Catered accommodation
Newark Hall
Jubilee Campus
Hey you guys!
My name is Loren Kirkhill.
I’m currently a first year international media student at the University of Nottingham.
I’m currently a Newark Hall resident and this is the Atrium, and this is where we eat.
The University of Nottingham has two accommodation options you can get catered or self-catered.
Newark is catered, so that means that when you pay for
your accommodation it comes with food, and it all comes on your meal card which ……. looks like this.
So, basically, anytime you want to go get food you just show your meal card.
They’ll deduct it from £27.00 a week. There’s trays, lots of options.
The Atrium staff is really, really friendly, so you’re sure to have a good time and definitely not starve!
We’ll walk from the Atrium to Newark Hall. It’s literally less than two minutes…maybe
if you’re really excited it could be less than one minute.
It’s a beautiful day, so we’re gonna enjoy the walk.
Come on in! Your ID is your key to everything – watch this magic!
This is where we get our mail, so don’t worry, your family can keep in contact with you!
This is Newark Hall Reception. If you ever have any questions about laundry, cleaning, uni, collecting parcels,
this is the place to go. They’re very friendly and very helpful …..Hi!
Just a couple of steps from the front entrance you have a bar.
You can’t pay for alcohol with your meal card, but there is a lot of food and snacks and
if you needed a good place to study, this is the place to go.
Welcome to the bar! So, the bar at Newark is called The Core.
So, The Core always plays really, really fun music.
It’s a good place for you and your friends to hang out,
maybe study if you needed to during the day.
Usually it’s quite lively at night and sometimes they’ll have live gigs here as well.
You can definitely eat in here; they offer a menu full of snacks.
So, basically, it’s a lot of pizza, crisps, nachos (nachos is always a big one).
Out here we have a little courtyard. There’s two halves to Newark Hall;
one of them is this courtyard and one of them is a bike rack.
We came in through the front entrance, but there’s also a back entrance.
This back entrance is really close to the A-floor laundry room.
If you peek inside it’s a bit loud, but all the washers are on the bottom and
all the driers are on the top. If you look at these two these are payable with coins,
and then these are paid with a washer card that comes with your whole Hall welcome packet;
and the washer cards are separate from your ID’s but they are re-loadable.
So, when you walk in there’s always two very, very important options and
I think this decides what kind of person you are…… stairs or lift?!!
I’m a stairs person, let’s go! It’s only three floors,
so even if you’re on the top floor you’ll find that …
1. It’s warmer
2. You’re calves are going to look great by the end of the year, and
3. It’s really not that bad of a walk… and you get this nice view!
The B-floor consists of a study room, our JCR room and a computer room.
The computer room has three computers right now; they might add a fourth one next year, I’m not sure.
This is the JCR which is basically short for ‘Junior Common Room’.
This is open for everyone to use; there are loads of couches (these are brand new).
The TV – you could hook-up your play-station, you could watch some movies late at night, you can study in here,
have a little chat; it’s definitely a good relaxing space, especially during the day.
Welcome to the C-floor. So, at the end of every corridor there is a Pantry.
Inside you are fully equipped with these white fixtures – a microwave, a kettle,
that toaster is not white, but you are equipped with it! And an iron and ironing board.
So, this is my corridor; it’s kind of towards the back of Newark Hall. Keys, very, very important.
I’ve put a lot of things on mine, just to remind me which ones are mine.
Welcome to my bedroom – very American in case you can’t tell!
It’s very important to have a little taste of home.
Mine usually isn’t this stocked; I just did some shop yesterday, some food shop yesterday.
So, this is how all Newark Hall rooms look like – it comes
with a desk, it comes with a shelf, it comes with this wardrobe here and all beds are single.
All the single beds are quite comfortable. They do come with mattress, covers;
you’re welcome to buy, like, a bedroom pack once you arrive.
The bedroom pack comes with a pillowcase, duvet, duvet cover.
All the beds already come with a mattress cover.
I bought my own sheets just because I like them extra soft.
All Newark rooms come with a full bathroom because they are all en-suite;
it is a full shower, full toilet, full thing, so it is really, really convenient.
Thanks you guys for joining me on this tour again.
My name is Loren Kirkhill and I really hope to see you on campus next year,
and maybe (who knows) you’ll be at Newark Hall yourself.
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nottingham.ac.uk/accommodation