Durham University, Techno-Café [CETL for Active Learning In Computing]
| Contact Details: | E L Burd, liz.burd@durham.ac.uk For photos of Techno-Café go to www.durham.ac.uk/alic/technocafe/ |
| Type of Project: | A refurbishment to create a Techno-Café as a prototype for a future development in a new build. |
| Start/End Date: | December 2005 - January 2006 (a 6-8 week timeframe over the Christmas vacation). |
Funding Sources
Funded through the HEFCE Centres for Excellence Initiative which had up to £2 million per Centre for Excellence to be spent on capital build.
Cost of Project
The total capital funding was £2.3 million as HEFCE later gave another £300K per CETL.
This is a collaborative CETL with four sites involved: Newcastle, Durham, Leeds and Leeds Metropolitan Universities who each have a Techno-Café. They are all in different forms exploring different ways of supporting their students. Durham leads the CETL and the greatest proportion of the money has gone to Durham. The cost of the Techno-Café including equipment was just under £300K.
