University House, University of Birmingham
- University House, University of Birmingham
Originally a hall of residence at the University of Birmingham, University House became the home for the university's business school in 2005.
The name 'University House' was originally given to a building on Hagley Road in 1908. The present building was constructed in 1912 as a residence for female students at the university. In the fifties, the hall became one of the UK's first mixed-sex university residencesFact|date=June 2007. It remained so until its closure as a residence in July 2002.
Students made a Guinness World Record for endurance after completing a croquet marathon on the hall's lawnFact|date=June 2007.
External links
* [http://www2.bham.ac.uk/page.asp?section=00010001000900100004000200020014 University House page on the Birmingham Business School website]
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