LIVING Accommodation Services

Accommodation open daySaturday 20 April 2013 The event starts at 10.00 and finishes at 16.00In order to view all accommodation you are encouraged to arrive early. If you arrive after 14.00, please be aware that you may not have enough time to go to all the villages.

Welcome to the University of Birmingham Accomodation open day

We hope that you enjoy this opportunity to view the accommodation

we have on offer.

The following comments were made by visitors last year:

‘Lovely to meet and talk to other students it gave a real

perspective to student life, gave good insight into things

I may not have considered before.’

‘Speaking to other students reassured me that I had made

the right choices for accommodation and the University of

Birmingham overall.’

‘I had a brilliant day, very helpful students and staff. It helped

me make my final decisions about my Uni choices and

accommodation choices.’

Accommodation open day – enabling you to make informed

choices and decisions

To ensure that you are familiar with all the accommodation it is

essential that you take this opportunity to view all the sites. Although,

under the ‘Freshers’ Guarantee’ Scheme we will make every effort

to offer you one of your preferences, unfortunately we cannot

guarantee this.

1 Accommodation open day

2 Getting the most from the day

You can choose where you wish to start your day. A regular coach service

will be running from all sites, however to assist you on planning your day

here are 2 different itineraries.

Starting Point : Pritchatts Park Village

You can walk to Pritchatts Park Village from all car parks, this will be

signposted. At Pritchatts Park Village please view all accommodation.

From Pritchatts Park Village take the green route coach to Jarratt Hall,

Victoria Hall and Metchley Hall. Returning to Pritchatts Park Village you

can then take the red route coach to The Vale Village incorporating

Liberty Gardens Liberty Living (The Beeches).

Accompanied walking tours to The Vale Village from Pritchatts Park

Village at 11.00, 12.00, 13.00 and 14.00.

Starting Point : The Vale Village

You can walk to the Vale Village from all car parks, this will be signposted.

You can then choose to catch the red route coach (outside Shackleton)

or take the walking route to Pritchatts Park Village. From Pritchatts Park

Village you can then take the green route coach to Jarratt Hall, Victoria

Hall and Metchley Hall or take the red route coach to Liberty Gardens

Liberty Living (The Beeches).

Accommodation Information Talk at 13.00, Upper Rio’s@The Vale

and The Study Zone@Pritchatts Park Village at 14.00.

Please register and apply for University accommodation at www.birmingham.ac.uk/accommodation which includes our 360 Tours of the accommodation. You will require your University student ID number and an email address. University ID numbers consists of 6 or 7 digits and are quoted at the top of correspondence letters from the Admissions Office.

The deadlines to apply under the guarantee schemes are as follows:Undergraduate Home and EU students – 31 May 2013Undergraduate International students – 31 July 2013Postgraduate EU and International students – 31 July 2013

The ‘Freshers’ Guarantee Scheme’ does not apply to UK based Postgraduates or students bringing their family or partner. For a separate application form please email unimanagedaccom@contacts.bham.ac.uk The University has a limited number of managed houses that may be suitable. These will not be open to view on the Accommodation open day but appointments can be made for another day.

4 Applying for accommodation

Accommodation offers are made on a date order basis, so it is advisable to apply as soon as possible. Some sites are inevitably oversubscribed, therefore first choice accommodation cannot always be guaranteed and we will offer an alternative. Therefore we do recommend that you visit all of our accommodation.

If your application falls outside the conditions of the ‘Freshers’ Guarantee Scheme’ (late, clearing and insurance applicants), you are still encouraged to apply for University accommodation. In practice Accommodation Services is usually able to accommodate some applicants that do not fall into the ‘Freshers’ Guarantee Scheme’. If we cannot offer University accommodation you will be advised in September 2013 of other options open to you.

You must undertake to remain in your University accommodation for the whole of your first year here. You will be required to sign a legally binding contract and pay a £550 prepayment before you can movein to your room.

If you are a Gap year student arriving in September 2013 accommodation contracts will be sent out around June 2013. If you will be taking a gap year until 2014–15 then please apply for accommodation in 2014.

Amending accommodation applicationsFor those students who have already submitted their online application form and wish to make changes to their preferences after the Accommodation open day, just log back into your online application.

5 Further informationLiberty Gardens Liberty Living (The Beeches), Metchley Hall, Victoria Hall

Accommodation with third party providersIn order to maintain the ‘Freshers’ Guarantee Scheme’ the University has entered into agreements with private providers, such as Liberty Gardens Liberty Living (The Beeches), Victoria Hall and Metchley Hall to supplement our own stock. These bed spaces form part of the ‘Freshers’ Guarantee Scheme’ and you may be allocated one of these rooms in your first year.

These providers work very closely with the University to ensure that the cost and range of facilities and support provided is similar to what you would receive in University accommodation.

Accommodation Services will manage your application but you will receive your offer of accommodation which will include a contract from the private provider.

Whilst every effort will be made to offer you one of your preferences we are unable to guarantee it so you are advised to view all types of accommodation.

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University and your student accommodation.

All University-owned student residences comply with the regulations set by the Universities (UUK) Code of Practice for the Management of Student Housing.

For more information on the Code of Practice and how this applies to accommodation at the University of Birmingham please go to www.birmingham.ac.uk/students/accommodation/codeofpractice.aspx

Further information about the UUK Code in general can be found by visiting www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/acop/

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By motorwayApproaching from the north west or south east along the M6:o Leave at Junction 6 (signposted Birmingham Central) to join

the A38(M)o At the end of the motorway, keep to the right, go over a flyover,

then through two underpasses to join the A38 Bristol Roado The University is on your right, two and a half miles from the

city centreo It is recommended you park at Pritchatts Road car park (B15 2QX)o There will also be an overspill car park on Vincent Drive

(B15 2DG)o There will also be an overspill car park at North car park

(B15 2TT) and South car park o It is recommended that you start your tour at Pritchatts Park

Village (map reference 2)

Approaching from the M42 north:o Leave at Junction 8 to join the M6 northbound and follow

the instructions above

Approaching from the south west:o Leave the M5 at Junction 4 (signposted Birmingham SW) to join the A38o The University is approximately eight miles from the motorway

6 Finding us

Approaching from the M40:o It is easier to turn south on the M42 and leave at Junction 1, heading north on the A38 Bristol Roado The University is approximately eight miles from the motorwayo It is recommended you park at Pritchatts Road car park (B15 2QX)o It is recommended that you start your tour at Pritchatts Park

Village (map reference 2)

By railMost cross-country services to Birmingham arrive at New Street Station. Up to six trains an hour depart for the University on the cross-city line (fi nal destination Longbridge or Redditch). The centre of the main campus is a fi ve-minute walk from University Station. A courtesy bus service will be available from the University train Station every few minutes to Pritchatts Park Village.

You can walk to Pritchatts Park Village from University Station in approximately 10 minutes. Follow the orange walking route signs.

For more travel information please visit www.bham.ac.uk/about/maps

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Free parking arrangements – all car parks mentioned are freeo It is recommended you park at Pritchatts Road car park (B15 2QX)

then start your tour at Pritchatts Park Village (map reference 2)

o If you park at Pritchatts Road car park then Pritchatts Park Village is only a few minutes walk away. A walking route will be signposted on the lamp posts.

o An overspill carpark will be available on Vincent Drive, North car park and South car park.

o Coach pick ups will be available from the overspill car parks and University Station.

Access for visitors with disabilitiesIf you require a ‘Mobility Map’, which compliments these maps, please contact the Disability Service on 0121 414 5130 or disability@bham.ac.uk. The mini buses/coaches will not be suitable for wheelchair users. If transport is needed for wheel chair users please email d.otoole@bham.ac.uk by 18 April 2013 and appropriate arrangements will be made.

7 Facilities on the day

Refreshment areas on the dayo Pritchatts Park Village – Pritchatts Park Social Centre will be open

for light refreshments. There will also be catering on site, offering hot food items. An ATM machine is available in the foyer.

o The Vale Village – Please feel free to sample the catering within the Hub in Shackleton. Fusion will be open between 11.30 and 15.30 serving hot and cold food. Rios, a café selling speciality coffees, paninis and muffins will be open between 09.00 and 16.00. A barbeque will also be available by Bar One’s decking area, weather permitting between 12.00 and 15.00. The Costcutter shop will be open between 09.00 and 16.00. An ATM machine is available in the Hub foyer.

LIVING Accommodation Services LIVING will be open on campus in University Centre from 10.00– 16.00 where our staff will be available to assist you with completing your online application or answering any queries you may have.

Learn moreLIVING Accommodation ServicesUniversity CentreEdgbastonBirminghamB15 2TT

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Birmingham is a large university where student accommodation is within a 3 mile radius of the Edgbaston campus. You can walk to the Vale Village (approximately 15 minutes) and to Pritchatts Park (approximately 5 minutes) from the 2 main car parks following the orange signs, or alternatively, take advantage of the coach services which run approximately every 15 minutes on the following routes starting at 09.45. All coach routes operate as a loop and all run throughout the day.

Coach service available on the viewing dayo Red route – Pritchatts Park Village to the Liberty Gardens

Liberty Living (The Beeches), the Vale Village Coaches will run approximately every 15 minutes starting at 09.45 with the last coach leaving Pritchatts Park Village at 15.00.

o Green route – Pritchatts Park Village to Jarratt Hall, Victoria Hall and Metchley Hall

Mini buses will run from Pritchatts Park Village to Jarratt Hall approximately every 15 minutes starting at 09.45. Victoria Hall is a 5 minute walk from Jarratt Hall and if you wish to visit this accommodation, student ambassadors will be available to guide you. The last coach will leave Pritchatts Park for Jarratt Hall at 15.30 returning from Jarratt Hall at 16.15.

o Yellow route – University Station to Pritchatts Park Village Coaches will run approximately every 10 minutes starting at 09.45. For those who do not want to take advantage of these services,

walking routes are available follow the orange signs displayed. Routes to The Vale Village and Selly Oak Village from Pritchatts Park Village will take approximately 20 minutes.

8 Getting around on the day