Cost of student accommodation
Dear Cardiff University,
I would like to make the following Freedom of Information request:
Please can you supply me with figures for the latest five academic years on the average cost of accommodation for undergraduates provided by the university.
Please provide figures for the academic years 2022/23, 2021/22, 2020/21, 2019/20, 2018/19.
Please provide the figures in terms of weekly rent.
Please provide the data in the form of a table or spreadsheet.
Yours faithfully,
Alex Clark
Dear Alex Clark
I acknowledge receipt of your email received by this office on 21st of September 2022.
Your request will now be dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and has been allocated reference FOI22-327 which should be quoted in all correspondence. We will respond to your request within 20 working days starting the next working day after receipt, therefore you can expect to receive a response no later than 19th of October 2022.
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Yours sincerely
Swyddfa Ysgrifenydd y Brifysgol
Prifysgol Caerdydd
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Cardiff University
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Dear Alex Clarke,
I am writing in response to your Freedom of Information request dated 21dt
September 2022.
For ease of reference, I have reproduced your questions below and set out
our corresponding responses.
Please can you supply me with figures for the latest five academic years
on the average cost of accommodation for undergraduates provided by the
university.
Please provide figures for the academic years 2022/23, 2021/22, 2020/21,
2019/20, 2018/19.
Please provide the figures in terms of weekly rent.
Please provide the data in the form of a table or spreadsheet.
Please see below table which represents the average rent for a
self-catered room:
2022/23 2021/22 2020/21 2019/20 2018/19
Average Weekly
Rent £129 £126 £125 £123 £120
Details of the accommodation available to students through the University
can be found on our website:
[1]https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/study/accommod...
I trust this information satisfies your enquiry. Should you feel
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Yours sincerely,
Swyddfa Ysgrifenydd y Brifysgol University Secretary’s Office
Prifysgol Caerdydd Cardiff University
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Dear InfoRequest,
Many thanks for your response. Could you please clarify: do these average figures represent the mean or the median? Can you also provide the median if it is the mean, and vice versa?
Yours sincerely,
Alex Clark
Dear Alex,
We will pass your request to our Residence team and advise you of their
response in due course.
Yours sincerely
Swyddfa Ysgrifenydd y Brifysgol University Secretary’s Office
Prifysgol Caerdydd Cardiff University
Ebost : [1][email address] Email: [2][email address]
The University welcomes
Mae'r Brifysgol yn croesawu correspondence in Welsh or English.
gohebiaeth yn Gymraeg neu'n Saesneg. Corresponding in Welsh will not lead
Ni fydd gohebu yn Gymraeg yn creu to any delay.
unrhwy oedi.
Swyddfa Ysgrifenydd y Brifysgol
Prifysgol Caerdydd
Ebost : [email address]
Mae'r Brifysgol yn croesawu gohebiaeth yn Gymraeg neu'n Saesneg. Ni fydd
gohebu yn Gymraeg yn creu unrhwy oedi.
University Secretary’s Office
Cardiff University
Email: [email address]
The University welcomes correspondence in Welsh or English. Corresponding
in Welsh will not lead to any delay.
Dear Alex,
Further to your email of 19^th December 2022, we can advise the
figures provided in our email of represented the mean.
Please find below details based on the median:
2022/23 2021/22 2020/21 2019/20 2018/19
£136 £132 £131 £129 £125
We trust this satisfies your query.
Yours sincerley
Swyddfa Ysgrifenydd y Brifysgol University Secretary’s Office
Prifysgol Caerdydd Cardiff University
Ebost : [1][email address] Email: [2][email address]
The University welcomes
Mae'r Brifysgol yn croesawu correspondence in Welsh or English.
gohebiaeth yn Gymraeg neu'n Saesneg. Corresponding in Welsh will not lead
Ni fydd gohebu yn Gymraeg yn creu to any delay.
unrhwy oedi.
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