Ewert House

• Ewert House has its own car park at the back of the building, accessed from Ewert Place
• Turn in past Marks and Spencer; the entrance to the car park is at the end on your right
• There is a rising barrier at the car park entrance
• The car park is for the use of students who must display a valid parking permit - these are available from reception
• There are 5 Blue Badge parking spaces. These spaces can be booked on a termly basis, please inform staff that you will need a space when you book your course
• The Blue Badge spaces can also be booked as and when needed. Please contact us in advance to arrange this
  • email: [email protected]
  • phone: 01865 280800

• Level access is via a ramp on the right hand side of the main entrance. This has a handrail on both sides, and a tactile surface
• There is also a flight of shallow concrete steps directly up to the main entrance. These have contrasting nosings, but no handrail
• The entrance has an automatic door, which operates between 8:30am-5pm (out of term) and 8:30am-10pm (in term time) 

The reception desk is on the left hand side as you come in through the main entrance. This has a reduced height section. There is no access to the building out of hours, and reception is always staffed. There is a casual seating area at reception with plenty of space to park a wheelchair.

Accessible toilets

On the ground floor, go through the door on the left hand side of reception, and the accessible toilet is at the end of the first stretch of corridor on your left.

On the first floor, there is an accessible toilet next to the kitchen. This can only be opened by a keycard which is available to collect from reception.  

Standard toilets

On the ground floor, there are Women’s toilets at the end of the first stretch of corridor next to the accessible toilet. The Men’s toilets are further round the building, near to the goods lift.  There are no standard toilets on the first floor.

There are two lifts in the building. Go through the door next to reception, and the main platform lift is halfway down the main corridor (on the right hand side). This has a powered door which opens outwards (after pressing the buttons on the right hand side), and a voice to tell you which floor you are on. This lift might be a little small for power chairs, so there is a larger lift available. To get there, go past the main lift and follow the corridor round to your left. The larger lift is at the end of this stretch of corridor (not far from the Men’s toilets), and is marked 'Goods Up'. The lift has a heavy sliding door and no vision panel, so please ask staff for help if you would like it.

There are three staircases connecting the ground and first floors. All have contrasting tactile nosings and a bannister on both sides. There are gaps in the railings on the side of the staircase which is not next to the wall, so please take care.

The doors separating sections of corridor are wooden double doors with small vision panels. These are usually held open during building opening hours. Most of the doors to seminar rooms, lecture rooms, and the door to the common room have entrances which are one and a half door widths wide, with no vision panels. All doors apart from the entrance door and the door for the platform lift are manual.

The student resource room is located between lecture rooms 7 and 8 on the first floor. The door is on coded access, so you might need to ask for help getting in. You can obtain the code from the weekly class office. The room has heavy chairs and a coffee table, as well as accessible computers and some information leaflets. The desks for the computers are high enough to fit most wheelchairs under, and the office chairs provided for them are easily moved.

All of the lecture theatres on the first floor follow the same basic pattern. They are all different sizes, but have moveable furniture.  The majority of desks might be a bit low to fit wheelchairs under comfortably, but there are higher ones available in seminar rooms 1 and 2.

The exam hall is in the centre of the ground floor. Exit the foyer via the door on the left, then take your second left and first right to get there.

There are induction loops in Lecture Room 10, Lecture Room 6, Lecture Room 5 (and in Seminar Room 1). If you need to use the loop, please ask about this before your class as the department may need to set the system up in advance. 

Seminar rooms are the same as lecture theatres, but on a smaller scale. All furniture is moveable. The speaker’s area is accessible in all teaching rooms.

There is an induction loop in Seminar Room 1 (and in Lecture Room 10, Lecture Room 6, Lecture Room 5). If you need to use the loop, please ask about this before your class as the department may need to set the system up in advance. 

The common room is near lecture room 5 on the first floor. It has low coffee tables and heavy chairs which are moveable with assistance. 

There are induction loop systems available in some of the teaching rooms.

There is also a small portable loop system available on request. Please email the Student Support Administrator or your Course Administration Team if you need to use this.