Jumpin Jaks dodgy? surely not...Haven't been there for a while, Toko and Walkabout seem to be the place of choice at the moment, at least for the area courses.
Accomodation expenses (WAP) has to be claimed through expenses forms (no receipts necessary) and usually takes about 5 says to come through (forms collected each Wednesday at college). As far as I know you can still claim an advance against WAP payments, and then write this off against a future WAP claim...if that makes sense?