Cambridge Trinity Hall - Student Life

Housing: College accommodation for 3 years; rooms OK, so long as you aren't married or have kids. Disabled students can be catered for.

Eats: Canteen reasonable (£1.80 for a main course), subsidised by compulsory kitchen charge £350 pa. Close to the Gardenia (Gardies) infamous high quality kebab shop.

Drink: Cambridge can be costly. College bar is cosy and cheaper (£1.80 a pint) than town; Wetherspoons pub cheaper then most.

Nightlife: Excellent college ents, legendary cheese nights. Town good for film buffs, theatre and increasingly better music (Junction, Corn Exchange), Fez Club. CoCo's, Ballare - many good guest nights.

Locals: Friendly enough.

Sports: Recent league and cup success in rugby, hockey and rowing. All major sports catered for in college. Immense support from college fans.

Rag: very active, something for everyone - toga nights to fire-walking.

Travel: No need for public transport during term - you can walk or cycle everywhere. Poor (but improving) connections except to London. Travel bursaries available for all for academic visits abroad.

Financial help: Very good; good awareness of students' financial problems, apply termly on simple form with tutor's advice.

Jobs: No time in term-time (and officially forbidden). Lots of vacation work in Cambridge (and college may offer accommodation).

Best features: Work hard, play hard ethic; loads of social things going on; real involvement from everybody. The most open, fun and friendly college in Cambridge.

And worst: Workload.

More info: Enquiries to James Thomas, JCR President, email jcr(at)trinhall.cam.ac.uk

Past students: Rt Rev Robert Runcie, Lord Geoffrey Howe, Sir Norman Fowler, J B Priestley, Tony Slattery, Rachel Weiss, Lord Phillips of Sudbury (Radio 2 Legal Eagle), Nicholas Hytner (Director of National Theatre), Terry Waite, Thomas Simon Fearon-Peck.