{"id":2628,"date":"2026-05-12T08:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T07:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/?p=2628"},"modified":"2026-05-12T08:55:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T07:55:29","slug":"get-your-accommodation-sorted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/2026\/05\/12\/get-your-accommodation-sorted\/","title":{"rendered":"Get your accommodation sorted"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><strong>Returning to Kent this September? Good news, accommodation is still available for returning students looking to stay on campus.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Whether you want to live with your friends again or choose new flatmates, staying on campus makes university life that bit easier. With lectures, the Library, Kent Sport and social spaces all within walking distance, you can forget long commutes and rainy bus journeys and spend more time making the most of student life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Living on campus can also make budgeting much simpler, with utility bills and Wi-Fi included in your accommodation costs\u00a0 &#8211; no unexpected monthly bills to worry about. You\u2019ll also benefit from free ResLife activities, on-site maintenance, 24-hour security and your free Kent Sport membership.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2632\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/files\/2026\/05\/CW35308-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">One returning student said:<\/p>\n<div>\n<h5 class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u201cWhen I was choosing my second-year accommodation, the first thing on my mind was costs. They\u2019re literally everywhere &#8211; travel, food, little random bits you don\u2019t even think about. And as a budget queen who loves a bargain, I knew staying in halls was the smartest move.\u201d\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<i>Javine Ebrubah <\/i>|<i> School of Computing, year 2<\/i><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Rooms are expected to fill quickly, so don\u2019t wait to <a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/student.kent.ac.uk\/life\/living-on-campus\/returning-students. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstudent.kent.ac.uk%2Flife%2Fliving-on-campus%2Freturning-students&amp;data=05%7C02%7CA.Hythe-oram%40kent.ac.uk%7C95e0060da7514eb21c6f08deaff91279%7C51a9fa563f32449aa7213e3f49aa5e9a%7C0%7C0%7C639141681447183187%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=WbKMtsl91qvbLyvD7ZLJkA2gKuOnaCoAUMHRx7mSIlI%3D&amp;reserved=0\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"8\">secure your accommodation<\/a>\u00a0for September.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Returning to Kent this September? Good news, accommodation is still available for returning students looking to stay on campus. Whether you want to live with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/2026\/05\/12\/get-your-accommodation-sorted\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78153,"featured_media":2629,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[312383,223280],"tags":[143731],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2628"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78153"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2628"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2641,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2628\/revisions\/2641"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}