Accommodation Guide 2019—2020 Choosing your hall Essential information Settling in Settling in W here work and life meet, interact and inspire. Welcome to UAL Halls. Throughout this guide, you’ll get an introduction to the staff and student teams, information on how to apply, a full price guide and important dates for your calendar. We also have practical advice if you choose to live in private accommodation. To help you get started and hopefully excited for your new adventure, we’ve asked our current residents to pass on their words of wisdom and advice. We hope you enjoy reading. Remember, if you want to get in touch with us, all of our important contact details can be found on the back of this booklet. Kind Regards, UAL Accommodation Services Adam Roberts, Gardens House Gianni, Glassyard Building Tanikha, Sketch House Alice, Will Wyatt Court Lydia, Gardens House Email us: [email protected] Phone us: 020 7514 6240 (UK number) Monday – Friday: 8am – 6pm April – October 9am – 5pm November – March Phone us: +852 2155 4207 (Hong Kong number) Monday – Friday: 9.30am – 6.30pm GMT +8 hours IM Chat with us via the website. Or, if you’re in London, find us on the fourth floor at 272 High Holborn, London, WC1V 7EY. Essential information 1.1 1.1 What we offer 1.2 why choose why choose UAL accommodation? UAL choose why UAL Social Programme Private accommodation Access for all Run by UAL students living A Private Accommodation A Liaison Offer for in halls, dedicated to offering Advisor for students living disabled students. events and wellbeing guidance outside UAL Halls. UAL throughout the year. accommodation? 3,200 places More than 3,200 places in Halls of Residence across London. Here for you In-house team Overseas students Dedicated Residence and An in-house team of An International Advisor Accommodation Managers in Accommodation and in Hong Kong, offering halls to help you feel at home. Finance Advisors to provide accommodation advice essential information. in Cantonese, Mandarin Day and night and English for overseas A 24-hour residence team students. to offer out of hours support across our halls. hallslife.arts.ac.uk 2.3 Before you apply 2.4 applying for halls for applying halls for applying Allocations Guarantors Deposit and rent Online applications We work on a first come, first served For some of our halls, and for most If you receive an offer of All applications for accommodation basis when allocating places in halls, private accommodation, you’ll need accommodation, you will need to are made online via the website: prioritising students who have a a guarantor (someone based in the make an initial payment of £510 to arts.ac.uk/accommodation disability, international students and UK who agrees to pay your rent accept. This is made up of £250 Applications in 2019 will open students who are under the age of if you can’t). Please make sure that advanced rent, £200 damage deposit in March for returning students 18. Please make sure you include you have agreed this with someone and a £60 non refundable admin fee. and in April for students with this information in your application before applying. When accepting your offer, you have unconditional offers and students if it applies to you. the option to pay your annual rent in who have accepted their offers. UAL Disability Service full or choose a termly payment plan. All students who have received We have a range of accessible If you choose to pay your annual rent an offer from UAL will be able Open Day dates accommodation on offer for disabled in one go, this can be done via bank to apply in early May. We’ll be opening our halls and impaired students. Contact transfer, Flywire, a credit or debit card. to visitors on four dates in our Disability Liaison Officer at Applications run all the way If you choose the termly payment spring 2019: [email protected] until September. plan, the rent will be deducted from Saturday 9 March If you have specific needs or the same card you paid the initial Turn over to the next page to hallslife.arts.ac.uk Saturday 16 March requests, or would like to find out £510 with. see the application process Saturday 13 April more about the University Disability in full. If you wish to change the card Saturday 27 April Service, you can phone 0207 514 details at any point during the year, 6156 or email [email protected] call the Accommodation Finance team on 0207 514 6240. 2.5 2.6 How to apply to live in halls Applications Wednesday 27 March for returning students. open Wednesday 3 April for all students with an unconditional course offer who have firmly applying for halls for applying accepted (UF) and all students with a conditional halls for applying course offer who have firmly accepted (CF). Wednesday 8 May for students with an unconditional course offer (U) and students with a conditional course offer (C). 1 2 3 4 5 6 Create an account Choose your top five Offers sent via email Secure your place Payment Welcome home Register in advance Applications must We will start sending You will have 7 days to We usually take We will welcome you for an account on the be made online at offers via email on accept your offer and payment on the day to your new home UAL accommodation arts.ac.uk/ Thursday 23 May, make an initial payment you move in, using the at the end of August website using your accommodation so please check your to secure your place in card you made your or beginning of student ID number. You will be asked to account and monitor halls. This will change initial payment with. September, depending choose your top five your junk folder to stay to 48 hours in August. If you are receiving a on your course. halls. We strongly updated. We will try If you receive an offer UK or US loan after this Saturday 31 August advise that you choose our best to offer you one with one of our partner date, contact our team for FE students five different halls to of your five choices, halls, they will contact with proof of the loan avoid disappointment. however it might not you directly for this. schedule and we can Saturday 7 September always be possible. adjust this. for UG/PG students In this instance, we Sunday 8 September will offer you a place hallslife.arts.ac.uk for Emily Bowes Court in one of the halls that is still available. 2.7 2.8 Duty of Care Agreement Contents insurance Preparing for the big move If you’re under 18 at the start of All our hall rental prices include your contract, you’ll need your electricity, water, gas and high parent or guardian to sign a speed Wi-Fi. Contents insurance applying for halls for applying Duty of Care Agreement. is also included, but check the halls for applying terms in case you have items of Find out more at: high value that need extra cover. arts.ac.uk/accommodation Inventories TV Licence Citymapper An inventory is a document listing You’ll need to buy a TV Licence to London’s an amazing city, but every item in your room. You should watch live broadcasts on any device, it’s also large. A commute to your complete this as soon as you arrive including a computer or tablet. College usually will take 45-60 to make sure you get your deposit minutes so it’s worth downloading Find out more at: back at the end of the year, and the Citymapper app to plan your tvlicensing.co.uk/students avoid charges for missing items journeys around town. or previous tenant damage. Check out tfl.gov.uk for other Some of our halls have online Laundry useful travel information. inventories, whereas some On-site laundry facilities cost have physical documents. about £5 per week. What to pack Tenancy agreement After you have accepted your offer, Whether you’re living in halls or a we will send you a full list of what private property, you’ll need to sign is provided in halls and what you a tenancy contract. It’s a legally will need to bring on arrival. binding document so it’s important You will definitely need to bring hallslife.arts.ac.uk to read it. your own bedding, crockery Look out for details like the rent and cutlery, however we do you’ll be paying when it starts and recommend that you can buy the ends, any deposit and admin fees, majority of these items when you and what to do to start or end your move in, as there are lots of big agreement early. outlets near our halls. 2.9 2.10 Getting support Electrical items International Studying abroad is an If you’re worried about money, You’ll need adaptors for your electrical amazing opportunity. immigration, your physical or mental items as UK plug sockets aren’t students health, working while studying or compatible with non-UK plugs. You applying for halls for applying It’s your chance to anything else, our teams are on hand can buy them from airports or shops halls for applying discover different throughout the year. Search for ‘student across London. Remember to check help and support’ at arts.ac.uk. your items are compatible with the cultures, ideas — You can also book an appointment or UK’s 220–240V / 50 Hz power supply.