University College

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High Street. Tel. (01865) 276602

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Overview: University College is located on the High Street, between 10 and 15 minutes walk from most University departments, Libraries and the University Science Area.

The College has accommodated students with various disabilities and is willing to make reasonable adjustments to improve accessibility. Contact the Senior Tutor, Mrs Clare Drury, for information.

College Site: The main entrance on the High Street is up several steep steps. The alternative accessible entrance is to the left of the main entrance, on Logic Lane; this entrance, although cobbled, is level going though assistance may be required.

From the Logic Lane entrance the Radcliffe Quad can be accessed, it is flat and to the right. From this Quad the College Office is +1 stair. The Radcliffe Quad leads to the Front Quad, which contains the Hall, Porters' Lodge, Chapel, Beer Cellar, Junior Common Room and further accommodation. The Hall has a main entrance, which is up several steps. The alternative entrance is via a lift, which meets specifications and leads through double doors with which assistance may be required. The Chapel is accessible. The Beer Cellar is situated in the basement down a staircase, and is inaccessible. The Junior Common Room is situated on the first floor up a set of steep steps, and is inaccessible. The Porters' Lodge is up a few steps, there is visual contact but the window is quite high, assistance may be required to attract attention. The pigeonholes are +1 stair, in a room opposite the lodge.

The Library, lecture room and the Middle Common Room are off the Fellows' Garden. The usual access is via a passageway, which is +2, +2, -4, -1 stairs. Access on level going can be arranged between the main quad and the Fellows' garden via the SCR. The library is then +4 stairs and has flat access throughout the ground floor. Access to the second floor is via a steep set of stairs. The library is a lending library, on OLIS, and is staffed throughout the daytime. The library is open 24 hours. The lecture room is behind the library to the right and are up several stairs and inaccessible. The Middle Common Room is to the left of the library and is accessed via a steep spiral staircase, which is inaccessible. A separate seminar room is situated off Logic Lane called the Goodhart Seminar Room and is up a spiral staircase, which is inaccessible. However, the Swire Seminar room is fully accessible. Most of the staircases now have handrails. A level footpath has been constructed in the Fellows Garden and greatly improved accessibility at the back of the College.

Accommodation: All undergraduates and most graduates are offered accommodation for all three years of their course and students reading four-year courses can usually be housed in their fourth year. Some undergraduates and graduates are housed in an annexe in Staverton Road about 1.5 miles from the city centre; one building at the annexe is accessible and has a fully accessible room with en suite bathroom to current specifications. The common room, dining room and garden are all accessible on level going. All rooms are networked for computer use and have telephone points.

There are two bedrooms allocated for students with disabilities on site. The first is +1 stair and through a corridor of width 750mm, that leads to a large room. The desk clearance in the room is height 700mm, width 560mm. There is an en suite bathroom with toilet. The door opens inward into a narrow corridor so assistance may be required with the door. The shower is +1 stair. The toilet is placed in a narrow width 1200mm corridor, and has handrails left and right, which are very far from the toilet seat. There is a kitchen with adequate table clearance but the tabletops are very high. There is a microwave. On the same staircase is a laundry and gym room in the basement, down a flight of steep stairs, which are inaccessible.

The second room is +1 stair and leads to a large room with en suite bathroom. None of the facilities in the bathroom meet specification. There is a toilet with no handrails and a bath of usual height. There is an electric wheelchair recharger outside the room a few yards away from the staircase D. The other staircases off the Quad provide accommodation that is inaccessible.

Catering: Breakfast, lunch and dinner are provided every day in term time on a cafeteria system; vegetarian meals and salads are always available. Certain special diets can be catered for with notice. If you enjoy a more leisurely kind of meal with your friends, there is Formal Hall six nights a week. You can choose to eat formally or informally and you are only charged for the meals you eat.