Quarterly Scheme
The quarterly scheme will commence in October and lasts until the end of June. It covers the following periods:
1st October to 31st December
1st January to 31st March
1st April to 30th June
Students on the quarterly scheme pay an additional 20% rent (based on their termly rent). E.g. if the termly rent is £900 the quarterly rent will be £1080. Accommodation during vacations is not guaranteed as it is all subject to availability but priority is given to students on the quarterly scheme over those seeking excess residence. Although the college has not yet had to refuse anyone on the the quarterly scheme holiday accommodation it does depend entirely on how many applications we get in each year and how many large conferences the College hosts in each vacation. The quarterly scheme is particularly useful to those students who do not wish to travel home during vacations (international students especially) and to those students who wish to study at College during vacations (final year students especially). It is not good value if students only wish to stay a few days in each vacation – excess residence is a better option.
Letters detailing the scheme will be sent to each pigeonhole at the start of term in October. Students will be given the chance to switch to the quarterly scheme with effect from the 1st October and the additional rent will appear on their College bill in mid-October. Students will be given one more chance to join the scheme with effect from the 1st January 2012 – applications to do this must be submitted to me by the end of November 2011. If after the end of November a student has not joined the quarterly scheme they will not be able to do so for the remainder of the year. This is particularly important for final year students as they cannot ask to stay during the Easter vacation on the quarterly scheme if they have not joined with effect from either October or January. It is up to each student to plan their year carefully and no excuses will be accepted. Students who fail to plan ahead will have to apply for excess residence which can be a more costly way of staying in College during the vacations.
Finally, if students occupying conference rooms (Cripps, Fisher or Erasmus) join the quarterly scheme they do so on the understanding that they will move to either Dokett or Friars’ during vacations if their room is required by a conference delegate. The rent charged is based on the room they occupy during term time – not the room they may occupy if moved!
The quarterly scheme ends on the 30th June 2012 but if a student on the quarterly scheme wishes to extend the scheme during the Long Vac he may do so.
