ERNSI Workshop Cambridge,UK
September 26-29, 2010
The Workshop will be held at Pembroke College, Cambridge, September 26-29, 2010.
The University of Cambridge is rich in history - its famous Colleges
and University buildings attract visitors from all over the world. But
the University's museums and collections also hold many treasures which
give an exciting insight into some of the scholarly activities, both past
and present, of the University's academics and students. The University
of Cambridge is one of the oldest universities in the world and one of
the largest in the United Kingdom. Its reputation for outstanding academic
achievement is known world-wide and reflects the intellectual achievement
of its students, as well as the world-class original research carried out
by the staff of the University and the Colleges.
NOTE! The ERNSI-meeting is open only to members and guests of ERNSI teams.
Team leaders are asked to send details of those attending as soon as possible, and no later than Friday, 20 August. (A few last-minute changes can be handled later than this.) Default arrival is afternoon/evening of Sunday 26 September, and default departure is in the afternoon of Wednesday 29 September. Please indicate any other arrival/departure times. (A few rooms can be made available for Saturday 25th and Wednesday 29th.)
The cost is expected to be about 370 GBP for participants with accommodation in Pembroke College, and about 170 GBP for those who wish to make their own accommodation arrangements.
Payment for workshop participants will be collected from Team Leaders,
not from individual participants. Team leaders will be invoiced for payment by bank transfer.
Airports (Stansted, Luton, London City, Heathrow and Gatwick).
Low price airlines: Easy Jet , Ryanair; Wizzair; .
There are buses departing Stansted, Luton, Heathrow and Gatwick Airports every two hours (at least). For exact timetables you can look up your journey on the National Express website.
Information on Taxis in Cambridge.
Some maps of Cambridge available here.
Cambridge weather.
Arrival
When you arrive, please report to the Pembroke College Porters' Lodge, which is located at the intersection of Trumpington Street and Pembroke Street. They will give you a key to your room.
Please note that the first meal arranged for the Workshop is Sunday dinner in the evening. That means that those arriving on Saturday will have to make their own meal arrangements. This should not be a problem, as there are several hundred restaurants, pubs, etc to choose from in Cambridge.
You will be asked to vacate your room on the morning of your day of
departure, but facilities for storing luggage will be available.
Wi-fi access via eduroam will be available in all the public areas and in the College gardens. Participants should register with eduroam at their home institutions beforehand to take advantage of this. (You only need to do this once.) If your institution does not participate in eduroam (unlikely) then we will have alternative, but less convenient, access arrangements.
Entrance to Old Library
in the far corner, next to the Porters Lodge (before the walnut tree was cut down)
