NOTICE:
TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF THE A+ EDUCATION CENTRE
24 February – 3 July 2020
The A+ Education Centre will be CLOSED during the above period while the Alfred Innovation & Education Hub is being built. Please check back here for updates on the new facilities.
The Education Centre is located at the Alfred precinct at 75 Commercial Road, Melbourne. The Centre provides seminar and meeting facilities for staff and students at the precinct. It comprises a 200-seat Lecture Theatre with state-of-the-art technology, a 150-seat Seminar Room and several classrooms and meeting rooms.
Located only a short distance from Melbourne’s CBD, the Education Centre can host conferences, workshops or seminar events. The Lecture Theatre can hold a maximum of 200 people in a fixed seating layout. In the Seminar Room and Classrooms, seating layouts can be arranged to suit various events.
The Centre allows catering and also provides AV support during standard Operating Hours.
These facilities are available for booking by the Alfred Research Alliance member organisations. For enquiries, email [email protected].
Available Facilities
Trestle tables are available for use in Classrooms, the Seminar Room and the Lecture Theatre Foyer. Seating can be rearranged in Classrooms and the Seminar Room to suit meeting needs. It is the responsibility of the group booking a room to re-position all furniture to the standard configuration by the end of their booking time.
Spotless (support desk: 03 9076 8222) can provide assistance to move furniture on weekdays. A booking for assistance from Spotless needs to be made 7 days in advance, and include times for both set-up and pack-up if required.
Operating Hours
The Centre is open from Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm. Closed for Victorian Public Holidays.
Rooms should be open for the scheduled commencement of a booked period. To have a room unlocked, please contact:
Alfred Security: 03 9076 2042
Institutional identification is required.
Terms of Service
Booked Period
If time is required to set up and reset a room, this must be included in the booked period.
Room Allocation
To avoid scheduling conflicts, the originally booked room may be altered to another of equal or superior attributes. Therefore, please check the printed schedules to confirm room allocation.
Access
Rooms cannot be accessed before the booked period. If the scheduled period is exceeded, occupants may be asked to leave. Rooms should be unlocked for the commencement of all scheduled events.
Furniture
If furniture is added or moved, it must be returned to its original location / configuration before the end of the booked period.
Rubbish
All rubbish and leftover food must be disposed of. Bins are located in The Seminar Room, the east-west corridor, and the north and south foyers. Arrangements must be made for catering equipment to be removed from the Centre no later than the scheduled conclusion of a meeting. Catering supplied by Alf’s Cafe must be picked up by 7:30pm.
Cancellations
24 hours’ notice is required for all cancellations. Without such notice, unattended meetings held outside the standard Operating Hours will result in the department of the staff member who placed the booking being made liable for the full hire fee.
Contact Information
E-mail: [email protected]
A+ Education Centre
Ground Floor
Alfred Hospital
55 Commercial Road
MELBOURNE VIC 3004