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Room Hire

Photograph of the Macaulay C meeting room
The Institute has a number of rooms available for hire

Room hire within the Aberdeen offices of The James Hutton Institute

The Institute has a number of rooms available for hire, and further enquiries about bookings, charges, catering and conditions of hire should be directed to events@hutton.ac.uk

PDF file: Meeting Room Facilities booklet (650 KB)

Current Charges

Equipment Costs per day
  Laptop £80
  Flip chart and pens/paper £5
  PA system  £100
  Technician £20 for first hour £15 p/h thereafter
     
Macaulay Suite per day
  MRPs and Universities £150
  Commercial £300
  Charities £50
     
Maxwell and Gill Room per day
  MRPs and Universities £80
  Commercial £150
  Charities £25

Photograph of the Gill Room

Gill Room

Capacity

Boardroom: 8

Suitability

Meetings

Workshop break-out area

  • 4.5m x 3.9m
  • On ground level
  • Near Reception and toilets
  • Data Projector
  • PC
  • Wireless (on request) including EduRoam
  • Natural light

Photograph of the Macaulay Suite

Macaulay Suite

Capacity

  • Theatre-style: 200
  • Café: 112
  • Horse-shoe with table: 15
  • Boardroom: 12
  • Cabaret: 42

Suitability

  • Photograph of Macaulay BLectures
  • Seminars
  • Workshops
  • Meetings

The Macaulay Suite can also be partitioned into two areas or used as one main room. Macaulay A can be used for board­room style meetings and Macaulay B theatre style.

  • 10m x 13m
  • On ground level
  • Natural light
  • Near Reception and toilets
  • Data projector
  • PC
  • Wireless (on request) including EduRoam
  • IP Video-conferencing facilities. Standard definitition 40 inch or Polycom HD 50 inch
  • Option to run video by pre-arrangement
  • Public Address System
  • Lectures can be recorded by pre-arrangement
  • Cloakroom
  • Conservatory area for refreshments and boardroom table: 10
  • PDF file: Macaulay Suite layout (47 KB)
  • PDF file: Macaulay A layout (32 KB)
  • PDF file: Macaulay B layout (67 KB)

Photograph of the Maxwell Room

Maxwell Room

Capacity

Boardroom: 12

Suitability

Meetings

Workshop break-out area

  • 6m x 4.3m
  • On ground level
  • Natural light
  • Near Reception and toilets
  • 42 inch Plasma Screen
  • PC
  • Adjoining room for refreshments
  • IP Video-conferencing facilities Standard definitition 40 inch or Polycom HD 50 inch
  • Wireless (on request) including EduRoam

  • Email: info@hutton.ac.uk
  • Phone: +44 (0)844 928 5428
  • Craigiebuckler Aberdeen AB15 8QH Scotland
  • Invergowrie Dundee DD2 5DA Scotland

 

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The James Hutton Research Institute is the result of the merger in April 2011 of MLURI and SCRI. This merger formed a new powerhouse for research into food, land use, and climate change.