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Living with a Cambridge host is the best way
to experience English life at first hand and
provides you with a friendly, secure, English-speaking
environment.
Single Rooms
For your privacy and comfort, we provide only
single study bedrooms (although double rooms
are available for couples.)
Meals and Laundry
Your hosts will provide you with breakfast and
dinner each day from Monday to Friday, and all
meals at weekends. (Lunch is served from Monday
to Friday in the Studio cafeteria, at a small
additional cost.)
Your host will change your bed linen and towels
and wash your clothes at least once per week.
Other Students in the Homestay
Often, there will be another Studio student
staying with the same host as you. However,
that student will be of a different nationality.
How we select our hosts
Studio hosts are selected because they are friendly
people who enjoy hosting international students.
They provide a warm, welcoming environment where
you will feel at home.
Our Accommodation Office uses established criteria
in selecting homestays. Each host is visited
at least once a year when we gather, and then
continuously update, the following information
about each host:
Personal details
Names of all members of the family
Their occupations and personal interests
The ages, school details and interests of
the children, if any
If anyone in the house smokes and their attitude
towards smoking
If they have pets
Whether or not they can cater for special
diets, such as vegetarian or gluten-free
Whether any other languages are spoken at
home
The Home Location
Distance from school
Walking, cycling or bus routes to school
Type of home (house, apartment)
Size and style
Number of bedrooms
Type of bedrooms and facilities
Number of bathrooms
Facilities (garden, television, etc)
Our Hosts' Commitment to You
In receiving Studio students, our hosts:
Welcome
you to their home when you arrive and help you
to find your way in Cambridge
Make you feel like part of the family, rather
than just a paying guest
Encourage you to speak English, involve you
in their normal daily life and invite you to
take your meals with them
Provide a good, nutritious and balanced diet,
taking particular care if you have an allergy
or dietary restriction
Provide a change of bed linen and towels,
and wash your clothes at least once per week
Are concerned for your welfare, safety and
security and stay in close contact with the
school
There are three types of homestay accommodation:
Homestay Three Star
Good, clean accommodation. Good food and kind,
friendly hosts.
Homestay Four Star
As above, but often located closer to the school
and/or of a particularly high standard or size
of home.
Homestay Five Star
Executive standard accommodation, usually in a
large house and often providing a private bathroom.
LODGING HOUSES
Student lodging houses are a good choice if
you are more interested in independence than
a family atmosphere. You will have a single
or shared room with four or more other students
in the house. Lodging houses offer half-board
accommodation with no laundry service.
There are two standards:
Lodging House
Three Star
Lodging House Four Star
HOTELS AND GUEST HOUSES
We can also reserve accommodation for you at
one of the many excellent hotels and guest houses
in Cambridge. These range from small, privately
run establishments, to large, world-class hotels.
We can provide prices on request.
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