University of Essex

In general I consider my experience on campus a positive one. My room was of the right size and near to all the facilities of the university. A possible aspect to improve was a renewing of the building and of the common space like the kitchen. However the university had already started to restructur the oldest buildings.

The accomodation in the towers was a bit uncomfortable, since each flat had 16 rooms in 16 storey buildings built at the same time with the University. The Houses on the other hand are very modern small flats with 4-6 people in them. The cleaning service that did all communal spaces every day and the rooms every week,day was a big plus!

I don't live in a university owned accomodation but in the private sector. Yet, the university has provided me with a list of private sector accomodations which standard are constantly checked by the University and the quality is satisfactory.

I was there for half a year and lived in one of the Towers on campus. It looks quite daunting from the outside and the fact that you are suppose to live in a flat with 13 people (14 incl. you) doesn't help either. But once I got there, I had 13 friends straight away and the best time. The kitchen is a big communal area. If you feel a bit bored, there's always someone in there who you can talk to. The kitchen is cleaned every day and so is the bathroom.

Living on campus was the best, one cool thing is that we had a cleaner, and you get to live with more people, in my case they were mostly english people so I got contact with natives and international students as well, it was just the perfect balance.

I thought living in the towers was great fun, I met 15 people in my first day there. The room was big enough and cheaper than private housing and the internet connection was great to have. My flatmates and I cooked for each other and made trips to the supermarket together so it was like living with a family away from home. I loved being able to get up 10 minutes before class and still make it there on time!