Access Guide
Evacuation and Fire Safety Provisions
- Please note: If booking a space where level access is required, please first contact UCL’s Fire Safety team for building-specific evacuation and safety information at [email protected] / Telephone Number: (0)20 7679 7234.
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Access To
- Roberts Building, Lecture Theatre 508 is located on the fifth floor of the Darwin Extension.
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- The most accessible route has a lift and manual doors.
- There is written text signage on or near the entrance.
- There is step-free level access to access Roberts Building, Lecture Theatre 508 .
- There are double manual doors which open towards you.
- The width of the opening is 142cm.
- The doors have a high visual contrast.
Teaching
- This is a lecture theatre.
- There is step-free level access to the speaker’s area and front row only.
- The following areas have stepped access: The majority of the lecture theatre.
- There is room for a wheelchair user to manoeuvre (150cm x 150cm).
- There is a portable hearing assistance system which is not clearly signed.
- The hearing assistance system could not be tested at the time of the survey.
- Floor coverings are even with no trip hazards.
- The walls and floor have a high visual contrast.
- Lighting levels were even at the time of the survey.
- Lighting levels are adjustable.
- There is tiered seating with a handrail on the left going up the steps.
- There is a designated space for a wheelchair user.
- The designated spaces for wheelchair users are located at the front on the right.
- There is step-free level access to the designated space surveyed.
- Companions sit next to you and behind you.
- There is space for an assistance dog to rest.
- Seating available in the room includes: chairs without armrests.
- Furniture available in the room includes: desks.
- All seating and desks are fixed.
- The surface heights are not suitable for wheelchair users.
- The clear underside space of the surfaces is not suitable for wheelchair users.
- The height of the speaker's desk/table is 81cm.
- This room has a projector screen and a whiteboard.
- There is a handrail on the right going up the steps to the right of the lecture theatre and a handrail on the left going up the steps to the left of the lecture theatre.