Lancaster University Accommodation

What are you going to be studying?

Ph.D in Sociology, might have to do additional MA, in Sociological Research. Anyway, living in town is a trek to campus but it's cheaper and nicer and less likely to induce suicide.

MA Gender and Woman Studies and English..

I wonder how is phd funding in the sociology department, I want to do a phd in Sociology only if i got funding haha

There is funding available for the next few years, look into it.

when do postgrads apply for accommodation?

Hi everyone!
I am an international graduate student coming to Lancaster at the end of September for MA English Literary Studies.
As far as I learnt on campus accomodation is much more expensive than living in the city in a shared house.However, I thought it would be better to live on campus for a year to learn the city and meet some people. What do you think about it? Pros and cons? ( It probably has been asked before but I just couldn't find. There are so much posts!)
Also, I am a sponsored student and need to be careful about the money. How much money do I spend monthly if I stay oncampus or offcampus? Average at least?
Lastly, would you suggest townhouses or ensuites? (There are not much difference in terms of rents I think) And do you think I can trust the offcampus room/flat ads online? (I probably seemed like a paranoid )

I don't have the energy to answer all of your post. However, I had the email today about prices for on-campus accomodation and was shocked at the prices. Genuine open-mouthed 'I can't believe they would charge that' shock (it was £20 a week cheaper in Cambridge ffs). I also don't know what your spending habits are. All I can say is that you will find it cheaper living off-campus. The only trouble is that living off-campus means living in town, which is 3 miles away.

Actually accommodation here is pretty cheap compared to many other universities around the country.

It really isn't. As I said, I paid £22pw less at Cambridge and I wasn't in the cheapest room and it wasn't some crappy new build. Immaterial anyway, I'm living in town, I never planned on living on campus.

When I went to Cambridge for an interview I was quite shocked to find out how cheap accommodation was compared to other places - presumably because the university is wealthy and is able to charge students less.
They also offered a lot more support in the way of bursaries etc. They explained that this was because they don't allow students to take jobs.
But Cambridge is not typical. Lancaster is expensive but not much more so than most other unis. Go up to UCum some time and see what they get for their money there - it's not good.
I would like to re-assure potential students that the new builds at Lancaster are not "crappy". They are modern, comfortable and attractive, and nice places to be.

At Cambridge, are you only paying for the 3 terms of 8 weeks[ish]? In which case, the rent should be lower.