences
We have completed Phase 1 of our new residences project, providing
1,307 brand new, en suite bedrooms on campus. Phase 2, due for
completion in September 2013, will have retail facilities and 3,000
bedrooms on campus, all of which are self-catering and en suite with
a fully fitted, ergonomically designed and spacious study space and
excellent storage. Flats are available in five and seven bedroom units
with the five bedroom flats having a larger floor area and shower pod,
more storage and larger size beds, each flat sharing a well-equipped
kitchen and communal area.
Lakeside
Lakeside residences provide 647 bedrooms on campus, arranged
into flats for between six and ten students, with shared kitchen
facilities. Each bedroom has an en suite bathroom, and telephone and
television points are available in every room. Launderette facilities are
also provided.
Accommodation prices 2013-14
39 weeks (40 weeks for international students)
The prices quoted below also include all utility costs and communal
cleaning charges, so budgeting whilst living on campus is easy.
All rooms are single study bedrooms.
Lakeside
William Murdoch
James Watt
Mary Sturge
Harriet Martineau
Rent (per week) £121 £126 £134
Utility bills Included Included Included
High speed internet New and improved high speed internet
available to ALL residences at a nominal fee
En-suite Yes Yes Yes
No of students per flat 6 – 10
7 bed
units
5 bed
units
Please note: this information is correct at the time of going to press but we
recommend you visit our website or contact the accommodation office for
confirmation of prices.
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