Cheney Student Village

{{Short description|Residence hall at Oxford Brookes University in England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{more citations needed|date=March 2014}}

[[File:19Jan07 066.jpg|thumb|Cheney Student Village]] '''Cheney Student Village''' is one of the nine [[halls of residence]] at [[Oxford Brookes University]] in [[Oxford]], [[England]]. Located on Cheney Lane in [[Headington]], a few minutes walk away from the [[Gipsy Lane]] campus, it houses 750 students in single study bedrooms with en suite shower rooms and self catered kitchens.<ref>{{cite web |title=Accommodation Hall Options: Cheney Student Village |url=https://www.brookes.ac.uk/studying-at-brookes/accommodation/prospective-students/halls/cheney-student-village/ |website=Oxford Brookes University |accessdate=5 December 2018}}</ref>

==History== Originally named Cheney Hall and knocked down in 2002 to 2003, Phase One of Cheney Student Village opened in September 2003 for 350 students (Blocks A to H).{{citation needed|date=March 2014}} Phase Two opened one year later in September 2004 although a number of rooms were not completed until late October 2004. This meant a large group of student having to stay in [[Keble College]] and [[St Catherine's College, Oxford]], for a month before transferring to Cheney.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}}

Cheney Student Village was built as part of a partnership between Oxford Brookes University and Jarvis UPP (formerly part of Jarvis PLC).{{citation needed|date=March 2014}} This [[private finance initiative]] (PFI) meant that the Hall was financed, built and run by Jarvis UPP on behalf of the University on a 30-year contract.

University Partnership Program (UPP Projects Ltd)<ref>[http://www.upp-ltd.com/ UPP Projects Ltd].</ref> took over operation of the business from Jarvis PLC in September 2005, and its sub-company UPP RSL Ltd now operate the running of the Hall.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}}

In the summer of 2006 the [[common room]] was completed and opened ready for the start of the 2006/07 academic year.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}}

==Facilities== Cheney Student Village is situated in landscaped grounds and has two onsite launderettes, and a sports centre with a floodlit all-weather football pitch nearby.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}} Newly{{when?|date=August 2025}} built and all en suite, the residence is made up of 750 single study bedrooms arranged in flats of five or six with shared kitchen/living/dining rooms.

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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130629030357/http://www.brookes.ac.uk/studying-at-brookes/accommodation/halls-in-detail/cheney-student-village/ Cheney Student Village — Oxford Brookes Accommodation website]

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