This Is an A-Z Guide of Mediacityuk, Containing Useful Information to Both Staff and Students
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This is an A-Z guide of MediaCityUK, containing useful information to both staff and students. Typical information includes travel advice, catering facilities and how to book rooms and equipment. A - Access The University is introducing a single card system, all staff and students of the University are provided with the single card ID and access card. As the ground floor of MediaCityUK is open to all students and the general public, the single card is only operational in staff areas and teaching spaces. All staff and students must have their single ID card clearly visible at all times. You will need this card to access rooms you have booked for timetabled events or meetings. If you have booked out a room or studio you will only be granted access for the duration of your booking. The staff areas on floors 2 and 3 are gated off and your single card will allow you access into this. If you are meeting visitors or students you will need to arrange for suitable access to controlled spaces or to use the open meeting areas. The single card will allow you to access your printing from any printer in the building. Students will be issued with single cards at registration and will then liaise with Student Life. - Address Organisation Professor Smith Building Name University of Salford (working name) Thoroughfare Name Pink Locality MediaCityUK Post Town SALFORD Postcode M50 2HE - Announcements – any daily communication will be displayed on the plasma screens. - Assignment submission – There will be a drop box facility for handing in assignments on the mezzanine area of the 1st floor. Details of the assignment submission process are available to students via MediaCityUK website and via the Student Support Desk. - Audio post-production – see post-production - Audio Visual Equipment – If you require AV equipment please contact ITS on 0161 295 2444. B - Baby feeding – baby feeding facilities are located on the 3rd floor - Bicycles – see Travel Links/info - Bins – see Environment - Booking rooms Within MediaCityUK the University has bookable areas. A full list of these will be made available on the University intranet. It will be possible to book the meeting rooms and studios via the university intranet. For conference bookings please contact the events team. - Breakout area – breakout areas and vending facilities are located on the 2nd and 3rd floor. C - Calendar using Microsoft Outlook All staff using the MediaCityUK facility on a permanent or semi permanent basis are required to use their Microsoft Outlook calendars and make these calendars available for viewing by the Academic Administration team and the Student Support Team. This will enable the team to deal with queries quickly and send viable meeting requests to staff as required. - You are expected to keep your Outlook diary up to date and regularly check for meeting requests. If you wish to allocate specific blocks of time in your Outlook diary for student access, please indicate this clearly in your calendar. - Camera hire – see equipment hire - Campus map – available separately via the university website - Canteen – see Catering and hospitality - Car parking – see Travel Links/info - Careers Service A section of the library on the second floor will be devoted to careers information provided by Student Life’s Careers & Employability, where there will be electronic resources and leaflets available to take away. A programme of careers related events will also be scheduled throughout the year at the MediaCityUK site. - Cash machines – Cash machines are located in the Lowry Outlet Mall and the Lowry Theatre - Catering and hospitality Please ensure you are considerate of other users e.g. disposing of out of date food and cleaning up after yourself etc. Eating and drinking is only permitted within social areas and the ground floor cafe. Eating and drinking is not allowed in meeting rooms or pods. No drinking at workstations, with the exception of water. There is also a cafѐ service on the ground floor, where you can purchase hot and cold drinks, snacks, sandwiches etc. Refreshments are also available via vending machines on other floors. - CCTV CCTV coverage will be monitored at all times and includes the external perimeter. All outside public areas will be monitored by Peel Media. - Clear desk policy Personal possessions should not be left on desks at the end of your working day – this includes photographs, potted plants etc. Periodic checks will be made to ensure this becomes the normal way of working. Personal lockers are provided for staff to store personal possessions, for further information please see storage. - Collaboration spaces – see meeting rooms - Computers – see IT Equipment - Conference rooms – see meeting rooms - Control room – Control rooms are available for the TV studios, radio studios, sound and video facilities as well as the Digital Performance Lab. - Courses - Listed below are the courses running during the Academic Year 2011/2012 Undergraduate Courses BSc (Hons) Audio Technology BA (Hons) Animation BA (Hons) Combined Journalism BSc (Hons) Computer Networks BSc (Hons) Computer & Video Games BSc (Hons) Digital Broadcast Technology BA (Hons) Film Studies (pathway to Film Studies with Scriptwriting) BA (Hons) Journalism (pathways to Multimedia; News; Broadcast; Joint: Journalism and English) BA (Hons) Journalism & Broadcasting HND Media Production BSc (Hons) Media Technology (2 pathways: Operational Engineering & System Design; Mobile and Internet TV for Broadcast and Network Systems) BSc (Hons) Multimedia & Internet Technology BSc (Hons) Professional Broadcast Technique BSc (Hons) Professional Sound & Video Technology BA (Hons) TV and Radio Postgraduate Courses MA Animation MSc Animation MSc Audio Production MA Children’s Digital Media Production MSc Computer Science MA Creative Technology MA Creative Writing: Innovation and Experiment MSc Databases & Web Based Systems MSc Data Telecommunications & Networks MA Digital Performance MA Fiction Film Production MA Film & TV Post Production MA Film Screenwriting MA Journalism (pathways to News; Broadcast; Sport; Online) The Salford MBA MSc Professional Sound & Video Technology MA Social Media MA TV & Radio Scripting MA TV Documentary Production MA Wildlife Documentary Production D - Desk labelling and numbering – all permanent members of academic staff are allocated a desk with an odd number, non permanent members of staff are able to hot desk and use any desk with an even number. - Digital library – the concept of the Digital Library includes the shift from print to electronic material where possible, the discovery of resources both print and electronic and the support needed to access those resources. Support can include induction, information literacy sessions and ICT training. The majority of the learning materials (film, audio, books, journal articles) required for those modules taught at MediaCityUK are available digitally via the Library’s resource discovery tool – SOLAR. Assistance using the Digital Library can be sought at the student support desk on the first floor. - Digital Performance Lab This experimental performance space combines the technology of a TV studio, the excitement of live theatre with the visual experience of immersive cinema in a double-height space. Its technical infrastructure is that of a black box theatre, hard-wired over a grid at floor and ceiling levels, controlled from a fully equipped flexible control room with verbal connection via a digital intercom system. The space is particularly suited to research-led practice in creative media and new forms of digitally enhanced performance. - Largest HD Screen in Europe - The extensive fibre optic and digital network infrastructure within the DPL will allow multiple high speed HD video and audio connections throughout the space with access to multicast enabled video conferencing technology - Black box theatre with fully equipped control room - Multi-use space that can be used for computer games, animation, dance etc. It can accommodate specialist teaching, live performance and creative technology installations See Specialist spaces - Disabled access The University’s policy on Equality and Diversity applies to all buildings including MediaCityUK. Facilities for disabled staff, students and visitors are located within the building. There are disabled toilets on every floor and all floors are accessible by lift. If you require any further assistance please contact the reception desk or use the normal channels e.g. Student Life. At MediaCityUK disabled parking is available within the public car parks – for further information please see Travel links/ info. - Dressing room – there is a dressing room available next to the Digital Performance Lab. For more information, see Digital Performance Lab. - Dubbing theatre – the dubbing theatre is located on the second floor E - Editing suites – the video editing suites are available on the 2nd floor. - Three Craft edit suites 230-232 – Reminiscent of craft edit suites found in any post-production house in the UK, creating programmes such as ‘Dragon’s Den’ - Smoke Room – Smoke is a worldwide industry finishing software that is used on multiple adverts and TV. - Nuke Rooms – Nuke is an award winning compositing software used on multiple feature films such as Avatar, Tron Legacy, Harry Potter and many many more. - DaVinci Resolve is a colour finishing tool which is used to grade multiple TV Programmes such as Waterloo Road - Potential for professional editors to collaborate with students and to use the facilities See Specialist Spaces - Egg, The An open and fully accessible space on the ground floor, that enables students and the public at all levels to view and engage the innovative research going on in the university. It also has potential to be used as an open laboratory, engaging the public in interactive media technologies in unique ways. The Egg area will allow the display and high definition capture of performance, research and demonstration using a range of technologies and collaborative spaces, with the following features: - A 120 Christie Microtile multi-modal wall which can display extremely high res video at 8K, down to at least 16 multiple videos at once.