Higher education

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How are university capital budgets holding up in the face of covid?

Covid-19 and the government’s exam grading fiasco have combined to leave universities in a deep administrative and financial hole. Jordan Marshall asks industry experts what the sector needs to do

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Higher power: how is the universities sector shaping up?

The universities and higher education sector is as vulnerable as any to fluctuating demand — but it still has billions every year to spend on its buildings

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Growing pains: It is possible that the UK higher education sector is approaching ‘peak campus’

Dramatic changes in student numbers demand fresh thinking about the adaptability and utilisation of university buildings

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‘Different doesn’t scare me’: Mary Pierre-Harvey has big plans for Oxford Brookes

The UK’s first black female director of estates at a large UK university talks to ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø

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Universities’ many challenges

While this week we highlight the many positives about the universities sector, it would be a mistake to think that the boom times will continue

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Smart building: What makes UCL's Student Centre so special?

University College London’s new Student Centre is innovative, diverse, digitally enabled and focused on sustainability – just like its users.

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School rebuild scheme in east London gains planning approval

Scheme to deliver new learning and leisure areas

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Kier cuts net debt by a further £100m

Order book increases 6% as part of ‘disciplined growth’ says contracting giant

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Autumn statement 2023: coverage all in one place

ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø’s coverage of the Autumn Statement all in one place

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Kier poaches hospital building lead from ISG

David Hollywood will focus on the New Hospitals Programme and the ProCure23 Framework

Education in focus

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Key takeaways from the ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø the Future Conference and Housing Today Live

Church House in Westminster yesterday played host to two back-to-back conferences on construction and housing attended by hundreds of professionals from the built environment. Here is a round-up of the key talking points from the event, run by ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø and Housing Today.

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The cool cafe that comes with a Cambridge college attached

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Witherford Watson Mann managed to carve out a niche cafe from a sliver of land on the side of Clare College’s Old Court and in so doing improved facilities, increased accessibility and revitalised some historic buildings, Ben Flatman reports

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School buildings crisis: What can the next government do to save our schools and colleges?

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Public capital spending on education was less last year than at any time since Labour’s ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Schools for the Future programme got up to speed 17 years ago. As part of ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø’s election focus, Joey Gardiner asks what can be done to stop our schools falling further into disrepair

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Lessons learnt from the RAAC crisis can help us build better schools in future

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An in-depth study of postwar school designs has provided some valuable insights for new developments, writes Danny Harris of Stride Treglown

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Key takeaways from the Conservative Party conference

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This party conference will long be remembered as the place HS2 died. But rail was far from the only topic on the agenda in Manchester, as Daniel Gayne reports

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Inside UCL East’s new £250m Marshgate campus

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With the biggest development in its history, UCL wanted to create a new type of university campus. Daniel Gayne reports on how the team got on