Barts and The School of Medicine and Dentistry Self-guided tour –

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Self-guided tour – In 1995, St Bartholomew’s Whitechapel Hospital Medical College, established in 1843, and The London Hospital Medical College, England’s first medical school, founded in 1785, merged to form Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry. In the same year, this new medical college joined Queen Mary University of London.

This booklet will help you learn more about the school as you walk around the Whitechapel campus. All medical and dental related buildings are a short work from each other which makes studying and living here convenient for all of our students. If you spot any students on your tour, please feel free to ask them any questions you may have. They’re always happy to help.

Self-guided tour – Whitechapel 01 Whitechapel campus Map

Academic Residences Facilities Educational/ Residential Facilities Research

Hospital Buildings Floyer House 10 Beigal Bunnies 1 Please do not smoke on the A Varden Street 11 Library 2 campus. Pathology and Pharmacy Museum 2 These premises are alarmed Building B Nucleus 6 and monitored by CCTV, please Dental Institute C Post Room 4 call Security on 020 7882 53-55 Philpot Street D Security 1 5000 for more information. New Dental Hospital C Students' Union 3 Library/bookshop Fitness centre Bicycle parking College Buildings Bar Garrod Building 1 Coffee place Library 2 Eatery Students’ Union Griff Inn 3 Staff car park Abernethy Building 4 Bicycle parking Queen Mary Innovation Centre 5 Blizard Building and Centre of the Cell 6 Wingate Building 7 Yvonne Carter Building 8 64 Turner Street 9

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Walden S treet Fordham Street Cavell Street

Turner Street Turner 5 D 7

Ashfield Street 6 New Road 8 4 B 10 9

Newark Street Newark Street

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Stepney Way Stepney Way Fieldgate Street

Outpatients 1 Department

A Street Turner Cavell Street Milward Street

Ambrose King Centre and Graham Hayton Unit

Raven Row Raven Row C

Royal London Hospital New Road East Mount Street

Whitechapel Road Whitechapel Road

Whitechapel Tube Station

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Medical and Dental College – Inside there is a small Garrod Building (Map reference 1) pathology museum, with Established in 1785, The London Hospital a collection of Victorian Medical College became part of the pathological specimens. This University of London in 1900. The motto on the Medical College entrance on the east is where the remains of Joseph (hospital) side is ‘Amare Lento Tempora Merrick, known as the Elephant Risu’ which translates as ‘Keep Smiling in Man (who lived and died at Adversity’. the Royal London in the late The Garrod Building is one of many buildings 19th century) are kept. The used for lectures. It is also home to the Doniach Gallery is unfortunately offices of the School Administration and the not open to members of the Old Library, which is used for interviews and functions. public, but as a student here you would have the opportunity to visit.

Self-guided tour – Whitechapel 03 The Royal London Dental Hospital (Map reference C) There has been a Dental School at the Royal London since 1911. From the 1960s the Dental hospital was located next to the Students’ Union (Map reference 3), but moved to the new site in 2014.

We have a team approach to teaching, and as a dental student you will be expected to learn and train alongside trainee dental nurses, therapists and technicians. The new hospital boasts state-of-the-art facilities including 72 phantom heads to practise on. Please note that the Dental Institute is a working hospital (one of the many advantages of being a dental student at Barts and The London!) and you will not have access to many of the areas. Visit: www.smd.qmul.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses for more information on our courses and facilities.

04 Self-guided tour – Whitechapel We are home to London’s Air Ambulance, The Royal London Hospital the charity that delivers an advanced trauma (Map reference A) team to critically injured people in London. The London’s Air Ambulance team regularly The Hospital has undergone major features on television. To find out more about redevelopment to transform the hospital the essential work they do visit: from the original bricked building on www.londonsairambulance.co.uk Whitechapel Road to the tall blue building you see today. The majority of the work was Visit: www.smd.qmul.ac.uk/undergraduate/ completed in 2012, but works continues courses for more information on our courses today, making this one of the UK’s most and facilities. expensive public projects, valued at over £1billion. It is the largest new build hospital in Britain.

The new development has made The Royal London the largest trauma centre in Western Europe. The hospital also boasts the largest children’s hospitals in the UK, one of London’s busiest Accident and Emergency departments, and a whole host of other specialities. Our medical students undertake a large portion of their training here.

Self-guided tour – Whitechapel 05 Student Residences – Floyer House (Map reference 10) Floyer House is our on-site student residence, although first year students may also be based in Barbican near the St Bartholomew’s Hospital, or in the Student Village on the Campus.

Situated within the Whitechapel campus ideally • All rooms are centrally heated and carpeted located close to The Royal London Hospital • Wi-Fi available and Dental Hospital, these traditional style halls • Washbasins in all single rooms are excellent value for money whilst offering the following amenities, and many more. • Shared kitchen and bathrooms • Cleaning service • Utility bills included • Launderette and ironing rooms • Room size variable to suit all budgets • 24-hour security patrol • Single sex option available • Site Manager’s office on site • Communal garden Visit: www.residences.qmul.ac.uk/college/ qmaccommodation/whitechapel for more information and for a virtual tour.

06 Self-guided tour – Whitechapel You are able to have a look inside the library. Library and the Royal London Please let the staff on the front desk know that Museum (Map reference 2) you are on a self-guided tour and would like Previously a church, this impressive building to have a look. Please remember that this is houses the medical and dental library and a working library and you are required to be has beautiful medically related stained glass quiet at all times, so that library users are not windows. disturbed. Thank you for your consideration.

Whitechapel Library opening hours: For more information about our library Monday - Friday 8.30am-midnight facilities, visit: www.library.qmul.ac.uk Saturday - Sunday 1-8pm The Royal London Museum is next door to the The library has a good selection of medical library and is well worth a look. It provides an and dental texts, with an extensive collection excellent overview of the history of the hospital of journals for the most up-to-the-minute data. and healthcare in the East End. The museum As well as books there are computer stations, is open from Tuesday-Friday, 10am-4.30pm. with free internet and email. Students also have Please note that the museum is run by a small access to the Mile End and West Smithfield number of staff and therefore may be closed at library facilities, as well as all Libraries short notice. Please see the museum’s website connected to the University of London. for further information: http://bartshealth.nhs. uk/about-us/museums,-history-and-archives/the- royal-london-museum

Self-guided tour – Whitechapel 07 Barts and The London Students’ Association Students’ Union (Map reference 3) are the undisputed champions of RAG (Raising This is the main building for our medical and and Giving) week, raising more money than dental students’ clubs, societies and social any other London medical or dental school. facilities and has recently undergone a £1m We are very proud of the RAG activities of our refurbishment. It contains a bar, café, eating students who raise considerable amounts of area, computers, bookshop and lockers. The money, which is distributed to local, national Students’ Union also houses the Barts and and international charities. The London Student Association officers (president, welfare, entertainments, external Please feel free to pop into the Griff Inn at the relations, etc). Students’ Union for a drink or a bite to eat on your visit.

Opening hours: Monday - Tuesday: 10am – 6pm Wednesday: 10am – 1am Thursday - Friday: 10am – 6pm Weekends: Closed

For more information about Barts and The London Students’ Association, see: www.qmsu.org/blsa

08 Self-guided tour – Whitechapel Blizard Institute (Map Reference 6) This is the jewel in the crown of the Whitechapel campus and the heart of our research activities. Designed by celebrated architect Will Alsop and completed in 2005, the award-winning Blizard houses the 400- seat Perrin lecture theatre, plus state-of-the- art research and office facilities.

In the basement of the Blizard, there is an area bigger than a football pitch with open lab benches. This open-plan arrangement allows for increased communication between researchers and the sharing of ideas and advice. The only sign of these labs above ground and are the circles of small windows on the ground which allow sunlight to access the basement.

The Blizard also houses the Centre of the Cell (the big orange pod on the left hand side of the building). The Centre of the Cell is a unique, award-winning, education facility, which aims to inspire young people to take an interest in science, to improve their scientific knowledge and to encourage them to consider becoming scientists and healthcare professionals. No other medical or dental school in the world has a facility like this which is open to members of the public. We strongly recommend that you try to book a visit (via: www.centreofthecell. org). The Centre of the Cell aims to improve the lives of young people, inspire the next generation of scientists and raise educational attainment. With interactive talks like ‘Snot, Sick and Scabs’, which look at how the human body defends itself against unwanted microscopic organisms, young people love it.

Self-guided tour – Whitechapel 09 Other points of interest Now you’ve seen the balk of what our Whitechapel campus has to offer, we thought you may like to visit our other facilities, and stop by some local attractions.

Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Campus Closest Tube Stop: Mile End (Hammersmith and City, District & Central Lines) Postcode: E1 4NS Just a mile up Whitechapel Road, the main campus for Queen Mary sits in the centre of Mile End. Here you will find an onsite gym, more student facilities, and a variety of eateries. As a student here, you would have access to all facilities here, as well as The Turnbull Centre; a fully equipped anatomy and physiology teaching and learning facility where students learn the art of dissection.

10 Self-guided tour – Whitechapel Whitechapel Gallery Closest Tube Stop: Aldgate East (Hammersmith and City & District Lines) Postcode: E1 7QX Whilst you’re in Whitechapel, you may wish to visit Whitechapel Gallery which offers free entry to the public. Founded in 1901, Whitechapel Gallery is internationally renowned for its exhibitions of modern and contemporary art and has exhibited the art from some of the world’s most famous artists. The and West Smithfield Campus Brick Lane and Spitafields Market Closest Tube Stop: Barbican Closest Tube Stop: Aldgate East (Hammersmith and City, (Hammersmith and City & District Lines) Metropolitan & Circle Lines) Postcode: E1 6QL Postcode: EC1M 6BQ A 15 minute walk will find yourself in the iconic Close to the Barbican in the City of London, Brick Lane and Spitafields, which epitomises is the Charterhouse Square campus, which is the East End culture. The area is extremely home to three of the School of Medicine and popular with London’s artistic crowd, and Dentistry’s research institutes: makes for a fun day out for students. There are restaurants, markets and festivals all a stone’s • Barts Cancer Institute throw away from the Whitechapel campus. • William Harvey Research Institute • The Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine As well as research, students can live in Dawson Hall if they would prefer to be closer to central London. Just a few minutes’ walk away is our West Smithfield campus which is home to St Bartholomew’s Hospital which gives Barts and The London the first half of its name.

Self-guided tour – Whitechapel 11 12 Self-guided tour – Whitechapel Self-guided tour – Whitechapel 13 Thank you for taking the time to visit us at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry. We hope you enjoyed your day. Please do not hesitate to contact us again if you have any questions regarding Barts and The London, or our Medicine and Dentistry programmes::

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