AUDE business partner Mott MacDonald address the biggest challenges facing estates and facilities teams in the higher eduction.
Advance HE explores why having transformative conversations is a priority, and how AUDE's CPD on this topic can help members.
The role of Director of Estates and Campus Services at Oxford Brookes is an important one, a broad portfolio, which includes maintaining the estate and providing other services essential to the smooth running of the University.
What was pivotal in you securing senior management authorisation to use the Sustainability Leadership Scorecard (SLS)? What was your approach to completing the Sustainability Leadership Scorecard?
What was pivotal in you securing senior management authorisation to use the Sustainability Leadership Scorecard (SLS)? What was your approach to completing the Sustainability Leadership Scorecard?
What was pivotal in you securing senior management authorisation to use the Sustainability Leadership Scorecard (SLS)? What was your approach to completing the Sustainability Leadership Scorecard?
What was pivotal in you securing senior management authorisation to use the Sustainability Leadership Scorecard (SLS)? What was your approach to completing the Sustainability Leadership Scorecard?
What was pivotal in you securing senior management authorisation to use the Sustainability Leadership Scorecard (SLS)? What was your approach to completing the Sustainability Leadership Scorecard?
On all the student accommodation projects Savills consults on, making sure the project is future-proofed to last for the next 20 years or so tends to come top of the agenda. A narrow second to this is making sure that new and refurbished buildings are energy efficient, both to contribute to the institution’s commitment to reduce their carbon footprint and to minimise energy costs.
Over 600 years old, Kings College School (KCS) in Cambridge enjoys a world-renowned reputation. Sitting alongside its older sibling, the King’s College, part of the University of Cambridge, for many it is first and foremost known for its choir, alongside its high calibre of education.
By Sadie Janes, Director and lead co-ordinator of Savills Education
This short article by Simon Parkinson, Head of Surveying and Planning at the University of Surrey, was originally published in the AUDE Estates Management Group Newsletter (issue 2, auturmn 2018)
Here we've republished a short article from this year's Higher Education Estates Management Report on the University of Huddersfield's "Building without debt" approach to long-term estates investment.
With strict budgets and high targets, universities should be innovating and leading the way with efficient use of their space.
Universities are mini cities, with the Estates and Facilities Management teams in the role of the city council keeping the city running smoothly. As with city councils, Estates and Facilities Management teams are under increasing pressure to deliver on key objectives, such as health and safety or student satisfaction, while reducing running costs.
Heather Evans, Head of SKA Consultancy at Rider Levett Bucknall, explains how the higher education sector is leading the way with regard to embedding well-being into estate design.
In looking at how current universities expect to educate the next generation of learners, we reflected on the huge changes in the way we work, communicate, live and learn and the need to flex to deliver quality learning for future generations.
David Malcolm, Deputy Chief Executive and Head of Policy and External Relations, Equality Challenge Unit
Prompted by the 2017 Grenfell disaster in which 71 people died, Dame Judith Hackitt’s fire safety review is due this spring and the industry are eagerly awaiting her findings, not least on topics such as cladding and insulation, sprinklers and means of escape.
It has been more than twenty-five years since estate directors began compiling and sharing statistics in order to aid understanding and management of our estates.
Julie Barker, Director of Accommodation and Hospitality, University of Brighton; Director of The University Caterers Organisation
The ways in which students are taught and in which they learn are changing, and the University of Northampton is at the forefront of those changes.
Founded more than a hundred years ago, the University of Sheffield owes its inception to the aspirations and financial support of the people of Sheffield, who wanted to establish a university that would benefit their economy, their health and their children.
Julian Robinson, Director of Estates, London School of Economics and Political Science; Chair of Higher Education Design Quality Forum
Sustainability has never been more important to the UK higher education sector than it is today, and over the past twenty-five years there has been an ever-increasing commitment from the sector.
Sustainability has never been more important to the UK higher education sector than it is today, and over the past twenty-five years there has been an ever-increasing commitment from the sector.
Lancaster University is an internationally highly ranked leader in the provision of inspiring teaching and research. Located on a beautiful campus in the north-west of England, the University places great emphasis on a strong student experience and employability, and gives students access to academics who are experts in their field.
With an international reputation for excellence in learning and teaching, and high-quality research, the University of Stirling is located in the heart of Scotland and boasts one of the most beautiful campuses in the UK.
Cardiff University’s stated purpose appears straightforward: to create and share knowledge and to educate for the benefit of all. But this only hints at the extensive infrastructure required to meet the demands of 30,000 students and more than 6000 staff in such a complex and challenging environment.
Keele is the largest campus university in the UK, and, in a recent global sustainability league table, was ranked number one in the world for its green setting and campus infrastructure. The University has grand plans in place to develop its estate, in order to meet demand from its growing student body and to facilitate new major research initiatives on campus.
The University of Exeter is a Russell Group university that combines world-class research with very high levels of student satisfaction. Exeter has more than 21,000 students studying across the four campuses of Streatham, St Luke’s (both in Exeter), Penryn and Truro (both in Cornwall).
De Montfort University (DMU) is a dynamic institution with a long and vibrant history of improving people’s lives through education. Founded as the Leicester School of Art in 1870, the University has evolved through many incarnations, including the Leicester Colleges of Art and Technology and Leicester Polytechnic.
Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) has transformed its estate to create a campus environment that is consistent with one of the UK’s most distinctive, dynamic and forward-looking universities.
The foundation of Durham University in 1832 began a process of physical change in the city of Durham that it had not experienced since the Norman Conquest.
Throughout our history, the local urban context of inner London has influenced greatly the character of our buildings. From our foundation, we have been committed to the local community, and this commitment has brought with it a number of constraints.
Philippa Cobb, Consultant Solicitor, Keystone Law
Overbury and Rider Levett Bucknall achieve university’s top rating under new environmental assessment scheme for higher education fit out.
A unique office scheme in Cambridge has won nine prestigious awards for its ground-breaking design and different approach to commercial development.
Colin Summers, Partner Student Accommodation Investment at Bidwells
Ensure your institution is compliant with statutory requirements and current guidance.
Nearly all organisations are looking for cost reductions, asking the question how can we do more for less?
‘The Watchers’ - three two metre high abstract bronze figures by the eminent 20th Century sculptor Lynn Chadwick - stood for 43 years in the grounds of Downshire House, a historic property in Roehampton.
Lauren Bell, Creative Research and Development Manager, Broadstock
Announced in December 2015, the Disabled Students’ Allowance reform came into place at the beginning of the 2016/17 academic year. The changes aim to improve value for money and rebalance the distribution of responsibility for disabled students between HEIs and the government.
Natural capital has featured with increasing emphasis within estate management articles since the beginning of 2015. This trending interest comes in direct response to the Natural Capital Committee’s Third State of Natural Capital Report.
As students across the country reflected on their A-Level results last month, their thoughts will inevitably have turned to the next chapter in their education.
Director of Estates at the University of Birmingham
Director of Estates and Facilities Management at the University of Surrey
