How to maintain top class academy estates
Funding for UK acadamies, despite providing respite, has resulted in a challenge to manage and refurbish estates cost-effectively.
Learning the hard way
The government’s decision to divert £900m of funding away from school’s capital budgets raises troubling questions over the longer-term impact on the education sector’s estate
Building the universities of the future
Taking a technology-led approach will be the future for designing assets for university estates
Will the university campus exist in 50 years' time?
Predictions that the campus will be usurped by digital, remote learning ignore the importance of ‘face-to-face’ interaction
Free schools don't come cheap
The question of whether the government is spending too much on free schools development is far from clear cut
Getting skills down to a T
The introduction of T-levels is being sold as a lifeline for industries like construction, but Brexit threatens to derail any benefits
Hitting NHS deadlines
Getting stakeholder engagement right at the start is key to successful management of healthcare projects
Efficiency in the NHS doesn’t have to mean cost cutting
NHS trusts must squeeze every penny out of limited captial funding, but with some careful thought at in the early stages they can deliver better outcomes
Placemaking in student housing
Involving students, staff and the local community in masterplanning has helped transform this university campus
Building a university in the mountains
The harsh winter and remote mountain location of the University of Central Asia in the Kyrgyz Republic created some unique challenges