Edinburgh's Telford College
| Contact Details: | Ray Harris, Principal, ray.harris@ed-coll.ac.uk Michael Turpie, Associate Principal Information Services, Michael.Turpie@ed-coll.ac.uk |
| Type of Project: | New build on new site. |
| Start/End Date: | The building opened in summer 2006. From start to finish the project took 5 years (2001-2006). 12-18 months was spent on raising the funds. |
Funding Sources
Funding from a number of sources including: proceeds of the sale of the previous college site; Scottish Funding Council; loan; College's own resources.
Funding breakdown - Sale of land £26m; SFC £21m; loan £10m; own funds £10m. Money from the funding body was given on the understanding that it would be based on efficiency - reducing the footprint by 30%.
Cost of Project
Total c.£70 million. IT investment has been just over £5 million.
