Education Space programme
The University’s General Board agreed a formal Education Space programme within Reshaping our Estate, noting the importance of education space to the University.
The Education Space Programme focuses on optimising the use of existing education facilities (both for teaching and examinations) to meet current needs whilst preparing for the future.
The programme is committed to supporting the University’s academic mission by creating world-class environments for teaching, learning and assessments that are well used. To achieve this, the programme seeks to develop an understanding of how existing education spaces are utilised, enhancing the use of current facilities and identify targeted improvements that will benefit both staff and students.
There is an education space representative as a voting member on the four main Principal Programme Management Boards. A role description is below for information.
The Programme Board for Education Space
The Education Space programme reports to the Programme Board for Education Space (PBES) which was established by the General Board in 2017.
PBES, is accountable to the General Board, and reports to the Planning and Resources Committee (PRC) and, is fully aligned with the Reshaping our Estate programme. It supports the delivery of the vision for the education estate whilst also ensuring initiatives proposed by Schools, Faculties and Departments support the strategic education needs of the University.
The PBES vision is:
To develop an estate that consistently enables world-class teaching, learning, and examination facilities for staff and students - facilities that are inspiring, sustainable, accessible, adaptable, and efficiently utilised, meeting the needs of today and the future.
"A world-class university needs high-quality, accessible teaching and learning spaces. Exceptional education facilities help us attract the very best students and academics, and they improve the experience of those using them. High quality spaces also facilitate innovative teaching practices and encourage encounters between people across all disciplines, which is vital to our academic mission." - Professor Bhaskar Vira, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education
Contact us
If you have a question about the Education Space programme, please contact the Reshaping our Estate team at: ReshapingourEstate@admin.cam.ac.uk