Access Control contact list
Before you email accesscontrol@manchester.ac.uk, please read the following fully, it contains important information about specific buildings and the information required for your card to be enabled.
- You will need to include your full ID number, including the last faint digit, along with the specific areas/buildings you require access to. Any emails without this information will be deleted without action.
- We are unable to copy the access enabled for another member of staff/student to your card. You will need to list the specific areas/building required.
- If you are requesting access for teaching, please note - this is not required. All teaching spaces are open during term time.
- Please note that it is not us at Access Control that decide on which members of staff/students can enter buildings or specific areas within those buildings - this decision is made by the departmental users of those buildings and we are unable to override the instructions provided by buildings/building users. These are in place, primarily, for Health & Safety purposes.
FALLOWFIELD/RESIDENCES - Access to residences is managed locally and can be enabled by visiting the following reception locations: Richmond Park, Dalton Ellis, Hulme Hall and Whitworth Park.
| Building/Area | Contact | Further Information |
| AMBS | reception@manchester.ac.uk | Access is given locally via the Hub in reception. |
| Arthur Lewis (GEOG LABS ONLY) | thomas.bishop@manchester.ac.uk | Please only email Thomas for access to the GEOGRAPHY LABS. Thomas is unable to provide and unable to advise how to gain access elsewhere within Arthur Lewis Building or on Campus. |
| Alan Turing Building |
Maths Ops Physics Ops |
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| AV Hill Building | smith.reception@manchester.ac.uk |
Access is managed locally and can also be requested at the reception desk in the building. You will need a building induction and long worker risk assessment for access here, if you have not completed these please contact Rachel Watkins r.watkins@manchester.ac.uk |
| Bike Sheds | carparking@manchester.ac.uk | Access Control are only able to add access for the Active Travel Hub. Please note that it is University policy that access to bike sheds (including the ATH) can only be enabled for UOM staff and Postgraduate students. We are unable to allow access for undergraduate students. |
| Booth Street East |
Education Development students to request approval from colette.cooke@manchester.ac.uk Psychology students are to request access via PMH-PCHN.Operations@manchester.ac.uk |
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| Car Parks | carparking@manchester.ac.uk | |
| Carys Bannister ADEC Facility | sms.adec@manchester.ac.uk | Requests for ADEC in Carys Bannister should be approved by sms.adec@manchester.ac.uk |
| Chemistry/Dover Street Building | chemistry-ops@manchester.ac.uk | |
| Coupland 1 | accesscontrol@manchester.ac.uk | |
| Coupland 3 | paula.tindell@manchester.ac.uk OR jenny.parr@manchester.ac.uk | All access to CP3 requires approval from either Paula or Jenny |
| Crawford House | accesscontrol@manchester.ac.uk | Please note, some areas of Crawford House do require approval. |
| CTF | ctf.reception@manchester.ac.uk |
New Induction Procedure Effective immediately, I am introducing a new induction process to ensure a consistent and secure approach to building access and to help maintain a safe environment for all building occupants. All new starters will now be required to complete an online New Starter Access Form before building access arrangements will be processed. Please use the link below: Core Technology Facility New Starter Access Form To align with other domains across the Biomedical Corridor, online inductions will take place on the first Tuesday of every month, commencing on 6th October 2026. Meeting invites will be sent out to all requested attendees the day prior to the online sessions. As we enter a particularly busy period, and to support the implementation of this new process, I will also be running additional online induction sessions on Wednesday 23 September at 10:00am and 2:00pm. Further sessions can be arranged if required during this transition period. Important note: All new starters and individuals requiring access who will be working temporarily in the CTF Level 1 decant space as part of the MOXIE moves should also complete the form below. This will enable the project team to monitor occupancy levels within the space. AV Hill & CTF Moves: Individual Data [opens in new window] |
| DASS Access Rooms |
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Accessible areas need to be requested by your DASS caseworker |
| Dover Street Building (Rooms G.045, G.047 and G.048 ONLY) | These rooms require approval from either Jason or Garry | |
| Electron Microscopy Bunker | M.Faulkner@manchester.ac.uk> | |
| Ferranti | EEEOps@manchester.ac.uk | |
| GEIC | ||
| Henry Royce Institute | technicalservices@royce.ac.uk | Henry Royce requires an induction |
| Incubator Building | helen.derbyshire-2@manchester.ac.uk | |
| James Chadwick Building | TEAM@manchester.ac.uk |
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| Jean McFarlane Building | josam.szmyt@manchester.ac.uk | For ALL Jean McFarlane except 2nd Floor East Corridor, access requires approval from Josam. |
| Jean McFarlane (2nd Floor East Corridor ONLY) | All access to the 2nd Floor East Corridor of Jean McFarlane requires approval from Rebecca. | |
| John Rylands Deansgate |
Reception |
Access can only be enabled by visiting reception |
| Kilburn (IT Offices 1&2) | Access to the IT offices is managed locally. No access can be added at Access Control for these areas. | |
| Kilburn Building | CSOps@manchester.ac.uk | Department of Computer Science access. |
| Kilburn OOH | Please note, access via front entrance has been disabled. OOH access is now only via the Loading Bay. | |
| Manchester Meeting Place | nick.blades@manchester.ac.uk | This building is now closed and no access will be enabled without express authorisation from Nick. |
| Manchester Museum | ||
| MIB | Reception OR MIB-operations@manchester.ac.uk |
All building users require an induction, this can be requested at the reception desk in the building. |
| Michael Smith Building | smith.reception@manchester.ac.uk |
Access is managed locally and can also be requested at the reception desk in the building. You will need a building induction and long worker risk assessment for access here, if you have not completed these please contact Joanna Woodburn joanna.woodburn@manchester.ac.uk |
| Nancy Rothwell Building/MECD (Engineering Buildings A&B) | TEAM@manchester.ac.uk | Requests for the Active Travel Hub to be sent to accesscontrol@manchester.ac.uk |
| NGI | victoria.stafford@manchester.ac.uk | Approval for NGI is required from Toria Stafford |
| OCRB | peter.reid@manchester.ac.uk | |
| Oddfellows Hall | TEAM@manchester.ac.uk | |
| Pankhurst (Christabel Pankhurst Building) | pankhurst@manchester.ac.uk | Approval needed via this email. |
| Paterson Building | Access is enabled locally, please visit reception. We are unable to add any access at Access Control. | |
| PSI | PSI_Safety@manchester.ac.uk OR jonathan.rodd@manchester.ac.uk | Building users will require an induction. |
| Rutherford Building | jonny.brewster@manchester.ac.uk |
If you are staff/student in Geography, please email accesscontrol@manchester.ac.uk Any non-Geography staff/student will require approval from Jonny Brewster. |
| Schuster Building | PHYS-OPS@manchester.ac.uk | |
| Schuster (Niels Bohr Roof Access) | No access can be enabled on staff/student cards. There are visitor cards available from Alan.Warde@manchester.ac.uk (which must be returned) once a Risk Assessment request has been made. | |
| Simon Building (Physics) | michael.flynn@manchester.ac.uk | Please note, requests for the restricted Physics area need to go via Michael for approval. |
| Stopford Building | stopford.reception@manchester.ac.uk | Access is managed locally and can also be requested at the reception desk in the building (access via the turnstiles is automatically added to all staff/student cards, if you are having issues through the turnstiles ONLY, please email accesscontrol@manchester.ac.uk). |
| Student Services Centre | accesscontrol@manchester.ac.uk | |
| Vaughan House | accesscontrol@manchester.ac.uk | |
| Whitworth Art Gallery | dean.whiteside@manchester.ac.uk | |
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182/184 Waterloo Place |
Area is restricted, all access to be approved by Gemma. If Gemma is on leave, requests can be sent to Claire Jones |
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Waterloo 178 (Manchester China Institute) |
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Whitworth Park |
Reception |
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William Kay House |
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Williamson Building (Earth and Environmental Sciences) |
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Williamson Building (Basement areas) |
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| WMIC | peter.reid@manchester.ac.uk | |
| York Street Building | TEAM@manchester.ac.uk | Labs will require a Health & Safety induction before access is granted. |
| Zochonis | jessica.jaddour@manchester.ac.uk | Due to ongoing works, access to Zochonis is limited and approval is required from Jessica Jaddour. |