Accommodation
Tier 4 stipulates a student must be able to show the 1st years maintenance costs. The government recommends £600 per week outside of London. That is £5,400 per year. This amount must have been in your bank account for a minimum of 28 days before you apply for your visa.
Student Advice Information
- Mature students may opt for self catering accommodation once they have settled into their course.
- £105 per week for Bed, breakfast and Evening meal during the academic year.
- From £70 per week for self catering plus money for food etc.
- £100 per week during Summer Schools.
- Single room during the academic year
- Single or shared during our Summer Schools
- Accommodation may be shared with people from different nationalities during Summer Schools.
- All home stay families have been checked by the police and their homes are inspected annually.
- All home stay family providers are personally chosen for each student to make sure that a student will be a part of that family for the entire length of their stay with them.
- Living with a home stay family will help you to adapt to the English language and way of life.
- All home stay families work closely with the International Student Co-ordinator.
Self catering = a minimum £70 rent a week + food + bills or £220 a month rent + food
Description of accommodation
Homestay Accommodation
The host treats the student as a full member of the household, eating together and sharing the common living areas; during term time no more than 1 student of each nationality is accommodated in any one host family and no more than 2 students per household.
Private home accommodation
Accommodation in a private home for adults; more than 4 adult students may be accommodated in the home: there may be less direct contact with the host(s); and the students may be self-catering.
During Summer Schools there can be up to 6 students with one provider but they will not all be from Weymouth College; this is due to the size of the accommodation and the provider hosts students from other organisations. All students are over 16 years of age and the same sex. The provider has the responsibility of providing all meals.
Self-Catering
All accommodation is for over 18’s only, no international student is allowed in to self-catering until they have been at Weymouth College for at least a term. The student may prefer to find accommodation from the college list of providers, they may also find their own accommodation. All students must show the International Student Co-ordinator the Tenancy Agreement before signing it.
