With the cafe closed from 6pm (quite early in comparison to students coming to study for the evening perhaps), could microwaveable meals or other forms of meals (such as sandwiches or salads) be made available in vending machines or other facilities in the library outside of these hours? This would facilitate meals for students outside of cafe opening times, particularly for those who don't live within walking distance and want meals in the evening whilst studying when most shops are shut.

I do appreciate a thread was made about opening the cafe and there was a point made about bringing your own food or buying from the cafe/Deliveroo but it would be great not to have to be reliant on this, especially when coming from late lectures - most bought/home cooked meals require refrigeration if not being eaten within about 3 hours and this is simply not possible if a whole day is spent on campus by a student.

I also feel that having this as an option would benefit the health of students as they would be getting a balanced meal instead of relying on snacks in the vending machine (such as crisps and chocolate which it mainly seems to be) to replace a meal (which for conveniences sake happens quite often if nothing is open)

Thanks