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he education sector, like the railways and NHS, is one of the main planks that keeps our society afl oat. Arguably, it’s the most important, training our future adults in a new array of technology focused mental weaponry to cope with the coming decades. One of those weapons being how to remain a viable productivity ‘unit,’ in competition with AI rivals soon to fl ood into various marketplaces, while you grapple with the realities of unaffordable 21st century life. I don’t envy the kids, in short. They need more support, and by that I mean funding of the education sector in general. However, MPs might well think they’re the last striking professionals that they’re likely to give in to, as nurses get more headlines. They announce a pay offer, knowing full well that teachers won’t be able to afford to live with it as costs rise left, right and centre. The strategically important place education holds in the UK is why the strikes that have recently bedevilled the sector are particularly diffi cult to deal with. It’s also why it’s a sector in which the staff wield so much power to disrupt things. They not only disrupt education, already hampered post-pandemic, but they also cause issues for parents with their own working schedules, as kids off school means parents often can’t work. But arguably what disrupts kids’ lives in school even more, is buildings which are not fi t for purpose, or not even safe.
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Surveys of the sector over the years repetitively show that repair needs are consistently huge – the most recent in 2022 showed that 90% of the 20,000 buildings surveyed required urgent maintenance to one aspect. The Government has long since binned the Building Schools for the Future campaign to create new schools, preferring a more austerity-friendly ‘make do and mend’ approach, with piecemeal repair programmes. Last year, it announced that there would be “transformative” new buildings from 239 school renovation projects, to add to 161 projects previously green lighted in the 500-scheme School Rebuilding Programme. This also includes making buildings ‘net zero in operation’ apparently. The Government is continuing to throw serious money into the repair black hole (over £13bn since 2015), but 500 projects is a drop in the ocean if the 90% fi ndings on repair needs in 2022 are borne out across the nation’s 32,000 schools. Our news report in this supplement shows the pretty alarming consequences of failing to instigate a proper strategy for dangerous buildings, with outdated lightweight RAAC concrete roofs still in existence across the sector. It’s fairly simple, divert money to invest properly in our future, including the buildings they are expected to learn in. Maybe such an explicit sign of valuing education might help to prevent future damaging strikes too.
James Parker, Editor
DESIGN FOR EDUCATION & STUDENT ACCOMMODATION
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Designed by FCBStudios Belfast’s Ulser University boasts three interconnected buildings and connects to the university’s existing Schools of Art and Architecture, providing an educational hub for 16,000 students.
Cover image © Donal McCann For the full report on this project, go to page 12 ADF05_Education Supp_2023
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