8. Facilities

8.1 Social Spaces and Facilities

The Andrew Wiles Building has a cafeteria (Café Pi) on the mezzanine level which is open from 08:30 to 16:00 on Monday to Friday. The cafe offers a range freshly baked pastries and cakes, along with daily changing hot lunch, jacket potatoes, soup and a range of fresh sandwiches, baguettes, and salads from the deli. A weekly menu is displayed in the mezzanine near the cafeteria, on the kitchen noticeboards and as an online weekly menu.

There are communal kitchens on every floor throughout the building. Boiling and filtered water is provided in these via Zip Hydroboil counter-top taps. A light will flash to indicate a filter change is required. Please report any issues with a Zip tap to facilities-management@maths.ox.ac.uk.

Each kitchen is stocked with tea, filter coffee (for the supplied machines) and milk (only for use with tea and coffee and not for use in larger quantities). Each kitchen is provided with a range of cutlery and crockery appropriate to the numbers each point serves. Please make sure you place your used items in the dishwasher. If the dishwasher is full please feel free to put in a tablet and turn it on. The overnight cleaning staff will also run and empty dishwashers when they can. Largely enclosed kitchens also have a microwave.

There is a common room on the first floor of the Andrew Wiles Building, linking the North and South Wings. Tea and coffee making facilities are available at all times in the kitchens adjacent to the common room. In addition, during term time, tea coffee, and biscuits are served on weekdays at 11am.

8.2 Workspace

The M.Sc. in Mathematical Modelling and Scientific Computing has a dedicated student workroom, room S0.45, on the ground floor in the South Wing of the Andrew Wiles Building. The room contains a number of computers on the Mathematical Institute’s IT network as well as space for students to use their own laptops, although there is not room for each student to have an individual desk. There is also a box for each individual student and you are welcome to store things there.

If you wish to have the door or windows open whilst you are working in there, feel free to do so but if you are the last to leave please ensure the door and windows are closed.

8.3 Libraries
8.3.1 Whitehead Library, Mathematical Institute

Contact: Ms Cathy Hunt (Librarian)
Email: library@maths.ox.ac.uk
Website: https://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/members/library

The Whitehead Library holds material covering mathematical topics at postgraduate and research level. It is primarily for the use of current postgraduate students and research and academic staff of the Mathematical Institute.

Your University Card will have been activated to open the library door and will give you 24/7 access.

Books taken out of the Library must be checked-out on the SOLO computer loan system at the terminal in the library. Please note that books are not allowed to be taken away from Oxford and should be returned to the library before you leave Oxford for vacation, or any other length of time.

8.3.2 College Libraries

You will have access to the library in your own College. Information about College libraries can be found at https://libguides.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/colleges.

8.3.3 Radcliffe Science Library (RSL)

The website for the Radcliffe Science Library is https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/libraries/rsl.

The Radcliffe Science Library is the science library of the Bodleian and includes mathematics books at graduate and research level.

8.3.4 Oxford Libraries

Information about all Bodleian libraries can be found at https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/libraries.

For information about non-Bodleian libraries see https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/other-libraries-at-oxford.

8.4 IT

You will have access to computer facilities in the Mathematical Institute and the department has an IT support team. You can also attend training sessions run by the IT Services and access centrally provided electronic resources. You will have a University email account and an IT account with the Mathematical Institute set up for you automatically.

The Mathematical Institute’s academic network is primarily Linux based with almost 3000 installed packages per machine. A vast amount of information about the network and the software installed can be found online. This includes a list of all public machines and their specifications (although note that you will have to log in to the website to access this page). The department also has a Remote Access Portal (RAP) that can be used to remotely access either a Linux or Windows machine.

Information is available about how and where to obtain IT help relating to the departmental systems. In particular the department operates an email IT help request system (it-support@maths.ox.ac.uk) which is the recommended approach for IT queries as it keeps a record of the query and will reach all the IT staff. Note that there are also signs above the printers with details of how best to report problems and how to get IT help should you need it.

Information is also available about how to connect your laptop to the Mathematical Institute network.

Finally, information is available about printing and the printers available for use. Note that, while printing and photocopying are free within the department, it is expected that these machines will be used responsibly and not excessively.

8.4.1 Central IT Services

Central IT Services offer facilities, training and advice to members of the University in all aspects of academic computing.

8.5 The Language Centre

The Language Centre provides resources and services for members of the University who need foreign languages for their studies or research and for those who have a personal interest in languages. The Language Centre runs a variety of language courses and has a large library and self-study area.