Hey V801
I'm a Midlands (Birmingham) boy myself. So am in a similar predicament in terms of accommodation.
I'd much rather rent somewhere; it'd feel alot better if I actually had a place of my own rather than living out of a B&B.
The rumblings that i'd heard of late were that the course structure had been changed recently so that you pretty much get all of the college based stuff out of the way in one go, before then being posted to your unit to do all the OJT stuff.
So, I may be putting 2 and 2 together and getting 54, but, this should hopefully make it possible to rent somewhere.
I'm planning to go down to Bournemouth in the next few weeks anyway just to scope the place out and see what the options are.