Residence Life

We have a dedicated Residence Life team who support your transition into university and run regular events to make sure you feel at home and make friends.

Support

Coming to Leicester to study might be your first time living away from home. We know you'll have an amazing and memorable time whilst staying in our accommodation. Our Residence Life Team is here to provide a safe, supportive and welcoming environment from the moment you arrive. This is what makes living in halls different from living in a shared house or private accommodation.

We appreciate student life is about independence but that doesn’t mean you won’t need a little help sometimes. All members of the Residence Life Team in halls are all trained to provide advice and support on a huge range of issues. This includes physical and mental health, fees and registration, accessibility, careers, mitigating circumstances and much more!

Students experiencing problems don’t need to wait for a visit from us to speak to someone. Call, email or drop-in to your site reception any time day or night. If you’re experiencing a problem or are concerned about another student, don’t hesitate to contact us.

Events Programme

Our Residential Advisers are responsible for running regular events and activities to make sure you feel at home and make new friends in accommodation. These range from cinema nights and coffee nights to parties and summer festivals. We even offer the chance for you to learn new skills (such as in our weekly cookery classes) and provide opportunities for volunteering and part-time work to enhance your CV. Check out all the upcoming events in halls on our Residence Life website at browzer.co.uk/le.

Making an Application

Register for an accommodation account to make an application. The admissions office will let you know when it’s time to apply. Apply before the 1st September of your year of entry and you’ll be guaranteed a space in accommodation.

Once you’ve sent off your application, we’ll allocate you to a room. We read over each application in person to make decisions, checking all your preferences and application notes. None of our room allocations are automated so make sure you put any requests you have in your application notes for the allocations team to see!

When you receive your accommodation offer, we’ll send you an email to let you know. You can review your offer and decide whether to accept or reject it. You’ll usually get 5 days to make your decision. When you accept the offer, you’ll need to check the contract and make the £250 pre-payment. If you decide you want to reject your offer, you should contact us first as we may be able to change your offer to something that suits you better, that way there’s no need for you to reapply.

When to apply and when you’ll hear back

The allocations team aims to respond to your application within particular timescales depending on your course offer status.

Unconditional Firm

You can apply when applications open and will be allocated to accommodation within 5 working days of us receiving your application.

Unconditional Insurance

You can apply when applications open but we won’t allocate you to accommodation until you’re confirmed as a student at the University of Leicester.

Conditional Firm

You can apply when applications open but we won’t allocate you to accommodation until you’re confirmed as a student at the University of Leicester.

Conditional Insurance

You won’t be able to apply for accommodation until results day when you are confirmed as a student at the University of Leicester, when you can apply you will receive an allocation within 5 working days of us receiving your application.

Clearing Choice

If you apply for accommodation after exam results day during Clearing, you will need to accept your course offer by adding Leicester as your Clearing choice on UCAS Track. Within 24 hours of doing this, you’ll be able to register on our accommodation website and apply for your accommodation. When you can apply you will receive an allocation within 5 working days of us receiving your application.

Freemens Common Student Village

Available for booking in Spring 2021 is the new city accommodation at Freemens Common – our £150m investment in you. Freemens will offer modern en-suite accommodation for up to 1,200 students – with the first blocks available for booking this year.

The Freemen’s Common Student Village will provide all our students with a welcoming new neighbourhood to live, study and socialise right next door to the main University campus. The new buildings will be set within an impressive landscaping scheme of tree-lined walking routes, wildflower planting and gardens, with two large outdoor spaces. Plus new pedestrian and cycling routes to better connect our accommodation with campus.

Nixon Court Blocks L and M

As part of Freemens Common Student Village, there will be two new blocks of Nixon Court opening in 2021. These will include standard and premium single ensuite rooms and single studio flats. All with 3/4 beds. Click on Start Search to take a look at all our accommodation available for 2021 entry!

Find out more about Freemens Common Student Village