Newham College of Further Education, London
| Contact Details: | Philip.Badman@newham.ac.uk Brian.Cooper@newham.ac.uk |
| Type of Project: | Refurbishment to create two 'concept classrooms' on the East Ham and Stratford campuses. The East Ham development centres on three c.50m2 classrooms being converted into one new learning suite. The work at Stratford will begin summer 2007. |
| Start/End Date: | East Ham Campus trial due to open March 2007. Stratford Campus trial site will go into construction over the summer 2007. |
What Are Your Top Tips..
...For a successful new build? For embedding IT? For installing technology?
Involve the end user as soon as possible in all designs because the people who are going to be in there delivering the courses need to be involved. Keep people involved and informed (staff and students).
Because half of the unit is a glass wall the students are asking lots of questions as they walk past and they want to know what's going on. Talk to both students who use the area and those who don't.
The three teaching rooms were simply chalk and talk classrooms. They had a whiteboard at the front with a data projector and chairs and tables. The project came at the right time during the year as they needed to replace furniture in other classrooms so everything was recycled.
There is flexibility in the timetabling which allows the college to take rooms out of action for a number of weeks if necessary so that didn't cause any problems.
