T H E E S TAT E A ND T H E MA S T E R P L A N
C R E AT I NG A S T U D E N T V I L L AG E
I N V E S T I NG I N T E AC H I NG AND R E S E A RC H
If we are to continue to be one of the world’s leading academic institutions, and to undertake research that benefits society, we need to increase our intake of students and staff. We are looking to increase our student numbers to 18,000: 2,000 more students than at present. Our expansion plans will ensure that at least 40% of our students can continue to live on campus. Our plans will create a new student village of 2,100 units to replace about 590 out-dated student bedrooms built in the 1970s. This new accommodation will add to the range of student housing we have on campus. The new buildings will be a mixture of townhouses and flats. The terraces of townhouses will give students a house to share. Kitchens and bathrooms will be communal and bedrooms will be organised like a house on three floors. Flats will be arranged with clusters of rooms in the larger buildings. Students will share a kitchen organised around a communal entrance and corridor all on one floor. All bedrooms will be en-suite. Some of the buildings will have communal space for common rooms and laundry space at ground level – acting as a hub for people to meet and socialise. Bookable study rooms will be provided, together with secure cycle parking for every resident. We want our students to have access to the best facilities, to help make their university experience the most enjoyable it can be. Our new building programme includes plans to develop a purpose-designed facility to be run by the Students’ Union. This dynamic space will allow a huge range of student activities – from studying, performance and meetings for student societies to mobilising volunteers (around 1,000 Sussex students take part in volunteering projects every year), as well as socialising. We aim to start building the new accommodation in phases from January 2017, and to have the first phase ready for around September/October 2018. We are aiming for full completion by 2020.
To retain our position as one of the world’s leading academic institutions and to attract the best researchers and teaching staff, we need to offer state-of-the-art facilities. Since 2007 we have invested £150 million in regenerating and expanding our campus, including teaching and research spaces such as the Jubilee and Fulton buildings, and the Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts (formerly the Gardner Arts Centre). Opened in September 2012, the £29 million Jubilee building is home to the School of Business, Management and Economics. Facilities include a 500-seat lecture theatre (the largest on campus), a smaller 60-seat lecture theatre, seminar rooms, a café/social space with adjacent flexible workspace, and 120 offices. The Fulton building – named after the University’s first Vice-Chancellor, Lord Fulton – was completed in 2010. The £10-million development provides 3,000 square metres of teaching space, including two 160-seat lecture theatres and 26 seminar rooms. In the coming years, we hope to create eight new academic and research buildings providing 42,000 square metres of new teaching and research facilities on campus. A key part of the redevelopment will be a new space to provide a collaborative and explorative research and learning centre housing the diverse disciplines that make up the School of Life Sciences.
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