Cambridge King's - Student Life

Housing: College accommodation ranges from not bad to pricey-but-good (bedroom plus sitting room for many final years).

Eats: Adequate choice in canteen. Town tends to be either McDonald's or expensive, with lots of restaurants and two kebab vans.

Drink: College bar the only financial relief for the real drinker.

Nightlife: Good for films and student plays both on and off campus.

Sports: College facilities improving.

Travel: Town is compact so little need for transport. Travel abroad can be funded by college.

Financial help: Lots and lots of lovely lolly.

Jobs: Lots of badly paid tourist industry work in summer, also colleges themselves are quite good. 5% or less get paid work during term (shop/pub work); many students get work in their home area out of term-time.

Good news: Hardship funds being improved.

Past students: Sir Robert Walpole, Rupert Brooke, J M Keynes, E M Forster, The King's Singers, Michael Mates MP, Salman Rushdie, Alan Turing, Zadie Smith.