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i UNIVERSITY LIVING PENRYN CAMPUS YOUR GUIDE TO UNIVERSITY ACCOMMODATION 1 CONTENTS Welcome 1 Our guarantee 2 Our accommodation 4 Location 6 Prices 7 How to apply 9 Contact us back cover WELCOME Starting at university is an exciting time and we realise the importance of finding the right place to live. There are new friends to be made, new places to discover, and the chance to develop new interests. Being in university residences enables you to meet and quickly make friends with a diverse range of people from different backgrounds and cultures, who are on a variety of programmes. Everyone has different requirements, and the University is able to offer a range of accommodation to suit all tastes – including options in the towns of Falmouth and Penryn. Each residence is a vibrant community with its own distinctive character, offering you a safe and secure environment in which you can socialise, study, and relax. All parts of the campus – including our residences and all teaching, learning, and leisure facilities – are shared with students from Falmouth University in an arrangement unique within the UK. This creates a vibrant mix of arts, humanities, science and engineering students; it’s one of the features of life here most often commented on by students from both universities, and something that contributes to what many see as the campus’s unique atmosphere. We are fully compliant with the Universities UK Code of Practice, which promotes best practice over a range of management activities in student residences. exeter.ac.uk/accommodation 2 3 OUR GUARANTEE NEW STUDENTS With a range of accommodation options available to suit the needs and budgets of our students, we are able to guarantee an offer of accommodation in university owned, managed or approved residences as long as applications are received by 31 July based on the criteria below: UK, EU, or international undergraduate entering into Year 1, who has firmly accepted the offer of a place at the University of Exeter International postgraduate who has firmly accepted the offer of a place at the University of Exeter Incoming study abroad or Erasmus student based at the Penryn Campus for the full academic year We also have a number of spaces for study abroad or Erasmus students joining the University of Exeter at the Penryn Campus for single semesters. Please contact us directly for further information. Applications submitted by the deadline of 31 July are prioritised; however, we are not able to guarantee that you will be allocated your preferred accommodation. We recommend that you list options in order of priority on the application form. Please note, during periods of high demand, we enter into agreements with approved accommodation providers in the local area in order to increase the availability of university owned, managed, or approved accommodation. If your preferred choice is not available, we will offer you an alternative from our accommodation options. If you miss the deadline, you can still apply; however, we are unable to guarantee our usual offer. We review availability in our halls on a regular basis, and if there is nothing available the Accommodation Office will advise and provide assistance in helping you find alternative accommodation. 4 5 OUR ACCOMMODATION We have accommodation based on site at the Penryn Campus, as well as a short 15-minute walk away. We are also pleased to confirm that we have availability in halls in Penryn and Falmouth to suit a range of requirements. Glasney Student Village The development is managed by Accommodation for Glasney Student Village, located on the CRM Students, who provide on-site students with disabilities Penryn Campus, is divided into self- management of all services, including We are committed to promoting equal catered flats, each with seven en-suite IT and laundry. Applications for opportunities and have accommodation accommodation here are made via our that can be adapted in both Glasney bedrooms. Two different room types 2 are available: online system, Room Service, but CRM Student Village and The Sidings . will manage your contract and payments. We’re happy to discuss individual 1. Single occupancy rooms, which requirements with students who have are furnished with a double bed or Living in university disabilities and we encourage you to studybed1, wardrobe, drawers, desk self-catered accommodation contact the Accommodation Office and and wifi. If you are living in our self-catered the Accessibility Service as soon as accommodation, there are food outlets possible to discuss what can be 2. Shared studybed1 rooms, which serving breakfast and lunch Monday to provided. are designed for two students and Friday. You can purchase discounted therefore offer a more affordable meal vouchers in advance to help you Catered Halls accommodation option. These are budget throughout the term. Our All our halls include self-catering facilities, furnished with two studybeds, two well-stocked shop is open 7.30am – but if you prefer to have your meals wardrobes, shelves and wifi. midnight Monday to Friday and 10am – prepared, we offer a catered package. 10pm Saturday and Sunday during term Living in catered halls can make planning The communal kitchen/dining areas are time (reduced hours out of term time). meals and budgeting easier as meals are fully fitted and furnished to include a Koofi, located in Glasney Student Village, included in your accommodation fee. dining table, chairs and television, as well offers quality refreshments, light meals, as fridge/freezers, a microwave, toaster pizzas and snacks. Our catered halls are located on the and kettle. Additional facilities include Penryn Campus in Glasney Student card-operated laundrettes and external Halls are accessed via secure entry Village. If you don’t want the full catered bike racks. systems and there is CCTV in operation package you can pay as you go. Catering at most sites. Support is available 24/7, is provided for 36 weeks of the 40 week The Sidings either via the Site Office and contract and excludes catering for two Additional options Private sector Car parking weeks during the Christmas break and The Sidings offers high quality Accommodation Office during normal In addition to the options mentioned, accommodation We’re committed to reducing the two weeks around the Easter break. contemporary student accommodation working hours, or overnight there is an we are also offering the opportunity to There is a range of private rented campus’s environmental impact, and out-of-hours support team who visit just a short walk from the Penryn With the 2019/20 package students apply for other university owned, accommodation in Falmouth and Penryn agree a Green Travel Plan with the Campus and close to the bus and train each residence through regular patrols; managed, or approved halls in Penryn for your second, third or (if applicable) Council every year as part of our they can also be contacted by phone. receive credit to the value of £55 a week links at Penryn train station. Housing loaded onto an app to pay for food and and Falmouth. These options are fourth year. The Accommodation Office planning permission. This is why, except provides support in finding private 233 students, it offers an intimate Utility bills are included within some of drinks which includes a 10% discount (the predominantly allocated to Falmouth for special circumstances, including blue rented accommodation off campus, and community environment. our halls. In other residences, bills within catered halls cost includes £50 a week for University students and so are subject to badge holders, there is no parking manages an online list of local rooms and a given quota are covered and you’ll need food, but you receive £55 credit). availability for University of Exeter available on campus, including Glasney The residence is divided into flats properties called Cornwall Studentpad. to ‘top up’ if you go over this. Support is students. These options do however Student Village. There is also no parking accommodating four to seven students. We also organise annual house-hunting provided by Site Managers to make you The 2020/21 package has not been offer a more diverse range of housing to available at The Sidings. Residents at All rooms are en-suite and are fully sessions and accommodation fairs during aware of your electricity usage. confirmed; full details of the catered choose from, including studios. Prices both sites are strongly encouraged to furnished with a bed, wardrobe, desk package will be available online prior to vary depending on the room type, as the spring and summer. During these use the excellent public transport links, and shelving. Each flat has a fully fitted Internet is provided free of charge and applications opening at fxplus.ac.uk/ well as the size of the room. Further events, you can find out more about and you can securely store bikes at communal kitchen/dining area, as well as in some halls there is the option to pay accommodation information can be found in the available accommodation, talk to staff, points all around the campus. More a living area with sofas and a television. extra for increased provision. ‘Additional options’ section at and meet private sector landlords to information about this and the car There are a small number of self- exeter.ac.uk/accommodation/ view properties. These events are parking policy in general can be found at contained studios which offer private cornwallcampuses/residences particularly popular with groups of fxplus.ac.uk/find/travel-transport living and include en-suite bathroom, students looking for houses to rent double bed, study area and kitchenette. for their second and third years, and for individuals looking for single accommodation or to find a larger group to live with.