Access Guide
Location of Room(s)
- MAL B20 is/are located on the basement floor of the Birkbeck Malet Street.
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Comments
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- A portable hearing loop can be requested from the AV Office in the Birkbeck Malet Street Building.
Lecture Theatre(s)
- Directional and locational signage for the lecture theatre(s) is available in upper and lower case lettering that is clearly visible.
- The corridor outside the lecture theatre(s) is sufficiently wide enough (150cm+) to allow wheelchair users to pass.
- There is step free access into the lecture theatre(s).
- There is an easy ramp/slope for access to the lecture theatre(s).
- The ramp/slope does not have handrails.
- The door opening width(s) is/are 75cm+ for the lecture theatre(s).
- The door(s) for the lecture theatre(s) is/are not push pad activated.
- There are no designated spaces for wheelchair users within the lecture theatre(s).
- There is space for an assistance dog.
- There is step free access to the speaker's area at the front of the lecture theatre(s).
- There is staggered seating within the lecture theatre(s).
- The steps to the staggered seating do have handrails.
- The steps have handrails on the left going up.
- There is a hearing assistance system for the lecture theatre(s) available on request.
- There is not a visual fire alarm beacon in the lecture theatre(s).
- There is fixed furniture within the lecture theatre(s).
- There is sufficient space for a wheelchair user to manoeuvre within the lecture theatre(s).
- The clear floor space beneath tables in the lecture theatre(s) ranges between 77cm and 77cm.
- A height adjustable table/bench is not available.
- There are no chairs with armrests on both sides within the lecture theatre(s).
- Floor coverings in the lecture theatre(s) are even with no trip hazards.
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- There is a ramp leading to the middle of the lecture theatre followed by six deep clearly marked steps with a handrail on the right leading to the theatre's rear. The ramp is steep and has a width of 110cm. The ramp and steps can be seen in photographs 7 & 8.