Class and Meeting Rooms
Foundation House, FIE’s primary study facility, boasts a superb location, facilities, and support services, making it an ideal venue for training events, small-scale conference programs, meetings and business presentations.
Located just 100 meters from Gloucester Road underground station and close to amenities and major transport links, FIE has a number of impressive, well equipped rooms available for hire.
Rooms can be set up in a variety of styles according to requirements. Reception and administration services, IT support, catering and accommodation can all be provided in conjunction with room hire.
Support Services
Reception
Registration of delegates for courses and events, plus administrative support, can be provided. Services are negotiated at time of booking.
IT
Foundation House has a resident IT manager who oversees the running of our IT facilities. Access to the facilities can be arranged and computers can be supplied to rooms hired, subject to requirements.
Catering
Refreshments can be booked per session – morning, afternoon or evening. These include tea/coffee/biscuits, mineral water, and a range of buffet-style lunches according to the time of day.
Access
Foundation House is entered via steps from street level (no ramp). Normal open hours are 8 am - 6 pm, Monday to Friday. There is controlled access via PIN code or a buzzer, and recorded CCTV. The front desk is staffed during working hours and when evening classes are taking place. There is a small elevator serving all floors.
Room Specifications
Classrooms
All of the classrooms in Foundation House, including equipment, are available for hire. Each classroom is equipped with:
- Chairs with writing tablets (right- and left-handed)
- Whiteboards, dry markers and board erasers
- Flipchart
- Wall projection screen
- Air conditioning unit
- Multimedia capability, with access to a laptop, data projector (slide and/or overhead), TV, VCR (NTSC compatible), DVD and CD players (upon request)
Classroom Capacities:
Ellen Terry Room: 25 students
Freddie Mercury Room: 35 students
Vivienne Westwood Room: 25 students
Virginia Woolf Room: 45 students
Alfred Hitchcock Room: 25 students
Oscar Wilde Meeting Room: 15 students
T. S. Eliot Room: 21 students
Beatrix Potter Room: 25 students
Conference Room
This room is designed to seat around 15 participants and is an ideal setting for faculty/staff interaction and discussions.
Faculty Offices
Foundation House currently has two dedicated faculty offices. Each workstation has a PC with Internet and email access, a printer, and a telephone with voicemail. Standard office equipment – extra chairs, shelving and basic stationery equipment — is also supplied. Faculty members have access, using a PIN code system, to a photocopying machine located in the basement level of Foundation House. Faxes can be sent from the Front Office, and will be billed to the partner university’s account.
Faculty Office Capacities:
Room B1 Faculty Office: 6 workstations
Room 32 Faculty Office: 3 workstations
Student Common Room
The Student Common Room features:
- Modular seating and coffee tables
- Cable TV
- Soft drinks machine
- Chilled water dispenser
- Coin-operated photocopier
- Two payphones located in the corridor
- Student Life notice board with useful information about London
- Access to reference books on UK and European destinations
Daily newspaper / periodical rack
Common Room Capacity:
Student Common Room: 45 - 50 students