BADOCK HALL

• About Badock Hall

Information for students

• New Student information
  • Application process
  • Arrival Day information
  • What should I pack?
  • Bookings before arrival
  • Student rooms and facilities
  • Booking a visit to Badock Hall
  • Christian Union
  • Fresher Week Calendar 2012
  • Information specific to overseas students
• Life in Hall
• Fees and facts
• Forms you will need
• Badock Hall handbook

Hospitality

• Conference business
• Visitors
• Senior Residents
• Badock Ball Ticket Sales

What to do before you arrive

Accommodation application process calendar

Date	Event
early May	Accommodation Prospectus available
June - July	Applicants research options and make on line application
12th July	Closing date for receipt of applications
August	A2 results published
From A2 results	Accommodation Office prepares residence lists
Early September	On Line offers commence;  acceptance deadline within 3 days
Early September	Halls receive details of accepted student residents
22nd September	Students arrive at Badock Hall

Having looked carefully at the range of accommodation available, students will be expected to make an on line application for their preferred choice of residence, giving one other alternative.  It should be understood that the selection process is done entirely centrally and the allocation of a place at a residence will not be controlled by the personal selection of a member of the hall staff.  Badock Hall is regularly oversubscribed, if this is to be your choice it must be a first choice.

Accepting your accommodation offer

From receipt of accommodation offer there is only a couple of days for students to register their acceptance on line. Make sure you check your emails from late August and respond before the given date.  No other offer of accommodation  will be forthcoming from the University of Bristol.  

Students coming to Badock Hall will be contacted by the Hall Student Support Administrator week commencing 8th September with details of the arrival arrangements.   Every student is allocated a timed slot for arrival on Sunday 22nd September 2013.  Each car has only 45 minutes to unload belongings and vacate the parking area to allow others with later appointments to offload.   Remember to pack in containers easily carried up hills and stairs - Badock Hall has no lifts, some top floor rooms are up 8 flights of stairs, if you have an early day arrival slot this is because your room is on an upper floor.

Your acceptance of accommodation will indicate the type of room allocated to you. All new students need to read carefully the various documents in  the  Facts & Figures section and the basic hall rules to ensure they appreciate the way in which the Hall is governed. 

Booking car permits and secure bike storage at Badock Hall

There is no roadside parking outside the Badock grounds; in line with University regulations, if a resident does not obtain a Hall parking permit they should not bring a car to Bristol during their year in hall.   The Hall has very few student parking bays available for the coming year.  Applications will be assessed on a 'need' basis.  

• Students wishing to apply for a parking permit must do so before 10th September.  Parking allocations cannot be advised before 15th September.
• a parking permit only gives the holder rights to park at Badock Hall.  It is not valid at other halls of residence or in parking spaces near academic departments.  
•  It is strongly recommended you apply to have a car only if you have a substantiated family or medical need.  Sports or commercial commitments will not carry weigh in decisions on permit allocations
• A secure bike space reservation will require payment of £5 for the key at the time of application.  There are only 70 secure spaces available.  Numerous outside bike racks exist in the Quad area, available free of charge.
• No secure bike space will be reserved without a secure space application form (pdf, 76.0kb) being submitted accompanied by the £5 payment - cheques to Badock Hall Amenities Fund. 
• All bikes must be individually insured.  Student Insurance does not cover these items.

Understanding the organisation at Badock Hall

• Do read carefully all sections of this web site, so that you are  familiar with the way the Hall functions before you arrive.

 

• The three main things to bear in mind are

1. Badock is a no smoking Hall.  Anyone found smoking or allowing smoking inside a building will be penalised.
2. The Hall operates within the University of Bristol disciplinary code, therefore no illegal substances may be brought on site at all.
3. The Hall expects residents and staff to recognise the need for mutual respect and equally, respect for the Hall, its buildings and its grounds.

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