Spaces for supervisions, meetings and group work

Silent study

The Chemistry Library is a large, open, silent study space, which means we do not allow supervisions or other group work which might disturb the silence. We've suggested some alternative places for supervisions, meetings and group work below.

On this page:

• Supervisions

• Bookable meeting rooms

• Postdoc centres

• Cambridge University Libraries

• West Hub

• SpaceFinder

Supervisions

Here are some places in the department's Lensfield Road building where you can hold supervisions:

• The balcony over the foyer to the BMS lecture theatre.

• Any of the seminar rooms when they are not booked (Please note: you can use the seminar rooms but you cannot pre-book them for supervisions).

• When not in use the lecture theatres can be used for supervisions (there are quite a lot of tables in the BMS which are convenient to use).

• The CyberCafe can be used outside service hours, which are are Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 15:30.  Supervisions during service hours are NOT allowed.

• Please note that the Library is NOT available for supervisions.

Bookable meeting rooms

The department has five meeting rooms with different seating capacities that department members can book for meetings. Please note these rooms cannot be booked for supervisions during office hours.

• To book a meeting room, first check availability.

• If the room is available, email room.booking@ch.cam.ac.uk to request a booking.

Postdoc centres

The three Postdoc centres offer a unique space dedicated to postdocs. Find out more about their facilities and how you can use them:

• Eddington

• Mill Lane

• Biomedical Campus

Cambridge University Libraries

• Engineering Library (nearby on Trumpington Street): Accessible, collaborative and silent spaces for use by any member of the university; some are bookable.

• Cambridge University Library (West Road at the Backs of the colleges): Quiet reading rooms, bookable acoustic booths, study hub (with some bookable rooms, group study room). Please visit their website for more information.

• The Betty & Gordon Moore Library (Clarkson Road, off Madingley Road):  A variety of study spaces for group and lone working: study pods, acoustic booth, sit-stand workstations, study pods, bookable study rooms.

• The Medical Library (Biomedical Campus, next to Addenbrooke's Hospital): Some bookable spaces and general study space.

• Many other Cambridge libraries are available (including your own college library). You can use the Cambridge Libraries Directory to identify and locate libraries, and SpaceFinder (see below).

West Hub

• The West Hub on the West Cambridge site has a variety of suitable spaces.

• Collaborative and lone working (some bookable)

• Short video of spaces available.

SpaceFinder

• SpaceFinder will help you find spaces within the University of Cambridge to work alone, on a group project or with a friend.