INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS BEWARE!
This bank will waste your time if you try to set up an account with them. They draw out the process so that it takes actual days--I had to visit six times during my futile quest to open an account--and their staff are maliciously pedantic.
They rejected my application because my proof of university enrolment form did not also state that my term residence was a college accommodation. Nevermind that I had the college accommodation contract that was signed by the college accommodation manager, a note from the college academic registrar, and the literal college website which lists my exact address as a college accommodation. This was not good enough for the robotic desk-clowns at Barclay's, who deny all evidence, logic, and common sense in favor of their rigid Rules and Form Letters.
After two days and six visits that achieved nothing but aggravation at Barclay's, I walked to HSBC instead and finished the entire account-opening process in about 20 minutes. Save yourself the trouble and just go there or any of the other banks in the area instead!