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UWE BRISTOL ADVISES ON FUTURE OF CITIES
A Professor at UWE Bristol has been appointed to lead one of the strands of the new Foresight Review on the Future of Cities. Professor Katie Williams,
director of the Centre for Sustainable Planning and the Environments (SPE) at UWE Bristol, has been appointed to lead one of the strands of the UK government’s new Foresight Review on the Future of Cities. The Foresight review will inform central government
£10m sports centre for Derby
of 2015 at the institution’s main Kedleston Road site. Derby City Council has now approved
plans for the centre – expected to cost around £10m – which will be built into the existing eight-metre high grass bank around the botom playing field. Work on the three-storey structure
is scheduled to begin within the next couple of months, with the sports centre set to open by spring 2015. The sports centre will include a
main hall, a fitness gym and associated strength and conditioning area, studios, squash and badminton courts, an internal climbing wall, sprint track, changing rooms, treatment rooms and a cafe. By building the sports centre into
an existing grass bank, giving it a green-coloured curved roof and re-using any excavated material for surrounding ramps, it is hoped that its environmental and visual impact will be minimised. The facility will be built to a BREEAM
“Cities and towns are facing challenges from population shifts, climate change and an ageing building stock.” Professor Katie Williams
decisions on where and how to build in the UK for the next 50 years. Professor Williams said:
“I am highlighting that cities and towns need to be planned to take into account future infrastructure requirements. This means considering the requirements for energy, water, waste, transport and ICT from the beginning of the planning process, and taking a long- term view. Cities and towns are facing challenges from population shifts, climate change and an ageing building stock, so we need to think more holistically.”
(Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method) standard, widely used as a method to assess buildings’ sustainability. Low carbon technologies are being investigated to produce its heating and lighting, and make it highly energy efficient, to reaffirm the University’s commitment to protecting the environment. The sports centre’s primary use would
Bar raised at the BUCS Gatorade Nationals A new University of Derby sports
centre is set to open in the first half
The BUCS Gatorade Nationals said goodbye for another year in fiting style as Great Britain high jumper Isobel Pooley raised the bar at the EISS. The event, which is the
largest annual multi-sport event in the UK, welcomed nearly 6,000 athletes from over 130 universities across the country to compete in three days of competition. On day three the 21-year-
old leapt to a championship record-breaking 1.87m,
clearing the field by a full 17cm to take victory for the University of Notingham. The special performances
were no different on the track as Jordan Kirby- Polidore broke new BUCS ground by running 21.04 to win the men’s 200m final in his first year in the competition. In the men’s 800m, Guy Learmonth proved why he is one of Scotland’s rising track stars by swooping for the gold in 1:50.95.
be for staff and students but – as with a number of the University’s sports facilities – there will be opportunities for use by affiliated sports organisations, schools and the wider community.
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