" And there are factors affecting students from poorer households that never get taken into account: I wasn't able to provide a guarantor, so I struggled to find non-hall accommodation.
"Everything's on campus - halls, accommodation, lakes, grass, sports pitches, libraries.
"We are running a helpdesk to advise students and their families about their options and make arrangements to move [them] into halls accommodation or private rooms, as applicable".
"We think this halls development will provide about the right level of halls accommodation for those numbers".
"For most students going to university being able to have halls accommodation in your first year is really important in your choice of where to go".
But halls of residence accommodation tends to be small, fulfilling basic requirements – expect a bed, a wardrobe, a desk and little space for much else.
The new building, whose construction began on Oct. 8 and is expected to be completed in 2014 with the help of Mr. Poon's $16 million donation, will be home to a 60,000-volume library, a language laboratory, lecture hall, student accommodation and conference areas.
Inside the inner ward was the castle's Great Hall and accommodation.
The wooden floors no longer survive, and the use of the rooms in the keep is mostly conjectural, however it is likely that the ground floor would have served as a storage room, with the first floor being used as a hall and accommodation for the guards, and the second floor providing rooms for the lord.
