B Henry’s staying open to benefit evening students
B Henry’s is to stay open for the benefit of evening students studying in the Alcuin Teaching Block, the University has revealed.
The decision to keep the bar open for the start of the next academic year has been made in the hope that evening students will use it before, during and after classes.
The new opening hours will mean that the bar is only actually open Monday to Thursday until about 21:00. The intention is that evening students can get food before their lessons and drinks during and afterwards.
Pro Vice-Chancellor for students Jane Grenville stated that the new plan provides ‘Languages for All’ and ‘Lifelong Learning’ students use of the bar and that “when we see how trade is going, we will adjust the hours accordingly.” B Henry’s will be available to students during the revised hours.
The future of campus bars has been an issue since the closure of Halifax Bar JJs last year, which was shut down for financial reasons. The future of B Henry’s has been uncertain ever since the announcement in November 2008 that a commercial services review had found it to be no longer financially viable.
A motion was unanimously passed in an EGM earlier this year to campaign against its closure, led by former Alcuin Chair Erik O’Connor. The campaign, ‘Plan B’, has been continued by the current Alcuin JCRC.
In response to the new plans, Alcuin Chair Ollie Hutchings admits that “whilst [the plan] is great news it is primarily for the evening students and not normal University students.”
Hutchings went on to point out that “it’s not what the JCR was fighting for” arguing that the bar is not open “late enough or long enough” for Alcuin students to use.
A decision about the future of later B Henrys opening hours is expected later this week.
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