Venue

The Life and Mind Building (LaMB) is a brand-new teaching and research facility in Oxford’s city centre, located on South Parks Road. It is home to the University of Oxford’s Department of Experimental Psychology and the Department of Biology, bringing together researchers working across the brain, behaviour and life sciences.

This brand new building was perfectly designed to accomodate conferences like ours, with a range of flexible meeting spaces and facilities for live streaming and recording. It is centrally located, within walking distance of Oxford’s train station, bus routes and city centre accommodation.

Accessibility info for the LaMB is available. The registration form will ask registrants for information about any accessibility requests, and we are very happy to discuss these individually. Please contact bfrb@psych.ox.ac.uk if you would like to discuss your needs before registering. 

Travel

  • Good information about travelling to Oxford can be found here

  • There is no parking at the Life and Mind Building (except limited blue-badge parking), so we recommend you use public transport.

  • Parking is available in Oxford at the Westgate Shopping Centre or in city centre carparks (all day cost > £15, minimum 15 minute walk).There is also limited pay and display parking close to the venue on Mansfield Road, Keble Road and Blackhall Road (max 2 hours). There are charging points for electric vehicles located on Keble Road and Bevington Road.

  • The Life and Mind Building is a 25-minute walk from Oxford train station. 

Accomodation

We have reserved rooms at the Leonardo Royal Hotel, a 4-star hotel located in the north of Oxford, for conference speakers and attendees. These rooms are available at a discounted conference rate, which will be released with registration information (13th April).

The number 6 and ST2 bus run from next to the hotel to the city centre. The 6 drops you a 15-minute walk away from the venue (Radcliffe Observatory Quarter) and the ST2 drops you next to the venue (South Parks Road).

Other accommodation recommendations that are most accessible via public transit routes are listed below:

Oxford City Centre

5 star

3 / 4 star

North Oxford neighbourhood (budget options)

Headington neighbourhood