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Keele invests in new management school and innovation hub
K
EELE University plans to invest in a new multi-million pound state-of-the- art facility that houses both Keele
Management School and incubated companies in a sector leading Smart Innovation Hub. The new Management School has been
funded by the University and the Denise Coates Foundation, after which the new iconic building at the entrance to the University will be named. The Smart Innovation Hub has been funded by the University, Staffordshire County Council, UK Government Growth Deal Funding and the European Regional Development Fund, the latter two sourced via the Stoke-on-Trent & Staffordshire Local Enterprise Partnership. The new building has been designed
by RIBA award-winning and Sterling Prize- nominated architects BDP. In keeping with Keele University’s green ethos, the facility has been planned with a focus on sustainability, resulting in a BREEAM ‘Excellent’ rating. Construction is expected to commence in February 2018, with completion set for Spring 2019. University and Denise Coates Foundation funds will be used to create teaching and
learning facilities for staff and students. Via co-location alongside the Smart Innovation Hub, students and staff will also have the opportunity to work collaboratively with entrepreneurs and business owners in the new Smart Innovation Hub, designed to support the creation and growth of new businesses and encourage more innovation- led business growth. The unique environment also aims to stimulate a new more collaborative approach to business and management research which will benefit businesses locally and globally. The new investment in the Management
School will underpin a planned substantial growth in student numbers over the next five years. This investment will play a key role enabling the University to continue its commitment to widening participation in higher education for people locally, a key priority of the funding from the Denise Coates Foundation. The Smart Innovation Hub alongside
the Management School will provide accommodation to support the creation and growth of innovation-led businesses, alongside major new facilities to enable the University to grow its established programme of collaborative research,
development and innovation support to local firms. The investment in the Smart Innovation
Hub forms a cornerstone of the ‘New Keele Deal’, a partnership between Keele University, Staffordshire County Council, Stoke-on-Trent City Council, Stoke-on- Trent & Staffordshire Local Enterprise Partnership, Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council and University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust to underpin innovation-led growth in productivity in local businesses, improve healthcare, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and provide more, higher paid jobs for local people. Speaking about the new investment,
Professor Trevor McMillan, Keele University Vice-Chancellor, said: “This new investment will ensure that we continue to provide a sector-leading student experience, via the provision of state-of-the-art facilities for learning and teaching, made possible by our own investment in the new building and that which we are delighted to have received from the Denise Coates Foundation.”
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St Andrews university staff relocation plans P
LANS for a multi-million pound development which will see 400 university staff relocate from St
Andrews to the Eden Campus at Guardbridge have been lodged with Fife Council. In what is a major strategic move by the
university, the former paper mill at Guardbridge will be transformed over the next two years into a modern working environment for key professional staff. The £20 million plan – designed by Atkins - will involve the sensitive restoration and refurbishment of buildings to create state-of-the-art office space, storage for library stock, a canteen and associated parking and landscaping. A key part of the development will be a café which will be open to the public as well as
University staff. A new entrance to the Campus will be
created to reconnect the community of Guardbridge to the site and make it accessible to the public for the first time in over 150 years. University of St Andrews Quaestor and
Factor Derek Watson said: “This is a major strategic move for the University which will provide an exceptional working environment for our staff, breathe new life in the local economy of Guardbridge and have a beneficial impact on the town of St Andrews. “We are committed to rejuvenating
the former paper mill site and the development will result in the reuse of existing buildings, introduce a modern yet sympathetic new entrance into the site,
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and foster a sense of vibrancy and vitality.”
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