The Estate Strategy & Masterplan
The Estate Strategy and Masterplan In order to support our vision, and as part of our work on a long-term growth agenda, we have developed an Estates Strategy and Masterplan that is central to shaping how Durham University looks and feels in the future. It will ensure that we have an Academic and College estate that is fit for purpose and affordable for the foreseeable future. The Estate Masterplan identifies the potential capacity of the estate and presents possible development opportunities. It is a guide to how we could develop the estate over the long-term. It will protect Durham’s important heritage for generations to come; safeguard Durham’s position as a collegiate University at the heart of the national, regional and local economy; and create facilities to enhance the University’s reputation and support our vision to be world-leading in research, education and the wider student experience. The Masterplan seeks to build on and strengthen the relationship between City and University, by easing accommodation constraints, enhancing access and developing facilities for common use. We are committed to being closely engaged with local and regional stakeholders in the public, private and voluntary sectors, as well as local residents, thus fulfilling an important role within Durham, Stockton and the wider North East. Our goals We will: • Develop an academic estate that will allow the University to deliver world-class education, research and student experience; • Ensure the long-term availability of suitable residential accommodation; • Ensure the continuing renewal and maintenance of our estate; • Improve the environmental sustainability and ease of travel around our estate and city locations.
We are already doing well • “A purpose-built new home for John Snow College and a new college named South College, at Mount Oswald was completed in September 2020, with full College facilities and a total of 1,000 student beds”. • In September 2019, Durham University opened the doors to their brand new £40 million, 90,000sq ft Teaching and Learning development. • Our new £40 million home for our Mathematical Sciences and Computer Science departments was completed in September 2020 But there is So Much More to come By 2027, we will: • Deliver the next phase of our Estate Masterplan, including a new home for Durham University Business School and new developments for our Arts and Humanities Departments. • Future estate development will ensure our laboratory-based Science Departments have the facilities to match their international reputations. • Deliver repairs to existing buildings, both Collegiate and Academic, such that 75% of our buildings are of a very high standard • Establish and nurture future needs of Colleges.
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