Access Guide
Access To
- WB-1001 Learning Room is located on Level 01, midway along the water side of the Waterside Building - Durham University Business School.
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- The most accessible route has step-free level access, shiny flooring, a lift and doors permanently held open.
- There is numbered and written text signage on or near the entrance.
- There is step-free level access to enter WB-1001 Learning Room.
- There is a single manual door which opens away from you.
- The width of the opening is 86cm.
- The door has a high visual contrast.
Teaching
- This is a teaching room.
- There is step-free level access throughout the room.
- There is room for a wheelchair user to manoeuvre (150cm x 150cm).
- There is a portable hearing assistance system on request.
- The hearing assistance system could not be tested at the time of the survey.
- The flooring is patterned.
- Floor coverings are even with no trip hazards.
- The walls and floor have a high visual contrast.
- Lighting levels vary due to the use of large glazed walls.
- Lighting levels are adjustable.
- 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 and height adjustable desks.
- Some desks are fixed.
- The surface heights are suitable for wheelchair users.
- The clear underside space of some surfaces is suitable for wheelchair users.
- The height of the speaker's desk/table is 95cm.
- The speaker's desk/table is not height adjustable.
- This room has a television screen and a whiteboard.
- An I.R. portable hearing loop can be requested for use in this room, and collected from the main building reception.