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1953-2003 - 50 Years of Promoting International Education & Understanding

 

St. Clare's offers a variety of accommodation options for adult students. Take a look at some of our houses.

Options

  1. College residential accommodation
  2. In a private home (homestay)
  3. In a hotel or guesthouse

Accommodation Fees 2004

1 - Residential Accommodation

St. Clare's is able to offer comfortable and high quality College residential accommodation to a high proportion of students. This gives us the opportunity of ensuring that there is a good balance of nationalities within the accommodation, including native speakers of English.

All houses have a resident house manager, a senior resident (in the case of some smaller self-catering houses), or a member of staff on duty each night. There are some house rules which are intended to protect the privacy, security and welfare of all residents. You have your own key and there are no restrictions on when you return to the house in the evening. However, please note that overnight visitors are not permitted.

Most houses are mixed, male and female. Most have a comfortable common room. Bed linen and towels are provided, and rooms are cleaned each week day. Some houses have coin-operated washing machines and dryers for personal laundry. Otherwise you can use a launderette at the Banbury Road campus, or one near the Bardwell Road Centre.

Please note that all College residential accommodation is non-smoking

Accommodation Options
Room Occupancy Single or Twin
Please note that single rooms are in limited supply, and are offered on a first come first served basis. We advise you to book early
Room Category Standard (sharing a bathroom with a number of other students)
or
Superior (with private shower and toilet)
Meals "With meals included": Breakfast, dinner every day; lunch Monday - Friday only
or
"Self-catering": You have access to a fully equipped kitchen, so you can cook your own meals. (If you prefer, you may eat meals in College, paying cash when you eat.)

The College has a variety of residential properties, mostly in north Oxford. Houses are a short walk (up to ten minutes) or a short (5-15) minutes bus ride from the Bardwell Road Centre.

Most superior accommodation is in Logan House, a purpose-built block of high quality apartments opened in 1996. Logan House is about 2.5 km from the Bardwell Road Centre (25 minutes' walk; a few minutes by bus or cycle). Other superior accommodation is closer to the Bardwell Road Centre.

Most standard, self-catering accommodation is in Hampden Manor, a 17th century manor house 15 minutes by bus from the Bardwell Road Centre. A bus pass (included in the fees) is provided for students accommodated in Hampden Manor. Standard accommodation with meals included is closer to the Bardwell Road Centre.

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2 - Accommodation in private homes (homestay)

Homestay offers a good opportunity to practise English in an everyday context. Private homes are carefully selected for their quality and are regularly inspected by St. Clare's staff.

Accommodation is clean and comfortable, and your host will make you welcome. You have a single room, unless you specifically request a twin or double room (for instance if you are coming with a friend or as a couple). Usually you share a bathroom with your host family.

You are provided with bed linen and towels, and you will be able to use a washing machine in the house for your personal laundry, at no extra charge.

Your family provides you with breakfast and dinner. Lunch on weekdays (Monday - Friday) may be purchased in the Bardwell Road Centre restaurant.

A few private homes are within walking distance of central buildings, but most are a short bus journey away (maximum 20 minutes). You will be provided with a bus pass for free bus transport, if your homestay accommodation is a longer distance from St. Clare's.

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3 - Guesthouses and hotels

We can also assist with arrangements or give recommendations for hotels and guesthouses. A variety is available, from about £40 per night for bed and breakfast.

Meals

Breakfast and dinner are served every day in the restaurant at the Bardwell Road Centre. Lunch is served on weekdays (Monday to Friday). There is a choice of hot and cold food, including vegetarian options. Drinks and snacks are also served at meal times, and during breaks.

You may, if you wish, eat lunch or dinner in the dining room or Sugar House café/bar at the Banbury Road campus. If you opt for the "meals included" arrangement, you will have breakfast and dinner every day and lunch from Monday to Friday. If you are living in self-catering accommodation, you may purchase meals whenever you wish (cash payment). If you are living in a private home (homestay), you eat breakfast and dinner there. Lunches on Mondays to Fridays are included in the fees, and are provided in the Bardwell Road Centre restaurant.

Accommodation changes or moving out of College-arranged accommodation

Please note that if you wish to move out of a College house or Homestay accommodation you must give us written notice as follows:

  • four weeks for College Houses
  • one week for Homestay

The same notice period is required for any changes of accommodation. A charge is made for changes or cancellations made without giving the notice period.

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