[QUOTE="purple_fox27;42032346"]Birmingham has a housing website where you can search for flats and find housemates at: birminghamstudentpad.co.uk.
I'm not hugely knowledgeable on this as I'm coming to Birmingham this September, but I think most students who don't live on campus live in Selly Oak.[/QUOTE
Thanks. I had just about worked this out. However, he is now going to St Andrews, of whch I know nothing. Oh well.