Life on Campus

THE MEETING PLACE RESTAURANT
A space for students to get together with enough meal choices to provide something different every day of the month, without breaking the bank!

JUS JUSE CAFE
Enjoy a range of home made sandwiches, fresh juices, coffee and daily specials to eat in or take away.

CAFÉ DRUM
With speciality coffees and teas and a range of delicious snacks at low prices, our coffee bar “knocks the socks” off the high street.

THE i-BAR
Our award winning student social centre is just the place to meet, eat and relax over great value food and drinks. It's open daily from 9.30am to 11pm and you can play pool, table football or just listen to music or watch bands on the TV jukebox. The bar itself is open from 3pm (over 18s only please).

i-BAR EVENTS Watch out for i-Bar live events like our new PULSE student nights with great live entertainment and fantastic offers!

THE HUB REFECTORY
If it's brain food you're after look no further than our award winning refectory serving up a fantastic range of healthy food. Here you'll find everything from Caribbean and Chinese to paninis, pizzas, jackets, chargrill, salad bar and carvery. Plus, of course, a great range of low cost sandwiches and drinks.

BARGATE FITNESS SUITE (BFS)
Work out in our state-of-the-art fitness room and dance/aerobics studio (personal training and support are available) or relax in our health suite with sauna, solarium and steam room. We also have a huge programme of classes on offer from Aerobics to Spinning and Step. The Institute has also achieved "Inclusive Fitness Initiative" (IFI) which means we provide accessible facilities for people with disabilities and those recovering from surgery or restricted by illnesses.

EAST COAST TRAVEL AGENCY
The Institute has its very own travel agency, dealing with major tour operators. We offer great discounts on long and short haul travel, mini breaks, flight only, insurance, car hire and other services.

HAIR AND BEAUTY
We don't just have one professional hair and beauty salon, we have two! Pamper yourself with a wide range of therapies and treatments from hair styling to aromatherapy and reflexology.

THE MANOR GOLF CLUB
We've just acquired the Manor Golf Club and are planning a major refurbishment programme to make it the best golf club in the area! Better still, our students will enjoy excellent discounts - so budding golf pros, watch this space....

THE SHOP
The shop sells a wide variety of items from stationery to specialist clothing required for some courses. We also stock small gifts like chocolates, cuddly toys and gift sets plus greetings cards and gift wrap. You can also order books via our fast book ordering service.