Student Facilities
The Atrium, built in 1994, is a large concourse at the Kedleston Road site, which includes a branch of Waterstone's bookshop, the student union shop (Keddies), private accommodation office, Team Derby office, hairdressers, Natwest and Lloyds TSB cash machines.
It also includes a range of catering facilities, serving hot meals, salads, light snacks and drinks. These facilities, provided by Scolarest, have been criticised by the student magazine Dusted in October 2007 as being grossly expensive. Five minutes' walk away (via the pedestrian entrance near the Clinical Skills Suite) is the Park Farm shopping area of Allestree with more reasonable prices. They are linked to the university by a bus-service (UniBus) which runs throughout the day and evening, starting at Derby Midland railway station. The University of Derby Students' Union also provides social space and catering facilities for students within its 'Union Quarter' which boasts award winning licensed bar and live entertainment venue the Academy and relaxed coffee house Blends.
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