News archive 2008

Guy's Campus: Update at 18.00 29 April

28 Apr 2008, PR 77/08

Further advice from the Trust and EDF (the power company) suggests that, as relayed earlier, we still anticipate that full normal services on the Guy's Campus will resume tomorrow Wednesday 30 April.



Staff and students should report to the Guy's Campus as originally scheduled.

We would like to thank everyone across the College for their co-operation during this difficult time.

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Guy's Power Failure Update: 29 April, 12.00


The Guy's Campus will continue on emergency power for the rest of today (29 April). New Hunt's House, Boland House and the Greenwood Theatre will remain closed. As stated yesterday this means that no classes will be held in any of these buildings, but teaching has been relocated to other venues. Further details can be found at:
www.kcl.ac.uk/about/structure/admin/facser/roombook/

Staff working in buildings on the rest of the Campus are still requested to ensure that power consumption in offices etc is kept to a minimum. Following discussions between the Trust and the power company early this morning there is an expectation that power and a full service will be restored by the start of the working day tomorrow, Wednesday 30 April.

All staff and students should attend the Campus as normal. If there is any change to this information we will advise again at 18.00 today.

Advice to all those affected, including students scheduled for lectures in the Greenwood Theatre, is therefore to check the College home page after 18.00.

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Guy's Power Failure Update: 28 April, 15.30

Following the latest site incident meeting it is confirmed that New Hunt's House and the Greenwood Theatre will remain closed tomorrow, Tuesday 29 April. Therefore no classes will be held in either of these buildings, but teaching has been relocated to other venues.

Further details of these relocations can be found at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/about/structure/admin/facser/roombook/ .

Activities in other buildings on the Guy's Campus are expected to continue as normal and this will be kept under review, but with the following important exception:

Dental Institute

All activity for dental students at Guy's Campus only has been cancelled for Tuesday 29 April. Activity at St Thomas's and Denmark Hill Campuses will be unaffected.

King's Dental Institute clinicians based at Guy's should report as normal.

A further update on this situation will be made available by 12.00 on Tuesday.

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Guy's Campus power failure - 12.30

Following a flood at a sub station in the London Bridge area the Guy's Campus is without mains power.  Current advice from the power company is that this problem may not be resolved until the end of the week.

To protect critical services a decision has been taken to close New Hunt's House and the Greenwood Theatre and we are keeping under review the occupancy of other buildings. Wolfson House is expected to be open between the hours of 18.00 and 08.00 but residents will be required to vacate the building outside those hours.

We are reviewing contingency plans to relocate teaching to other campuses where possible. 

Services on the other campuses are unaffected and students are advised to use these facilities where possible.  http://www.kcl.ac.uk/iss/library/

We will use the web pages and local notice boards for further updates.



Notes to editors

King's College London
King's College London is one of the top 25 universities in the world (Times Higher 2007) and the fourth oldest in England. A research-led university based in the heart of London, King's has 19,300 students from more than 130 countries, and 5,000 employees. King's has an outstanding reputation for providing world-class teaching and cutting-edge research. The College is in the top group of UK universities for research earnings and has an annual income of approximately £400 million. An investment of £500 million has been made in the redevelopment of its estate.

King's has a particularly distinguished reputation in the humanities, law, social sciences, the health sciences, natural sciences and engineering, and has played a major role in many of the advances that have shaped modern life, such as the discovery of the structure of DNA. It is the largest centre for the education of healthcare professionals in Europe and is home to five Medical Research Council Centres – more than any other university.



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