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Facilities at 76 Portland Place

Apart from offices, the Institute’s premises at 76 Portland Place, London W1 contain a variety of meeting facilities:

Exclusively for use by members of the Institute of Physics - the John Barton Centre (JBC) provides five workstations, three of which are equipped with PC, printer and internet connection; the remaining two are ready for you to plug in your laptop.

Also within the Workplace in the Centre is a meeting area suitable for up to four people to meet informally (but not privately*). Other facilities provided include fax machine and photocopier.

Within the JBC there is also casual seating and a selection of newspapers and magazines available for browsing. Refreshments and light snacks are also provided. The JBC is open Monday - Friday from 08.30 - 18.00 hrs.

* A small meeting room (for up to four people) and a committee room are also available at 76 Portland Place, which may be reserved by members for more private meetings. To book one of these rooms please contact IOP Enterprises quoting your membership ID number, name and date and time when you require the room. Confirmation and catering options will be sent to you.

IOP Enterprises also manages the full range of conference and meeting facilities available at 76 Portland Place; these include two lecture theatres and committee rooms.  Full details of all these facilities are available here.

John Barton 1923 - 2002 "One of the pioneers of underground physics experiments in the UK." John Barton performed his first cosmic-ray experiments high on the Jungfraujoch in Switzerland but spent most of his career working deep underground. After four years at the UniversityCollege of the West Indies, he moved to the Polytechnic of North London and showed that it was possible to have a productive research career while working at what was mainly a teaching institution. Barton was involved in both the UK Dark Matter Collaboration and the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory. He also performed experiments in locations as diverse as the LakeShore Gold Mine in Canada and Holborn Underground station in London. (Physics World, January 2003) The Institute is grateful to John Barton, whose bequest made the Business Centre possible.

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