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Sue Holmes AACRAO 2005

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Creating the learning environment for universities in the 21st Century

Too often we are providing today’s

teaching environment tomorrow- what we should be providing is tomorrow’s teaching environment today.

Sue Holmes ATEM 2006

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Session overview UK issues

2m students, £14bn 180 HEI's fees and funding participation rates competition growth areas/ initiatives/ attitude changes in teaching learning and

assessment


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Government agenda‘

Money from fees will help, it is by no means enough. Universities require some £800bn a year if standards are to be maintained. The extra revenue from the new system will only add up to £1.3bn. The £3000 cap on fees must be raised.

Only when universities are permitted to charge something approximate to the true worth of particular course will there be real competition.’

The Independent 17 March 2005 Editorial


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Statements from Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer, March Budget 2005

‘Offer funding incentives for universitiesopening their research facilities to business; £300m to drive forward local business ledregeneration…. By 2006 every school pupil has enterpriseeducation Britain must become the best educated, best

trained, best skilled country in the world’


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Concerns about cost space is still the largest cost after

salaries more business like approach to

education devolved budgets margin not turnover

linking courses to cost and marketing more fickle market


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Why do we need to change? diversity of students widening participation areas which are difficult to recruit to meeting increasing student

expectations - the discerning student dynamic market increasing competition


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Planning and management

funding body concern over utilisation cost of fitness for purpose the speed of revalidation cutting edge courses changing subject study at school streamlining decision making service orientation


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Higher Education - Environment

‘If we forget the 800 years of university tradition that legitimises them, and imagine starting afresh with the problem of how to get a large percentage of the population to understand difficult and complex issues, I doubt that lectures would immediately spring to mind as the obvious solution’

Laurillard 1993


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Case study in engineering different type of experience required training managers in engineering – not

hands on staff significant technology change old style less appealing to students more hybrid courses response to placements and

industrialists


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Case study in engineering

review use of existing specialist spaces

acknowledge low use- examine and discuss issues

creating more flexible spaces management of technology needs to appeal to potential students-

are we the best judge of that?


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Case study in Science decrease in Chemistry and Physics increase in bio related courses accommodating flexible numbers nature of works in lab fits with flexibly

managed space improved support- more cost effective think about use of expensive

equipment appeal of new spaces


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The 21C learning environment Flexible- meeting ever changing needs Virtual – space and time less standardised Campus as a social space – group dynamics Quality The people interface- more 1:1 support Different Watching the unforgettable- surroundings

are unimportant


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Improving the working and learning environment

funding bodies want transformational change and embedding

prospective employers want rounded applicants

total educational environment social learning space residential options with support


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Working the estate

quality of environment busy feels more exciting less space at higher quality SHU has put revenue back into SSR understanding utilisation means

you can review use and examine need

40% UK students work- learning in small chunks


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Charging for space

costs relates to income and occupancy more understanding of elements which

do not earn income improves business planning for new

initiatives government initiatives on costing and

pricing reasonable business approach


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different drivers- public and other funds

contract education in health and education areas in UK

% holdback on quality career change- different learners graduates earn more but is the

debt worth it?

Resourcing and cost effectiveness


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The responsible manager delivering the total educational environment

flexible or easily adaptable fit for purpose functionally suitable economic to run green environments to engender change and

challenge


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The same but different

we all market out difference global markets culture and ethics ability to predict/ underestimate

change – in learning and work memorable experiences longer working life


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The 21C learning environment Sitting at Plato’s feet People of the screen v people of the book Distinguish information from knowledge Cutting edge technology- robots and

databases The dialogue with the grey men Choice Inspirational and exciting environments Star Trek – the next generation Baroness Susan Greenfield


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According to a valentine’s day article

One of the most romantic places in Britain

St Pancras Station, [email protected]


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Creating the learning environment for universities in the 21st Century

Sue HolmesAssistant Director Estates Planning

Sheffield Hallam [email protected]

Vice-Chair of Association of University Administrators

August 2006

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