[1][2] The College's foundational structure was designed around two central courtyards with a small one to the north, and a larger one to the south, with a balcony running around the inside of the alcoves.

Once the girls were distributed evenly throughout the whole college, these alcoves were thus affectionately dubbed 'alcove families', with two males and two females constituting each group.

The beds in Basser College were narrow (2 feet 6 inches, 762 mm wide) and had a very hard mattress.

So if one wanted to have a heater or jug and some music, then it meant using a double adaptor/piggy-back plug or two, or a home-made patch board.

The original building was last used in the 2011 Academic year and was handed over to a construction company in December 2011 to be demolished and replaced as part of UNSW's major student accommodation redevelopment.

Basser College offers a range of sporting, cultural and social activities planned and co-ordinated by a student leadership team.

The leadership team, known as the 'House Committee,' consists of: Each individual Director is charged with the operation and management of a succinct portfolio of Officers of the House.

The House Committee is in turn overseen and directed by the Basser student Executive, consisting of a Treasurer, Secretary and President.

Senior College residents can also earn the title of 'Academic Mentor' on the basis of exemplary academic performance.

The freshers were requested to arrive in college at the start of orientation week, during which time they were required to wear a 300 mm-square (12 in) piece of cardboard on their chest.

"); day trip to Audley in the Royal National Park or Clark Island; and a scavenger hunt around Sydney.

Note the big letter B in black shoe-polish on the back of the boys, and their number in polish on their chest.

The redeveloped Basser College opened in Semester 1, 2014, accommodating 160 students in a mixture of rooms with either en suite or shared bathroom facilities.