THE ESTATES STRATEGY AND RECRUITMENT OF PROJECTS MANAGERS
OUR DIGITAL AND PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT We will continue to build on our special position in the heart of London and at Harrow – one of the world’s most dynamic, creative, diverse and innovative cities globally. We will create both physical and digital spaces that inspire learning, give a strong sense of community and provide the best possible experience – as a place that people love to inhabit. We will develop a holistic University investment plan, over a long-term horizon, with investment in the physical and digital infrastructure at its foundation and our University values and priorities at its heart. Our plan will be developed in the context of maintaining and enhancing our spaces and taking advantage of development opportunities on our existing sites. It will be demand-led and designed to enhance our offering. To do this we will aim to ensure that our ability to work digitally and flexibly is strong and that we continue to adapt to meet the expectations of our students, colleagues, and partners. Critically, we must, at every opportunity, stress the appropriate use of digital technology in supporting the inclusivity, wellbeing and work-life balance of our University community. By ensuring that the physical and digital environment is used effectively we will enhance our teaching and learning, facilitate and enable innovative research and improve the efficiency of, and access to, all the services we offer both on and off campus. We will develop, improve, and operate physical and digital spaces that create authentic learning and working environments that reflect the world of work, that are flexible and agile, and support a wide range of learning, teaching, and working styles.
The University has carried out compre- hensive engagement with colleagues and students across the University to develop the Estate Strategy in the last year. This strategy outlines, in practical terms, how we will cre- ate environments that enable us to achieve our strategic ambitions, deliver quality educational, research and knowledge exchange outcomes as well as provide the best possible experience for our university community. Plans will be phased and deliv- ered appropriately over the next 10 years. To deliver these plans, the University is looking for high calibre Project Managers that can share the University vision and will support the phased delivery of projects.
University plans are to deliver circa 500 extra bedspaces, and facilities to support the Student Union. Cavendish Campus Cavendish Campus in Fitzrovia is home to Computer Science and Engineering, Life Sciences and Psychology. A key compo- nent of our programme for Cavendish is the construction of a new Student Hub, which will include world-class library, social and digitally-enabled spaces – as well as a new home for our Students’ Union. The plans elsewhere on campus are to de- velop new, state-of-the-art science labs and technology teaching spaces featuring cutting-edge facilities for our students – as well as more flexible working spaces for colleagues. Phase 1 and 2 of this refurbish- ment have been already completed, with other 3 floors planned for completion for September 24. Marylebone At Marylebone, we plan to radically raise the standard of education spaces to bring provision for our business students in line with the already very high quality of facil- ities for our Architecture courses. This will be achieved through a series of phased refurbishments aiming to transform cellular offices to vibrant environments for student and staff. Little Titchfield Street We will radically redevelop the site to enable us to create a fit-for-future Law School, delivering a range of new courses in line with our forward-looking portfolio ambitions. The projects associated with this site aim to improve teaching, conference fa- cilities, and develop a new ‘shop-front’ Law Clinic, as well as a new forensic lab facility. Sustainability and Innovation Sustainability and Innovation will be at the heart of all projects, providing exciting learning and developing opportunities for the our Project team.
This is a brief overview of the key items of the Estates strategy:
Harrow Campus Harrow campus will remain and expand as the University’s creative hub. To meet the changing needs of our creative courses, we will develop flexible, digitally-enabled learning and teaching spaces. The projects include: • the redesign the library spaces to pro- vide learning spaces with advance tech facilities • developing spaces for game courses, • workshop spaces for new emerging media (such as VR, 3D printers and similar), • redesign some areas of the fashion courses to enable industry-facing train- ing and workshops and the capacity to build a research-oriented community Some of our plans at Harrow come under the umbrella of the One Public Estate pro- ject – a major local development being de- livered in partnership between Brent Coun- cil, London Northwest University Healthcare NHS Trust, Housing Association Network Homes and the University. The project will deliver hundreds of new homes, as well as a range of new facilities and amenities for the local community. As part of this the
MEASURING SUCCESS Our progress will be evidenced by improvements in student and colleague satisfaction, through effective use of our digital and physical environments and in our achievements in our performance and outcomes on wellbeing, inclusion and the Sustainable Development Goals.
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