13th UK Joint Social Work Education Conference with the 5th UK Social Work Research Conference
Exterior view of accomodation block

Venue Information

University of Manchester
Renold Building
Sackville Street Campus
Manchester
M1 7JR

Getting there

By Car

The Renold building is located in the University's Sackville campus which has a 700 space car park, charging £8 per day. The car park is located in Charles Street and the best postcode to use for your sat nav is M1 3BB. Please visit the venue website for further travel directions.

Trains

Getting to the venue couldn't be easier with the Renold building located only a five minute walk from Manchester Piccadilly station.

Visit National Rail Enquiries for general train travel info at:www.nationalrail.co.uk or tel 08457 48 49 50

National Express coaches


For timetables and additional information visit:www.nationalexpress.com

Air Travel to the University

The University of Manchester is ideally located is located for travellers arriving into Manchester Airport. From Manchester Airport it is only a 20 minute train journey to Piccadilly Station and trains run every 15 minutes. Piccadilly Station is located only a few minutes walk from the University. A taxi from the airport to the University should cost around £30 and take approximately 30 minutes.

For further information on University of Manchester and how to get there, please use the links below.

Carbon offsetting

If you would like to offset the carbon emissions created by your flight please visit www.puretrust.org.uk/index.jsp - click 'offset now'
at the bottom of the page, then 'offset a flight' - the average cost for a return internal flight in the UK is £5.00.

If you want to offset a car journey it's currently more complicated and we suggest you simply make a small dontation by clicking 'offset now' then 'donate'.

Accessibility

Information on accessibility at the venue is available at:

www.disabledgo.com/en/access-guide/renold-building/university-of-manchester

Accommodation

The university of Manchester, Sackville Campus is easily accessible from most city centre hotels. Here are a few local options you may wish to consider:

:: JSWEC is organised by SWAP, the Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Social Policy and Social Work on behalf of JSWEC :: Visit the JSWEC 2010 site ::