Teaching Lab Resource

The Teaching Laboratories have undergone an extensive programme of refurbishment in recent years to enable maximum flexibility in accommodating a diverse range of practical, workshop and examination sessions. The accommodation now comprises two laboratories with a capacity of 120 student places, and one laboratory with a capacity of 100 student places with high-bench accommodation suitable for "wet" practical work. There is also a 204 place histology / human physiology laboratory with low benches.

The histology laboratory has full audiovisual provision, including ceiling-mounted monitors for microscopy demonstrations and data projectors. Each student has access to a microscope and slide sets and there are flat-panel PCs for viewing histology images, and for general IT teaching. The low-bench configuration also allows this laboratory to be utilized for human physiology practicals. 

The high-bench laboratories are used for teaching a variety of practical subjects. Although the high-bench configuration is ideally suited to biochemistry, pharmacology, microbiology and haematology teaching, there is sufficient space to accommodate human physiology practical sessions and Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs).

The two larger high-bench laboratories have full audiovisual provision, including data projectors. All the laboratories are equipped with movable, sound-proof partitions allowing them to be sectioned into smaller areas for small-group teaching, seminars and workshops.