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Accommodation for Overseas Postgraduate Students 2010-11
How to Apply
New Postgraduate Students
- If you are a new overseas fee-paying postgraduate eligible for the University’s
accommodation guarantee you must have accepted your course offer and
applied online via our homepage by
13 August 2010
- Students with additional requirements should read more information
here
- We allocate postgraduate accommodation from August. If you are allocated
accommodation, you will receive an email asking you to log-in to the website
and review the offer made to you online
- We make every effort to allocate accommodation according to your
preferred choice but no guarantees can be given. When this is not possible
we automatically offer you the closest alternative accommodation available.
Later applicants may have to be offered a shared room or given details of
private sector accommodation
- Please read through all the information carefully, including the
Campus Life terms and conditions, as once you accept the offer it creates
a legally binding contract. You will need to accept the offer and make the
pre-payment
of £400
by the reply date or risk your room being re-allocated. If you reject an
offer of accommodation, we will be unable to make you another offer unless
there are special circumstances of which we were unaware at the time of allocation.
Accommodation Application Guidance 2010-11
New overseas postgraduates will be guaranteed a room in University Accommodation
providing we receive an application by 13th August. The application is available
now from our homepage. We will send out most room allocations
in August.
After you have returned the acceptance of your course offer please wait for confirmation from the Graduate Office that they have received and you are able apply for University Accommodation. Until you have returned your acceptance you cannot apply for accommodation, as our accommodation database will not recognise your details. For detailed guidance notes on completing an application for University Accommodation please click here.
Students with additional requirements (eg disabled students, those with specific learning disabilities, mental health disabilities and other support needs) should read more information here
Accommodation Available and Prices 2010-11
Accommodation for Overseas postgraduates for 2010/11 will be located on campus
at Polden
Court, Woodland
Court and Osborne
House. But please note the majority of rooms will be available in our
off campus accommodation at Carpenter
House, Clevelands,, Pulteney
Court , Canal Wharf and Thornbank
Gardens.
For details of Accommodation prices for 2010/11 please click here
Private Sector Accommodation 2010-11
Alternatively if you prefer to investigate options available in the private
sector then please follow the link at: http://www.bath.ac.uk/accommodation/private/password-app.shtml
for access to our private sector lettings database
Contract Dates for Postgraduate Students 2010/11
The standard Whole Session contract for Postgraduates will be;
25/09/2010 - 07/01/2011
07/01/2011 - 06/05/2011
06/05/2011 - 01/08/2011
01/08/2011 - 19/09/2011
However the contract for Postgraduates in Woodland Court will be;
25/09/2010 - 07/01/2011
07/01/2011 - 06/05/2011
06/05/2011 - 18/06/2011
Please note any Postgraduates living in Woodland Court can be transferred
to one of our City Centre residences if they wish to stay in Bath across
the Summer (June - September). But Woodland Court is only
available for student
use until 18th June.
Early Termination of Contract 2010/11
2010/11 students are strongly advised to check our Notice of Termination Policy when considering applying for University Accommodation.
Insurance
The University has arranged a core possessions insurance policy to cover your possessions whilst you are living in University Accommodation on a full time contract. Please click here to read more .
Freewire Telephone
The Freewire Telephone service,with a handset now available in bedrooms at Woodland Court/Marlborough and Solsbury Court/Westwood/Polden Court/Osborne House/Carpenter House and Thornbank Gardens , lets you make FREE calls to any of your fellow residents within the University of
Bath’s halls of residence or to anyone on the Freewire Network.
The system is based on the latest VoIP technology and provides you with the following
benefits:
• Free calls to other Freewire Telephone users anytime, anywhere in the world
• Free subscription to the service for friends and family
• Free voicemail, teleconferencing and call screening facilities
• Extremely competitive rates when calling other networks and mobile phones
And, if your bedroom does not have a Freewire handset, you can still access the Freewire
service by downloading the free and easy to use software that lets you enjoy the same
benefits via a “softphone”.
For further information on how to get started, just refer to your handset instruction guide. Or,
to download the software and find out more about Freewire, just visit
www.freewiretv.com
Freewire TV
Using your PC and Freewire’s latest TV software, you can now enjoy over 30 of your favourite
TV and radio channels in full digital quality absolutely FREE on your PC. The software works
like any satellite or cable TV service, with now/next information about programmes, a full
seven-day TV and radio guide and easy channel selection.
Watch even more TV channels with the Freewire Extra premium TV package. For a small
monthly subscription, you can get access to many more channels including E! and MTV, as
well as live Premiership and SPL football on Setanta sports.
For more information on how to use the service, just refer to the information sheet in your
bedroom. Alternatively, visit www.freewiretv.com
Page last updated 12 July 2010 ·
Contact: acc-web@rt.bath.ac.uk
