Merton - Student Life

Housing: Good-quality, cheap accommodation for all undergraduates (in college or within 5 minutes' walk).

Eats: Excellent food, heavily subsidised (lunch £1.96, dinner £2.47), includes vegetarian.

Drink: Bar is the college social centre, cheap drinks (£1.80 a pint).

Nightlife: Increasing and varied, well attended and usually free student nights. Popular clubs are Park End, The Bridge and The Zodiac. Also multitude of student (and professional) concerts, gigs, plays, shows.

Sports: Well endowed, including a college sports pavilion, weights room, squash, tennis and netball courts, football, rugby and cricket pitches, boathouse, kayaks and punts.

Travel: Grants available.

Financial help: College will help in extreme circumstances.

Jobs: Very few students have jobs during term time.

Annual living costs: The minimum amount students say you need to live on each year (covering all living expenses but excluding tuition fees) is £4000.

Best features: Accommodation, food, friendliness.

And worst: Tourists.

More info: Look at the website: http://jcr.merton.ox.ac.uk

Past students: TS Eliot, Max Beerbohm, Thomas Bodley, Kris Kristofferson.