My landlady says I can't keep my bike in the house.

When I was in halls last year there was a bike shed which you could only enter with a keycard. To be fair, when all my friends' bikes that were in front of our block were nicked they didn't take any from inside the shed. Also, on campus most people tended to lock up really shittily, lots of cable locks, so there will always be an easier bike to take, not that that is very reassuring I know.

Check with your insurance (if you have it) about communal bike sheds too, I'm pretty sure ETA won't cover it. But if your bike is worth less than £400 and you go with Endsleigh for general student insurance they don't really care where you keep it.

Did the bike shed have a cover to keep rain etc off? I dont think my beater would last a winter exposed to the elements. I'll probably e-mail the Halls providers to find out about the facilities. I went on google maps, on google street view you can see a row of not-so-good bike racks that are only partially covered and visible from the street, but they are next to a brick walled cage thingy that is under cover, hopefully that'll be the bike shed.

I'm not too worried about locking up at the campus, theres a massive bike rack with loads of expensive looking bikes (i'm in the same building as all the creative courses, hipster central) so hopefully my dusty old peugeot'll blend into the background.