Birkbeck (Student Life)

Accommodation: Most students have their own accommodation. Can get help from accommodation office, noticeboards.

Eating: College snack bars; meal £2+ on campus. ULU and Pizza Paradiso also good.

Drinking: SU bar (beer £1.50+ a pint); ULU also good. Carling is favoured brew.

Nightlife: Occasional events in bar.

Locals: Very friendly.

Sports: All facilities at ULU. Football teams.

Travel: ULU Travel is next door.

Financial help: Some college assistance possible.

Jobs: Some casual work (SU can help).

Best features: Variety of students; wide range of age/background.

Worst features: Everyone has too many commitments to get to know each other - work, study, family ...

More info: Contact President Jonathan Beck, President(at)bcsu.bbk.ac.uk.

Past students: Baroness McFarlane of Llandaff (Manchester University), Dame Elizabeth Esteve-Coll (Vice Chancellor, East Anglia University), Frank Sidebottom (cabaret singer), Sidney Webb (founder of LSE and other things), Helen Sharman (first british astronaut), Laurie Taylor (sociologist and journalist).