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CONFERENCE FACILITIES

 

COMPUTER ACCESS
All registered participants will have access to two clusters of university computers between 9.45 and 4.45, and to campus wi-fi, once registration is completed. For security reasons, the university will not grant this until you have registered in person. Full details as to how to log in will be available on registration.

Please note that this does not include printing facilities, and that the conference office does not possess a photocopy machine.

CONFERENCE OFFICE
The conference office is Room 101, on the ground floor of 4 University Gardens.
The building is one of several that form the department of English Literature, and University Gardens is on University Avenue, almost directly opposite the University’s Main Gate.
The office will be open as follows:

Monday 27th July, 12 noon to 5.00 pm

Tuesday 28th June, 9.00 am to 12 noon, and 2.30 pm to 4.00 pm

Wednesday 29th June, 10. am to 12 noon, and 1.30 pm to 3.00 pm

Thursday 30th July, 10 am to 12 noon

Friday 31st July, 12 noon to 2.30 pm.

LIBRARY
All registered participants have visitor access to the University Library simply by displaying your conference badge to the library staff. In the event of any difficulty, please ask in the library for Erika Jagielko, who kindly made these arrangements for the conference, and who has a full list of delegates. Please note that visitor access does not include borrowing rights or access to library internet.


SWIMMING POOL AND GYM
All registered participants have staff access to the pool, sauna, steam room and other facilities at the Stevenson Building on Oakfield Avenue, Staff entry costs £3.75 per visit. You will need to show your conference badge at the reception desk to avail of this, as the building is not open to the general public. In case of any difficulty, please ask for Grant Reilly, who kindly made these arrangements for the conference, and who has a full list of delegates.
Further information: http://www.ugsport.co.uk/facilities-stevenson-building.asp Opening hours: http://www.ugsport.co.uk/facilities-stevenson-building.asp


MORNING COFFEE
Top quality coffee and tea will be available at no charge to conference participants between 10.30 and 11.30 on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from the coffee kiosk in the Queen Margaret Union, at the end of University Gardens. Please show your conference badge to the staff at the counter. During the rest of the day, you may purchase coffees and teas from the QM and you are welcome to bring them with you to seminar sessions.


GENERAL FACILITIES

The University of Glasgow is at the heart of a district full of lively cafes and bars, and good small independent shops. There are many useful facilities on campus, and many more a short step away on Byres Road, which you reach either from University Avenue or from Ashton Lane.

BREAKFAST
Three on-campus cafes provide breakfast facilities:

  • The Fraser Building (aka The Hub) is opposite the University Library, and opens for breakfast at 8.00 am.
  • The John MacIntyre Café, in the building immediately beside the Main Gate, opens for breakfast at 8.30 am.
  • The Atrium Café in the Woolfson Medical Building, down the hill from Main Gate towards Byres Road, is also open for breakfast from 8.30 am.

Further details of on campus eating opportunities are given below, along with sample prices.


ATM (Cash Machines)
There are two cash machines on campus. One is inside the John MacIntyre Building (beside the Main Gate); the other is in the Queen Margaret Union, at the end of University Gardens, towards Ashton Lane.

There is a large selection of ATM Cash Machines on Byres Road.


POSTAL FACILITIES
There is a letter box on University Avenue at the foot of University Gardens.
Stamps are available from most newsagents, e.g. the shop inside the Queen Margaret Union.
There is a Post Office on Great Western Road, if you turn right at the top of Byrers Road and walk for two short blocks.


BOOKSHOPS
There is an on-campus bookshop currently in the John MacIntyre Building beside the Main Gate. It does not however stock books related to the conference. On Byres Road, as you walk towards the Botanic Gardens, is a good-sized Oxfam Bookshop, which is well-stocked with popular reading. The outstanding second-hand bookshop in the university district is CALADONIAN BOOKS on Great Western Road, between the top of Byres Raod and the Kelvinbridge Underground station (nearer to Kelvinbridge). In the City Centre there is a large Borders Bookshop on Buchanan Street, and a waterstones Bookshop on Sauchihall Street.


ART
The University’s Hunterian Gallery, beside the library has the largest collection of WHISTLER in the world, alongwith paintings by Rembrandt, Rubens, Stubbs, and three very noted paintings by Chardin. It also houses a significant collection of modern work, including sculpture. Entry is free.
The Kelvingrove Gallery, which is reached by walking through the park, down the Kelvin Way, has many works of interest, including a spectacular Dali, and also an excellent café.

 

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