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Conferences and Events

Meeting Rooms and Lecture Theatres

The Colchester Campus offers a vast selection of flexible meeting and conference rooms with capacities ranging from 15 to 1,000.

The Ivor Crewe Lecture Hall

  • flexible space an ideal venue for exhibitions and conferences
  • two lecture theatres each with flexible seating for 500
  • one large venue seating 1,000
  • a foyer area suitable for catering and delegate registration
  • a seminar rooms ideal for breakouts
  • a full complement of audiovisual equipment and video conferencing options

The Tony Rich Teaching Centre

  • 20 teaching rooms with varying capacities from 24-64
  • offers high quality, modern teaching space
  • state-of-the-art teaching technologies including interactive projectors, widescreen monitors, digital document cameras and audio lecture recording capabilities
  • a foyer area suitable for registration, catering and exhibitions
  • a computer lab
  • a theatre rehearsal room

The Lecture Theatre Building

  • 9 tiered theatre style rooms
  • a foyer area suitable for registration, catering and exhibitions
  • seating up to 560 in its largest
  • a full complement of audiovisual equipment and video conferencing options

 Event organisers can use our organiser enquiry form to place an initial enquiry, alternatively please contact us directly.

See also: quotes from our previous clients; photo gallery.

Audiovisual Equipment

A full complement of audiovisual equipment can be provided on request, with technical assistance and support throughout your event. Lecture theatres and seminar rooms have AV boxes which include a computer with USB ports, video player, audiocassette and pa system and the ability to connect a laptop all of which is connected a LCD video projector.

Video conferencing is available through our Multimedia Centre enabling you to hold a small meeting or interviews.

iLab

The iLab (Innovation Laboratory) provides a stimulating environment to inspire learning and new thinking. Ideal for brainstorming and teambuilding activities, the iLab can be hired complete with a facilitator to motivate forward thinking and conversation.

Accommodation for Delegates

During the summer vacation, accommodation can be provided in single study bedrooms in either en suite or shared facility flats. Guests with special needs can be offered one of our purpose built en suite bedrooms on campus, subject to availability. For details of our fully inclusive residential rates, please see our delegate tariff page.

Tariff

Please see our delegate tariff page for details of our residential and day delegate rates.

Planning Guide

See our advice to event organisers: 7 easy steps to help plan your event.

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Page last modified on 29 March 2012.
 
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