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Transforming 果冻影院: teaching space acquired at Birkbeck
3 July 2014
Over the last ten years student numbers at 果冻影院 have increased by more than 50 per cent, from approximately 19,000 in 2003-4 to almost 29,000 in 2013-14.
More than 20 per cent growth in student numbers during the last three years alone has put considerable pressure on our teaching and learning spaces. In addition, it is expected there will be impact on some teaching facilities from the construction programme.
In response to these challenges, 果冻影院 Estates has been considering options to increase numbers of teaching spaces within the existing estate, developing strategic partnerships and exploring opportunities for leasing additional space.
A cornerstone of the plans is a recently signed reciprocal agreement with Birkbeck whereby 果冻影院 uses designated Birkbeck teaching space by day (9am - 5pm), and Birkbeck uses 果冻影院 spaces in the evenings.听This is a further development in our existing relationship with Birkbeck who already benefit from access to 果冻影院's teaching space out of core teaching hours.
This new agreement enables 果冻影院 to use 23 teaching spaces - including three lecture theatres - and a further three IT teaching labs.听The allocated rooms are in Birkbeck's Malet Street site, conveniently located for staff and students in and around 果冻影院's Bloomsbury campus.
These rooms will be centrally bookable from the start of the 2014-15 session and will make a tangible difference to our overall teaching capacity.
This agreement is a significant development but is certainly not the end of the process. 果冻影院 Estates continue to work on a number of fronts to improve both the capacity and functional suitability of teaching and learning spaces at 果冻影院.
Professor Michael Arthur, 果冻影院 President & Provost, said: "We have been working hard to enhance the provision of learning and teaching spaces and听I am pleased to have put pen to paper on a deal that benefits both institutions."