Once you get there you'll either be a big student village fan or a big campus fan. I lived on campus and would have hated the village, it's loud, in need of an update and ages away from uni if you're walking so not much of an incentive for those early lectures. Campus rooms are mostly newer, most are en suite and you can literally fall out of bed and land in your lectures. When i was there there were still some catered options available on campus. They seemed to be fazing these out though, in my first year it was possible to be completely catered and live on campus but in my third year i don't think you could have three meals a day, you could only get a breakfast and dinner package. Most people only had breakfast included in their package. Those living in the new en suite buildings could only go self catered. If you go self catered it is possible to buy a meal card which is essentially like buying the meal package separately, at least they used to do that when i was there. Alternatively you can just turn up at the canteen and pay as you dine. The student village is only self catered, there's on place at the village where you can buy greasy 'end of the night' food which i think is open during the day (burgers, chips etc) and there's a little shop but other than that you're only option is to go onto campus if you want a cooked meal.