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3.3 Halls of Residence
Students will receive details of Residence Hall move-in arrangements with their accommodation email. Normally students are expected to move into their accommodation during the weekend prior to the start of the session. It may be possible to arrange for an alternative arrival date, however, a member of staff in the Student Housing Bureau must agree this date in advance. If you fail to arrive by the normal move in date or the alternative date agreed, your accommodation may be reallocated automatically to another student.
Please be aware that rooms in Hall are allocated on an annual basis only and that applications to continue residence in Hall for a further year should be made to the Student Housing Bureau in February.
In the case of Founders and Reid Halls, the accommodation fee applies for the term time only and rooms in halls of residence must be vacated during holiday periods. The College does make a provision for vacation residence. Details of this provision are available from the Residence Hall reception desks.
Students who give notice to leave their rooms before the end of the agreed residence period will be liable for the rent for the whole session unless the room can be re-let by the Student Housing Bureau to another eligible student. There is an administrative charge when a room change occurs.
Students must only occupy the room they have under contract themselves - they may not let it to another student (this is called sub-letting in English). Nor may they allow another person to share their room, or occupy a room for which they do not have a proper contract. Students may not give money to or receive money from other students for the unauthorised use of a room. Students who do this risk losing the money they have paid unofficially, being asked to leave the room and in severe cases, being disciplined by the College.