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Students move in to Northfield phase three

Nearly 150 Sussex students will start the new year in a new home on campus, with the completion of the third and final phase of the Northfield student residences.

Study Group students will be arriving on 4 January, followed by visiting and exchange students on 15 January. The University will also be able to house around 50 returning students in the two new blocks, which complete the Northfield development.

Phase one (777 study bedrooms in 14 blocks) has been open since summer 2011 and phase two (an additional 180 rooms in three blocks) was completed in summer 2012.

Construction of phase three (148 rooms in two blocks) started in summer 2012.

“This final extension to the Northfield residences will help us to meet our target of housing 40% of Sussex students in University-managed accommodation and also to meet the continuing demand for high-quality, en-suite rooms,” explains Charles Dudley, the Director of Residential, Sport and Trading Services.

The design of the two extra blocks in phase three is the same as those that had already been built, except that there are some eight-person flats as well as flats for six people. Each cluster includes a kitchen and dining area and each single study-bedroom has an en-suite shower room.

Although students living in Northfield enjoy views of nearby Stanmer Park and the South Downs National Park, the buildings sit entirely within the University campus.

The buildings are linked to the remainder of Northfield by extensions to the existing roads, pathways and landscaped areas.

Students who live on campus are not permitted to park cars on campus, but there are covered racks for 72 bicycles.

The new development is self-financing, i.e. the capital investment has been financed by future rents and vacation income.