The Reinvention Centre is on Floor 2 of the Abercrombie Building, several flights above the library. A collaboration between Warwick University and Oxford Brookes, flagflying ‘Research as learning’.
With that in mind, I thought “I could read a book up there and hear myself think!”
As part of the Space to Think campaign, it certainly meets that measure well. A spacious, plushly furnished state of the art lab all for undergraduates. Well carpeted, its acually um…just like a rather good modern conference centre. And if you’re an undergraduate its all there for you. Seemingly, no library card need be on your person.
In many ways, it delivers the ‘study ability’ function the library is supposed to. Upon arrival, a girl blaring loudly on her mobile phone and three nattering.That said, it is laid out largely with group space in mind. There are two studewnt groupmeet rooms, one for AV purposes and one with the more traditional but retro boardroom feel. Booking is advised for the rooms in busy periods, if free you can just colonise right in.
The noisy vending machine needs thrown out an open window as its permeating the room louder than you’d think.
A thumbs up from this one and well worth a visit. If you want to teach your group the value of study, treat them there. But please, please, don’t fuck it up.
Tags: campus, quiet study places, research
