University of Gloucestershire, Centre for Active Learning (CeAL) CETL, Cheltenham
| Contact Details: | Carolyn Roberts, croberts@glos.ac.uk |
| Type of Project: | The main element was a new building but there was also a refurbishment of part of the Victorian campus running concurrently. |
| Start/End Date: | CETL Bid April 2004, second stage October 2004, won award in January 2005 (demolition began Summer 2005), new building opened in September 2006. |
Post Occupancy: Changes Made As A Result Of Feedback
Semi-formal feedback has been collected from different routes, from different users and visitors, from external events and over time. Learning mentors keep records of use and what students are doing in the building. They have a blog which they keep as a group, which gives us a running record of what is going on in the building and whether there are any problematic issues.
A long term more formal system of questionnaire feedback is being conducted also. Cards are put on every floor with a competition running for £100 prize money; students are asked to fill in one of these cards every time they use the building. Students are asked what they are doing, where they are doing it, why they are doing it in that building and what they think about the building and also whether they have any suggestions for altering it.
Feedback also comes from presentations at conferences which have been given for example the Warwick Conference on Social Learning Spaces (April 2007). There are no major changes as it is still early days but there hasn't been any cause to make any changes yet.
