University of Leeds 2014 Applicants (2015 start)

Oh cool! What are you studying?

Does anyone know where the shared accommodation is?

I just got an email saying that due to the number of applications this year you may have to go into shared room accommodation temporarily?

But I thought there was no shared room accommodation? Unless the smaller residences has got shared rooms?

I really don't want a shared room.

I believe this is more of a temporary living space to hold up in until room becomes available; rooms often open up after term begins.

But still the university shouldn't take more people than they have rooms available for.

And just because it's temporary it is not OK they should have mentioned this before I applied that there are very limited spaces left for accommodation and that you you will struggle to get a room in halls.

Although the email was very generic and hopefully I will be allocated a space since I chose the least popular accommodation of Oxley, Lupton, North Hill Court and Montague Burton.

It's probably not too late to look into alternative accommodation. Myself, I've been receiving a ton of emails from UCAS advertising such things at comparable prices to Leeds accommodation. Beware though, many of them don't include utility bills.

But still the university shouldn't take more people than they have rooms available for.

And just because it's temporary it is not OK they should have mentioned this before I applied that there are very limited spaces left for accommodation and that you you will struggle to get a room in halls.

Although the email was very generic and hopefully I will be allocated a space since I chose the least popular accommodation of Oxley, Lupton, North Hill Court and Montague Burton.

Hi, sorry to intervene, but I'm a current student at Leeds and I completely agree with you. Their were loads of departments which were advertising clearing spaces this summer. The uni has a responsibility to ensure that they have enough accommodation for the intake. You should complain, perhaps try the union.

Yeah. I mean if they don't have accommodation guarantee in halls that would be fine as long as they don't leave everyone in clearing stranded and make sure that they book out private halls which are affordable and near the university.

I mean they are still advertising clearing spots so where are all those students going to stay if they suddenly phone and get a spot at the university of Leeds. If you choose to take people on then you should make sure that they will receive some sort of accommodation, I don't actually care whether it is in the university halls but if it isn't it should be a decent alternative rather than temporary accommodation in a city that you don't know that well and for the first time of independence.

I mean I am quite lucky because the email did state that we will get something but having shared rooms is definitely not ideal.

I don't think I can complain anyway. i probably will when I start even if I do manage to get accommodation I find out on the 5th of Sep because they should not intake people that they don't have the space for it is stupid. However, I don't think I will get any joy because they state it online anyway so i don't think I'll have that much of a case.

Seriously don't panic! I got in on clearing last year and was stressing about halls, but I got into Lupton-even tho I didn't find out till the 7th. September. They send everyone that email but only very few are in shared rooms. Also that is temporary-after a week or so people drop out so space in halls becomes available. The uni also has links with various housing companies so if they can't get you halls they will help you out with that too. You just gotta be patient.
Side note-Lupton is in no way a bad halls, the rooms may be small and it's abit far out but the social side is amazing and also you save a lot of money!!!!