32 Any queries about student residences should beaddressed to the Accommodation Services Offices,Shaftesbury Student Housing, Dinwiddy House,189–205 Pentonville Road, London N1 9NFtel: +44 (0)20 7841 0480,email: student@shaftesburyhousing.org.ukFOR SUMMER COURSESPlease note that if you are taking a pre-sessionalIFCELS course in English language and subjectstudy between July and September (see page 36)you can apply for a room at the SOAS Halls ofResidence. This accommodation is in single selfcateringrooms with en-suite toilet and shower.There are a limited number of rooms available inJuly, August and September and students will beallocated rooms according to the date of receiptof their application.For further information contact the IFCELSAccommodation and Welfare Adviserifcelsaccommodation@soas.ac.uk), who can adviseon all aspects of accommodation, welfare andstudent visas.Students allocated SOAS accommodation for theirpre-sessional courses MUST apply separately foraccommodation for the full academic year.Well-appointed accommodation is located just minutesaway from SOAS’s campusesACCOMMODATION
INTERCOLLEGIATE RESIDENCES FEE PER NIGHT FOR 2007–200833For the 2008–2009 fees and further information,please visit www.lon.ac.uk/accom or emailulao@accomm.lon.ac.ukMIXED RESIDENCES(CATERED; SESSIONAL CONTRACT*)CONNAUGHT HALLTavistock Square, WC1214 residents (204 single bedrooms, 5 shared rooms – allwith internet access, telephone and wash hand basins)TV rooms, table tennis room, bar, library, quiet garden,bike store, tea kitchens, laundryFees: Single £15.20 to £17.70; twin £15.20GARDEN HALLS(incorporating Hughes Parry Hall, Canterbury Halland Commonwealth Hall)Cartwright Gardens, WC1– CANTERBURY HALL229 residents (202 single study bedrooms withinternet access and telephones; the majority ofstudents share a bathroom with one other studentonly, and 27 rooms have an en-suite bathroom)TV rooms, music room, squash court, tennis court(Cartwright Gardens), tea kitchens, laundryFees: Single £17.70 to £21.50– COMMONWEALTH HALL431 residents (398 single study bedrooms, 11 largesingle study bedrooms, 11 double sets, i.e. twobedrooms sharing a common sitting-study room– all with internet access and telephones)TV rooms, common room, squash court, tenniscourt (Cartwright Gardens), music room, tabletennis room, tea kitchens, laundryFees: Single £17.70 to £21.50– HUGHES PARRY HALL300 residents (295 single study bedrooms, 5 sharedstudy bedrooms – all with internet access andtelephones)TV rooms, common rooms, squash courts, tenniscourt (Cartwright Gardens), games room, bar, teakitchens, laundryFees: Single £17.70 to £21.50INTERNATIONAL HALLLansdowne Terrace, WC1850 residents (414 single study bedrooms – all withinternet access, telephones and wash hand basins)Modern restaurant, café bar, bar with satellite TV,internet cafe, computer room, music rooms, squashcourt, recreation hall, TV/common rooms, two quietcourtyards, laundry, tea kitchensFees: Single £19.00; single studio £22.00;double studio £25.50NUTFORD HOUSEBrown Street, N1 (Marylebone)199 residents (159 single rooms, 21 shared rooms– all with internet access, telephones [provided by athird party] and wash hand basins)TV rooms, common room, games room, music room,study room, bar, bicycle shed, small private garden,laundry, tea kitchensFees: Single £16.00 to £18.00; twin £14.60SELF-CATERED FLATS AND MAISONETTESINTERNATIONAL HALLLansdowne Terrace, WC1(50-week contracts from September until the endof August)850 residents (235 studios and flats, of which 30 selfcateringsingle studies and 154 self-catering doublestudies, plus a range of one and two bedroom flats– all normally reserved for postgraduate students andwith internet access, telephones and wash hand basins)Modern restaurant, café bar, bar with satellite TV,internet cafe, computer room, music rooms, squashcourt, recreation hall, TV/common rooms, two quietcourtyards, laundry, tea kitchensBedding and linen not providedFees: flats/maisonettes £34.00 to £54.00* Contracts from the day before the first term to the dayafter the last termACCOMMODATION
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