ACCOMMODATION

What Accommodation is provided by NOOC?

The North Oxford Overseas Centre is two large houses, providing hostel and self-contained accommodation.

For more information about the Centre's location in Oxford please click here.

The houses are divided into separate rooms, providing single accommodation.

Types of Rooms:

We have 77 single rooms.  Most of these are study bedrooms that share a large communal kitchen and share toilet and bathroom facilities (there is a washbasin in each room).  13 single rooms have their own kitchenettes and share bathroom facilities, there is 1 single room that has its own shower room and shared kitchen facilities and 9 rooms with own kitchen area and own shower room (with toilet).  Single rooms can only accommodate one person (although it is possible to have a guest  - please see below for more information about guests).

Other facilities provided:

• TV lounges

  • There is a television lounge in each building, with a video and DVD player.  We do not subscribe to cable television channels but we are able to view the free to air channels.

  • In the TV lounge at 117 Banbury Road there is a table-tennis table and a piano.

• English newspapers

  • These are provided daily in each of the two main dining rooms.

• One coin-operated washing and drying machine in each building.

• Bed linen is supplied and laundered each week

• Public areas are cleaned every day (apart from Sundays)

• Rooms are cleaned once every fortnight

• Incoming telephones on all corridors

  • Outgoing calls can be made on these phones using a telephone card.

• Internet access points are provided in each room.  It is designed to be used for web browsing and internet.  It does not support access to the University's Virtual Private Network, nor is it suitable for downloading or sharing large files.

• 24 hour emergency cover provided by a small team of duty wardens who live at the Centre

  • They can be contacted at any time by telephone and will meet new residents who arrive outside of normal office hours (Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5pm)

• Facilities for guests

  • A folding bed and bed linen can be provided for a resident's family member or a friend of the same sex for a maximum of seven nights.

  • If there is a spare room a resident may book this for a guest of either sex.

  • A charge will be made for any guest staying at the Centre and this charge will be calculated per night.

Please note the Centre operates a no smoking policy throughout the two buildings

NOOC is a communal place of residence where people are living in close proximity to each other. Therefore, applicants should be aware of possible accompanying noise that may occur.

NOOC does not provide:

• Telephone lines in each room.

  • It is possible for you to arrange to have your own telephone line installed and guidance on this can be given.  Residents are responsible for all costs.  Most residents find using software such as Skype an adequate alternative to having a telephone in their room.

• A television licence for residents' rooms.

  • If you use a television in your room you must purchase your own individual television licence.  The current charge for a year's TV Licence is £126.50.

• Any meals.

• Childcare or nursery facilities

• Towels

• Computer facilities

Community Living

Accommodation provided by the North Oxford Overseas Centre is based on being part of an international community.

One of the ways in which we help to provide community is by holding social events.  During the academic term these are held approximately once per fortnight.  Click here for more information.

In order to preserve the benefits of community living it is necessary to have rules that apply to residents (and staff).

Please take the time to read these rules before applying for accommodation.

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