London accommodation

Hey all, I'm starting an mphil stud in birkbeck this year, don't know london very well, any advice on accommodation?

I can't get uni halls unfortunately, I was thinking about http://www.goodenough.ac.uk/ , anyone had any experiences? How difficult is it to get in? (feels like applying for an ma all over again).

Sharing with some house mates wouldn't be a bad thing, but I think it would be fun to be surrounded by so many like-minded people, at least for the first year.

Cheers.

Reply 1

rinascimento

Hello,

I'm doing an MA Human Rights in London as well this year.

Why can't you get into uni halls? Did you look at the intercollegiate ones? There are a number of other resident/flat style accommodations available:

www.unite-students.com
www.hivestudents.com
www.nidostudentliving.com
www.libertyliving.co.uk

Some of them are rather expensive, so it depends on your budget. I'm waiting to hear from a couple of places at the moment.

Reply 2

epoch

could try and check out thestudentpad.co.uk ?

Reply 3

Amanda

rinascimento

I'm doing an MA Human Rights in London as well this year.

Oooh, what uni?

Reply 4

rinascimento

Amanda

Oooh, what uni?

The School of Advanced Study, Institute of Commonwealth Studies. Are you studying Human Rights as well?

Reply 5

Patrick213

Anyone know what the indian ymca is like....I've got a friend going there?

Reply 6

8e48f432

Goodenough College is fantastic, apply and see if you get in. When my family was in London I got them to sublet a place there and I spent a lot of time there too. I wanted to get accomodation there but it's only for graduates. :frown:

It's essentially based around providing cheap accomodation to high-achievers. You will need to demonstrate this (promising career prospects/amazing community service/talented musician/etc) and need to show how you would culturally or otherwise contribute to college life. It's pretty competitive; but for the price and the group of people you end up living in the same buidling with, it's unbeatable.