School of Advanced Study Venue Details

School of Advanced Study facilities

The School and its member Institutes formerly managed a wide variety of venues in Senate House and in Stewart House. These facilities are now managed by the Conference Office .

For more information about the venues located in the outlying Institutes please see the relevant college's website: the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies , the Institute of Commonwealth Studies , the Institute for the Study of the Americas , the Warburg Institute , and also the Institute of Historical Research , which is located in the North Block of Senate House.

The School's facilities in the North Block of Senate House are as follows:

Please note that during the rewiring of Senate House, South Block, the School's Common room facility has been relocated in the IHR Common Room. 

The School's facilities on the second floor of Stewart House are as follows:

Maps of the area  [PDF 1pg, 61KB] and the central precinct  [PDF 1pg, 1.21MB] are available to download.

The School used to have rooms in the South Block of Senate House on the second and third floors between 1995-2005. Images  of the rooms are available to view on the School's website.

NG14

The seminar room is suitable for meetings, teaching seminars and colloqium. NG14 is located on the ground floor of the North Block of Senate House.

The room can hold up to 35 people boardroom style and 50 people theatre style.

Audio-Visual equipment can be ordered on request.

  • Please note that this room is not accessible to everyone, as there are two steps before reaching the room.

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NG15

This lecture room can be used for large meetings, seminars and lectures. NG15 can hold 35 people boardroom and 50-60 people theatre style.

The room is connected to NG14, which is ideal for parallel sessions and reception during the event.

NG15 is located on the ground floor of the North Block of Senate House.

AV equipment available on site.

  • Please note that this room is not accessible to everyone, as there are two steps before reaching the room.

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NG16

NG16 is located also on the ground floor of North Block, in Senate House.

The room can hold 25 people boardroom and 40 theatre style. The room is actually ideal for teaching seminars and meetings.

AV equipment on site: Dual slide projection, OHP and flipchart.

(Please note that other equipment can be ordered)

  • Please note that this room is not accessible to everyone as there is a set of stairs before reaching the corridor in which the room is situated.

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N366

Room 336, is located on the third floor of North Block in Senate House.

This is our big conference/lecture room, which can hold up to 50 people boardroom style, and over 130 people theatre style.

The room can be divided to allow space for reception areas.

Please note that while this room is fully equipped, any additional AV requests can be considered.

  • Please note that this room, which is on the third floor, is accessible via lifts. Disabled toilets are also on that floor.

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Room 273

This room is most suitable for meetings and teaching seminars. However it can be changed into theatre style for large seminars. It has a capacity of around 16 people around the table, and 30 in theatre style.

AV equipment available on site:

Screen, dual slideprojector, OHP, and flipcharts (Please note that other equipment can be ordered).

  • Please note that this room is accessible by lift, through Stewart House entrance.
Room 273
Room 273

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Room 274/275

This room is in fact two rooms which can be divided to accommodate smaller type of events. The rooms are most suitable for conferences and teaching seminars. They can be changed into boardroom style to accommodate meetings. They each have a capacity of around 16 people around the table, and 30 people theatre style - which means that together, the conference room can accommodate up to 70 people.

AV equipment available on site:
Screen, Dataprojector, Video, CD, DVD, microphones, OHP, and flipcharts (Please note that other equipment can be ordered).

  • Please note that this room is accessible by lift, through Stewart House entrance.
Room 274, Stewart House 2nd Floor
Room 275, Stewart House 2nd Floor

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Room 276

This room is most suitable for meetings and teaching seminars. This room can be changed into theatre style to hold larger seminar. It has a capacity of 12 people around the table, and 30 in theatre style.

AV equipment available on site:

OHP and flipcharts (please note that other equipment can be ordered).

  • Please note that this room is accessible by lift, through Stewart House entrance.

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