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Easter Operations
The Bankside Easter operational calendar can be found on the current students webpages. This calendar details the times that reception, housekeeping, maintenance and the restaurant are open. The following are of particular note:

- The restaurant will be closed until 1st May. There is a self-catering kitchen available on the ground floor should you wish to cook. This kitchen will be open for the usual times - 8am to 10pm daily. If you need further information please contact reception.

- There is no maintenance service between 22nd April and 2nd May

- There is a reduced cleaning, rubbish collection and extra bed service between 22nd April and 2nd May. Please see the calendar for exact details, especially if you want to book an extra bed where revised deadlines apply.

- Reception will have limited opening between 22nd April and 2nd May and will be security only on Friday 22nd and Monday 25th April.

The Warden's Team
The warden's team are available throughout the whole of the Easter period. There is a sub-warden on duty every night between 6pm and 8am, and all day at the weekends. The duty sub-warden can be contacted via Reception (dial 0) for urgent issues. Each floor also has a dedicated sub-warden to help with less urgent queries - contact details are available opposite the mailboxes. Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you need assistance. We're all LSE students so have a good understanding of the pressures that this time of year can present.

There are several pieces of essential maintenance and survey work that are being carried out at Bankside. We have worked with the contractors to schedule this work towards the beginning of the Easter Vacation so as to minimise disruption in the run up to exams. We appreciate that it will still cause inconvenience but we hope that by scheduling the work like this we can minimise disruption. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank you for your co-operation so far, it really is much appreciated.

Surveyors on site - Monday 4th - Thursday 28th April
There will be surveyors on site during this period - please note the extension to the dates. The surveyors will require access to some rooms - you will be contacted individually if they need access to your room. The surveyors will also be measuring the lift shafts on the 15th, 18th and 19th April which will result in the lifts been taken out of service one at a time.
Portable Appliance Testing - Thursday 7th to Friday 15th April
Our contractor will be on site testing LSE owned portable electrical appliances - such as desk lamps. It is a statutory requirement that appliances are tested yearly so please bear with us whilst this work takes place. The contractors will need to visit each room but you do not need to be present and the work will take only a matter of minutes.

Noise testing - Thursday 13th and 14th April
There be some noise testing to establish how noisy the planned building works will be. The testing will take place in the middle of the day. There will be drilling noise in the basement and on the 8th floor. The surveyors will need access to rooms on the sixth and ground floor to establish how much the noise has travelled.
Showerhead Replacements - Thursday 14th April - Third Floor only
Initial building services will be replacing the shower heads on the 3rd floor on Thursday 14th April. The work should only take a few minutes per bathroom and your presence is not necessary.
Shower Sealing
The shower sealing works will continue throughout the Easter break. If we need to do work in your bathroom we will contact you individually.
 

Showerhead Cleaning - Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th April.
The monthly statutory showerhead clean will take place on 16th and 17th April on all floors except the 3rd (where the showerheads will have just been replaced). As always you do not need to be present in your room whilst this work takes place and it should take only a few minutes
 

Alpha Laundry Service
Alpha Laundry will not be collecting from Bankside over Easter - the service will resume on 9th May.
 

IT

IT Surgeries
There will be no surgeries over the Easter break. If you have an IT related issue please e-mail the IT advisor by e-mail on residences.bankside.itsupport@lse.ac.uk who will try their best to support you online. Alternatively you can visit the Laptop Surgery at LSE which open between 11am and 1pm Monday to Friday in S198 (1st Floor, St. Clements).

Free Theatre - until 17th April
There is a free performance of the Tragedy of Macbeth, a modern, fresh, take on the Shakespeare classic, where children play the witches.  Free performances take place daily until 17th April (weather permitting) at the Scoop in More London. More London is near Tower Bridge so is only a few minutes walk from Bankside. For more details visit the More London website.

The Virgin London Marathon - 17th April
This years London Marathon takes place on 17th April and is always a spectacle to be seen. Taking place since 1981 there are now around 37,000 finishers every year. For details on the race and where best to watch visit the Virgin London Marathon Website.  Please bear in mind that during the marathon there are lots of road closures in place so travel by bus can be difficult.

Celebrate The Royal Wedding - 29th April
There are loads of events happening around London to celebrate the Royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton - there is information about where the best places are to catch a glimpse of the happy couple on directgov website. Highlights closer to Bankside include the Southbank Centre's London in Love Weekend to mark the start of the Festival of Britain anniversary celebrations and a look-a-like competition in Potters Fields Park on Wednesday 27th. The London Eye will also turn red, white and blue from the moment the Wills and Kate take their vows. Please bear in mind that there will be lots of road and station closures around London on Friday 29th itself.

Discover the area around Bankside - Wednesdays
Why not take advantage of Better Bankside's free Wednesday walks? Highlights include a foreshore, dragons and pubs walk! For more details visit the Better Bankside Website. Better Bankside also have a whole list of other activities nearby.

For more free events over Easter check out the Time Out website

There are engineering works on the Central, Circle, District, Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan and Northern lines this weekend. There are also closures on London Overground.