Location

The Postgraduate Statistics Centre

The conference will be held at Lancaster's newly built Postgraduate Statistics Centre

Photograph © Peter Cook

Two large state of the art computer laboratories offer a mixture of Windows and Linux environments to suit modern teaching.

The 50 seat lecture theater provides video recording and podcasting facilities allowing teaching to reach beyond the traditional lecture room environment.

An Access Grid Node provides advanced video conferencing facilities allowing academics and students to take part in virtual lectures held across a number of different Universities.

The Consultancy Suite provides one to one mentoring to postgraduates from other disciplines as well as providing training opportunities to our own students.

The first floor of the Centre contains open plan learning zones providing students a quiet space for relaxation and mobile learning.

The building was designed by John McAslan and partners. They have been involved with many high-profile buildings, including the London Roundhouse and the De La Warr pavilion in Behill. Currently they are working on the difficult challenge of redesigning Birmingham New Street Station.

One of the goals given to the architects was to create a building of natural light and space to allow students and staff to interact in a relaxed and informal atmosphere.

To reduce its environmental impact the Centre uses solar chimneys to cool the building during the summer and recover heat in the winter. The glass wall allows views of the surrounding parkland and a reed lake provides environmentally sensitive rain drainage.

Traveling to Lancaster

For those traveling to Lancaster for the conference the University provides a number of maps and guides for travelers

A sketch of the bus routes between the rail station and the University is available here