The Arthur Lewis Building, which is named after the economist
Arthur Lewis, is part of the
University of Manchester's campus. It is located west of
Oxford Road and south of the
Manchester Business School
Alliance Manchester Business School (Alliance MBS) is the business school of the University of Manchester in Manchester, England. It is one of the oldest business schools in the UK, and provides education to undergraduates, postgraduates and e ...
, nearly a mile from the centre of
Manchester
Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs ...
,
UK. Construction was completed in 2007, when the building was given a
BREEAM 'Very Good' rating.
Controversies
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.
Floor-by-floor guide
The building is shared by the School of Social Sciences (SoSS) and the School of Environment, Education and Development (SEED).
See also
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University of Manchester
The University of Manchester is a public university, public research university in Manchester, England. The main campus is south of Manchester city centre, Manchester City Centre on Wilmslow Road, Oxford Road. The University of Manchester is c ...
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Professor Carol Smart, co-director of the Morgan Centre for the Study of Relationships and Personal Life
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David Morgan (the sociologist that the Morgan Centre is named after)
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Professor Rane Willerslev, former associate professor at the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology
References
External links
University of Manchester, School of Social SciencesUniversity of Manchester, School of Environment, Education and DevelopmentUniversity of Manchester, School of Social Sciences, Granada Centre for Visual AnthropologyUniversity of Manchester, School of Social Sciences, Morgan Centre for the Study of Relationships and Personal Life
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Buildings at the University of Manchester
Buildings and structures completed in 2007