Hi Alex,

Thanks for the question. The amount approved was for a version of the room with solid furniture, but it was decided that maintaining the flexibility of the space was important, and so bean bag furniture was used instead, obviously at a considerably cheaper cost. We put in the screen, which is sometimes used depending on the needs of the space (like in culture festival), but it was felt that the Stags was a more appropriate venue for the games console where it is receiving significant use.  Any money from the underspend on this has been returned to the appropriate budget for reinvestment in other things – for example, renovation works on the Cube.

The spirit of the proposal  (to provide a social space that wasn’t led by buying food/drink) has been met, I’m pleased to report that the space is frequently full of relaxing students in the day, but still used by clubs and societies in much the same way as before, and came in well under budget.