Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama (Student Life)

Accommodation: No halls but SU housing list. Links to 3 private halls, rent £68 per week inclusive of bills. Average rent for sharing a house with friends £42 a week.

Eating: College canteen and coffee/sandwich bar (meal £3 ish). Outside college, abundance of good (and bad!) restaurants and takeaways from every corner of the world at varying prices.

Drinking: SU run college bar is cheap (£1.70 a pint). Plenty of local student pubs around to cater for Cardiff's large student population. Brains is the local brewery.

Nightlife: Regular SU events in college. Cardiff is full of things to do and plenty of busy and entertaining nightclubs.

Locals: Very friendly; Cardiff has a relatively high student population.

Sports: Union sports societies; access to Cardiff University sports centre; cheap student membership at the Welsh Institute of Sport. Travel: Main train and bus stations within walking distance. All student housing close to college.

Financial help: Bursary funds and hardship funds. College staff helpful in giving advice.

Jobs: Relatively easy to find part-time work in term-time. College employs students as front of house staff as do the local theatre and concert venues.

Informal Name: RWCMD, or Royal Welsh Coll.

Best features: Welcoming, friendly and very supportive college.

Worst features: Being small - everyone knows everyone else which is good when you need a friend or good time with mates but bad the morning after if you've been a little naughty.

Good news: National Conservatoire of Wales; with increased funding from the Welsh Assembly it has an ever-increasing profile. Member of CDS and NCDT

More info: Ring SU on Tel: 029 2037 2700.

Past students: Anthony Hopkins, Victor Spinetti, Peter Gill, Caryl Thomas, Sioned Thomas, Iris Williams, Anthony Stuart Lloyd, Lucy Gaskell, Simon Trinder, Eve Myles.