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C R E A T I N G 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 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. Opened in September 2012, the £29 million Jubilee Building is home to the University of Sussex Business School. 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. In 2017, work on a state-of-the-art engineering and robotics centre was completed. The refurbishment of Chichester I has created a new student-focused hub, with a suite of high-specification computers and new teaching and project workspaces. The newly founded Future Technologies Lab in the building will allow students to learn about advancements in robotics and autonomous systems, working with the latest technologies behind innovations such as auto-pilots, drones, space robotics and driverless cars. The refurbishment of Chichester I also includes a transformation of the ground-floor layout and facilities, and improved access to the main entrance as well as throughout the building. In the coming years, we hope to create more new academic and research buildings providing new teaching and research facilities on campus.
In recent years we have increased our student numbers and we now have around 18,000 students. Our expansion plans ensure at least 40% of our students continue to live on campus. Around 20% of Sussex students have home addresses within commuting distance to our campus and do not require University- operated housing. Our plans will create a new student village of 2,100 units to replace about 590 outdated student bedrooms built in the 1970s. This new accommodation will add to the range of student housing we have on campus. New buildings are a mix of townhouses and flats. The terraces of townhouses give students a house to share. Townhouses have bedrooms arranged across multiple floors, with communal bathrooms and kitchens. Flats are 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 within cluster flats are en-suite. Some of the buildings 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 are provided together with secure cycle parking. We want our students to have access to the best facilities, to help make their university experience the most enjoyable it can be. Our contractor started work on site in January 2017. They are building the new accommodation in phases and the first phase opened in September 2018 providing more than 550 bedrooms. We are aiming for full completion by 2021.
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