Access Guide
Access To
- PH216 - Teaching Lab is on level 1 at the front of the Rochester building.
Exit the lift on level 2 and turn right, PH216 - Teaching Lab is 10m along the corridor on the right. - View information on Rochester Building - Department of Physics (opens new tab) .
- The most accessible route has step-free level access, a lift, doors permanently held open and patterned flooring.
- There is written text and numbered signage on or near the entrance.
- There is step-free level access into PH216 - Teaching Lab.
- There is a single manual door which opens away from you.
- The width of the opening is 84cm.
- The door has a high visual contrast.
Teaching
- This is a lab.
- There is step-free level access throughout the room.
- There is room for a wheelchair user to manoeuvre (150cm x 150cm).
- There is not a hearing assistance system.
- The flooring is patterned.
- Floor coverings are not even and could potentially cause a trip hazard.
- The walls and floor have a high visual contrast.
- Lighting levels vary due to the use of large glazed walls.
- There are no designated spaces for wheelchair users.
- 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.
- Some tables are fixed.
- The surface height of the tables is suitable for wheelchair users.
- The clear height under some of the tables is suitable for wheelchair users.
- The height of the speaker's desk/table is 73cm.
- The speaker's desk/table is not height adjustable.
- This room has a projector screen and a whiteboard.
- Trailing cables from equipment may present a trip hazard.