Monday 19 June – Monday 18 September 2023

Over the 2023 summer break (Monday 19 June – Monday 18 September), there will be very limited access to the London College of Communication building for both students and staff.

Many parts of the building will be closed during this time.

This is due to the need to complete significant building works and enhancements during this time, as part of our annual summer improvements.

Access to the building and the building closure will be managed in different phases:

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• From 19 June – 22 July
• From 23 July – 17 September
• From 18 September

From Monday 19 June – Saturday 22 July 2023

Some parts of the building will be open for student and staff access, however many spaces and rooms will be closed.

Signs will be in place for areas which you must not access.

Opening hours:

Library and Learning Zone

Monday 19 June – Sunday 9 July

• Monday to Friday: 10am-6pm
• Saturday and Sunday: 10am-4pm

Monday 10 July – Sunday 24 September

• Monday* to Friday: 10am-6pm
• Saturday and Sunday: Closed

*Closed Monday 28 August

Information Centre

• Monday to Friday: 10am-4pm
• Saturday and Sunday: Closed

Canteen

• Closed (this is to allow for the temporary storage and loading space of furniture and equipment for summer building and maintenance works

Typo Café

• Monday to Friday: 8.30am-4pm
• Saturday and Sunday: Closed

LCC artsshop

• Closed

Teaching spaces and classrooms

Your course team will let you know whether your teaching and learning spaces and classrooms will be open for use between 1 – 22 July.

Technical Resources

Undergraduate student access to Technical Resources from Friday 16 June

Technical areas will remain open as usual for undergraduate (BA) students until the end of term, on Friday 16 June.

• The Kit Room will be open to undergraduate students until Friday 30 June – Monday to Friday, 10am-4pm
• The Digital Space will be open to undergraduate students until Friday 30 June – Monday to Friday, 10am-4pm

There will be no other access to Technical Resources for undergraduate students from Friday 16 June until the start of term, on Monday 25 September 2023.

If you have any questions about accessing any of the technical resources or require information about making a booking, please contact technical.enquiries@lcc.arts.ac.uk.

Postgraduate student access to Technical Resources from Friday 16 June

Postgraduate students (MA or Postgraduate Research) will continue to have access to Technical Resources, bookable via ORB, until the end of the LCC postgraduate term, on Friday 21 July.

• The Kit Room will be open to postgraduate students until Friday 21 July – Monday to Friday, 10am-4pm.
• The Digital Space will be open to postgraduate students until Friday 21 July – Monday to Friday, 10am-4pm. (From Monday 3 July, the Digital Space will temporarily be located in T709 until the start of the 2023 term)
• The Creative Technology Lab will be open to postgraduate students until Friday 21 July – Monday to Friday, 10am-4pm. (From Monday 3 July, the Creative Technology Lab will temporarily be located in T705 until the start of the 2023 term)

No postgraduate student access to Technical Resources after Friday 21 July

After Friday 21 July there will be no access to Technical Resources for postgraduate students until the start of term, on Monday 25 September.

If you have any questions about accessing any of the technical resources or require information about making a booking, please contact technical.enquiries@lcc.arts.ac.uk.

From Sunday 23 July – Sunday 17 September

From 23 July, there will be very little access to the LCC building:

• Library open: Monday to Friday, 10am-6pm
• Typo Café area open to sit and work in (no food or drinks served): Monday to Friday, 8.30am-6pm
• Information Centre open: Monday to Friday, 10am-4pm

All other areas of LCC will be closed.

This is to allow the College to complete significant building works to maintain and improve the College site.

Please note: LCC will be fully closed on Monday 28 August due to the bank holiday.

Lift installation from August 2023

From late August to late October 2023, drilling works will take place to install a new lift in the Workshop Block at LCC.

Students using the LCC Library and Learning Zone may experience some noise disruption during this time. We apologise for any inconvenience.

LCC students can visit and borrow from Libraries and Learning Zones at any UAL site.

The new lift aims to improve reliability, accessibility, and load carrying capacity into the Workshop Block. Works are due to complete in spring 2024.

Further information about the lift installation and any potential impact this may have will be shared with students at the start of the 2023 academic year.

From Monday 18 September

College re-opens as usual. Autumn 2023 term begins.

See term dates on the UAL website.