The Estate Strategy & Masterplan “Durham is a uniquely beautiful place and we are fortunate as a University community to work and live in many wonderful buildings. But we want to do better still. In order to deliver our University Strategy, we need a world-class estate. To achieve that we will need to make major investments, both in building new departmental space, teaching space, residential accommodation and student facilities, and in improving the condition of our existing estate.” Professor Tim Clark, Pro-Vice-Chancellor. 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 next 10 years and beyond. 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 • Our Ustinov College postgraduate community moved to a new home at Sheraton Park, Durham City, in September 2017. • The £40 million Durham University Teaching and Learning Centre, including the Durham Centre for Academic Development, will open in September 2019, with a range of learning environments and technologies. • A £35 million upgrade to our Maiden Castle Sports and Well-being Park will be completed for September 2019, supporting our students to compete at the highest levels of UK university sport, increasing student participation in sport and allowing further community use of our world-class facilities. • A new £40 million home for our Mathematical Sciences and Computer Science departments will open in September 2020, allowing both departments to increase staff and student numbers. The facility will also host our first student enterprise and innovation hub. • A purpose-built new home for John Snow College and a new college will open at Mount Oswald in September 2020, with full College facilities and a total of 1,000 student beds. But there is So Much More to come By 2027, we will: • Deliver phase two of our Estate Masterplan, in- cluding a new home for Durham University Business School at Elvet Waterside and new developments for our Arts and Humanities Departments at Elvet Riverside. • Deliver a third phase of estate development at our Science Site to ensure that our laboratory-based science Departments have the facilities to match their international reputations. • Deliver repairs to existing buildings, both Collegiate and academic, such that 85% of our buildings are of a very high standard. • Establish and nurture four to six new Colleges.
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