I doubt it, it was brought up in our JCR meeting yesterday that S-Block wouldn't be refurbished. On the plus side, because the college has far too many freshers we have to put quite a lot of freshers in the castle, especially since the entire of the first floor of S-Block has been condemned (the corridors are sealed off). P,Q and R block are nice, I live in R-block, and it's the only part of Moatside with shared rooms (3 plus the 'Don's flat' which is currently being used as a students room, with two of my friends sharing. It has an ensuite bathroom, a separate bedroom for one person and a kitchenette, and is generally considered to be one of the best rooms in Castle.). S-block is currently disgraceful and I have no idea how the powers that be justified two contravertial schemes - spending a hundred grand changing the University's name and "marque" (A pointless "innovation" to make the university more popular, the 'consignia' fiasco springs to mind, that is very unpopular with the vast majority of students.) and not spending a hundred grand making S-block acceptible to live in. (I'm ignoring the fact that Hatfield just spent a cool million making their best accomodation better, 4 diamonds).
Despite all this, I would highly reccomend this university to prospective students, it's only a small proportion of freshers (across the uni) who have to live in S-block, and even if you do, you don't spend the majority of your time there. Moatside is a uniquely sociable place, and I've really enjoyed living here.
and joel, I'm assuming you have applied to Castle, right? If you're going elsewhere, I have no idea what your accomodation is like. I would say, however, that I'm glad I live in Saddler Street (on the bailey) rather than on the hill, or in outside accommodation (like Cuths).