Arthur Lewis Building
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The Arthur Lewis Building, named after Arthur Lewis is located west of Oxford Road and south of the Manchester Business School
, nearly a mile from the centre of Manchester
, UK. Construction was completed in 2007, when the building was given a BREEAM
'Very Good' rating.
The building is home to the School of Social Sciences, which comprises the disciplines of Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Social Statistics, Sociology and Social Anthropology, as well as the School of Environment and Development. It also has a small cafeteria, named "Arthur's Brew", which opened on the 17 September 2007.
In early 2008 the building was at the centre of controversy regarding access by students to members of the academic staff accommodated within due to its swipe card policy. This system required taught students to either email their relevant tutor before meeting them, call them internally once at the building, or book an appointment online. In May 2008 the two schools in the building separately revised their access policies to ease access.
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Manchester Business School
Manchester Business School is the largest department of the University of Manchester in Manchester, England. According to Bloomberg Business Week's ranking of the world's best business schools the MBS MBA is ranked third in the world...
, nearly a mile from the centre of Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
, UK. Construction was completed in 2007, when the building was given a BREEAM
BREEAM
BRE Environmental Assessment Method is a voluntary measurement rating for green buildings that was established in the UK by the Building Research Establishment . Since its inception it has since grown in scope and geographically, being exported in various guises across the globe...
'Very Good' rating.
The building is home to the School of Social Sciences, which comprises the disciplines of Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Social Statistics, Sociology and Social Anthropology, as well as the School of Environment and Development. It also has a small cafeteria, named "Arthur's Brew", which opened on the 17 September 2007.
In early 2008 the building was at the centre of controversy regarding access by students to members of the academic staff accommodated within due to its swipe card policy. This system required taught students to either email their relevant tutor before meeting them, call them internally once at the building, or book an appointment online. In May 2008 the two schools in the building separately revised their access policies to ease access.
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