Education & healthcare Comment – Page 2
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Placemaking in student housing
Involving students, staff and the local community in masterplanning has helped transform this university campus
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¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ a university in the mountains
The harsh winter and remote mountain location of the University of Central Asia in the Kyrgyz Republic created some unique challenges
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What’s stopping us building schools using off-site techniques?
Modular schools can be bespoke and beautiful, but to build at the volumes needed to keep up with demand we need to think carefully about our delivery model
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Good stakeholder management
Keeping control and engagement with all stakeholders is not just sensible but vital in any project
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Designing schools in batches
Creating 12 schools on a tight budget requires a strategic approach to standardised design and a collaborative use of BIM
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Online poll: University funding
Will Brexit damage funding for the UK’s higher education sector? Vote here
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Campuses are in need of a makeover
University and college campuses up and down the country need to up their game if they’re going to beat the competition in attracting top students
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Chronic over optimism in the NHS
If we want to avoid more healthcare projects doomed to failure we need a healthy dose of realism and pragmatism
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Never stop learning: Springwell Academy
Designing a series of schools for young people with social, emotional and mental health issues has been a chance to carry out indepth post occupancy evaluation
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The NHS working with developers? It'll be tough
The ‘healthy towns’ initiative is welcome, but there will be challenges along the way
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Town and gown
If universities and the cities they’re in talked to each other more about their individual goals, they’d find plenty of overlap and opportunities to enhance their shared spaces
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Online poll: London skyline
Does London need a more coherent tall buildings policy? Vote here
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¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ schools: Must try harder
The last time a new government was formed the school building sector was handed an abrupt halt
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Where’s the opposition?
Labour has collapsed into navel-gazing over its leadership contest. But the government must be held to account
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New kids on the block
The shift away from local authority control of education brings its own challenges, but it also gives developers the chance to work with academies and free schools to meet community needs
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School design: Back to reality
Today’s schools reflect our emphasis on digitally focused environments. But school communities need to be more physically networked
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Online poll: School places
Is the government doing enough to address the shortage of school places? Vote here
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Northern powerhouse: Using our brains
Universities in the North can play a lead role in building the northern powerhouse
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The class of 2050
Education is a key part of any society’s future prosperity and social cohesion. How can we create the buildings that will help our children’s children to succeed in a generation’s time?
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Space to share
The austerity agenda means the public sector is trying to serve more people with less money, says Philip Black. Managers of the public estate need to think about delivering different services from shared buildings