Newcastle has a wide range of accommodation options. The conference will be held in the Fredrick Douglass Centre and university buildings nearby; you see this location here for the purposes of calculating distances from different hotels.
Our partners at Newcastle-Gateshead have put together an official micro website for the Conference with hotel room prices fixed at competitive rates. The Sandman Hotel is included amongst the hotels on the website and is the closest to the conference venues.
In addition to the hotels on the above website, Newcastle also has two Travel Lodges (Newcastle Central and Newcastle Quayside) and the Albatross Hostel which are worth investigating if you are on a tight budget.
The University of Newcastle does not rent out student accommodation for conferences.