Higher education

How are university capital budgets holding up in the face of covid?

Covid-19 and the government’s exam grading fiasco have combined to leave universities in a deep administrative and financial hole. Jordan Marshall asks industry experts what the sector needs to do

Higher power: how is the universities sector shaping up?

The universities and higher education sector is as vulnerable as any to fluctuating demand — but it still has billions every year to spend on its buildings

Growing pains: It is possible that the UK higher education sector is approaching ‘peak campus’

Dramatic changes in student numbers demand fresh thinking about the adaptability and utilisation of university buildings

‘Different doesn’t scare me’: Mary Pierre-Harvey has big plans for Oxford Brookes

The UK’s first black female director of estates at a large UK university talks to Building

Universities’ many challenges

While this week we highlight the many positives about the universities sector, it would be a mistake to think that the boom times will continue

Smart building: What makes UCL's Student Centre so special?

University College London’s new Student Centre is innovative, diverse, digitally enabled and focused on sustainability – just like its users.

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Kier cuts net debt by a further £100m

Order book increases 6% as part of ‘disciplined growth’ says contracting giant

Autumn statement 2023: coverage all in one place

Building’s coverage of the Autumn Statement all in one place

Kier poaches hospital building lead from ISG

David Hollywood will focus on the New Hospitals Programme and the ProCure23 Framework

Autumn statement at-a-glance: Tax rises and spending cuts as OBR forecasts recession

Chancellor sets out plan to stabilise economy

Firms gear up as New Hospital Programme unveils initial £2.5bn pipeline of work

Details of deals already awarded also revealed

ISG picked to build £80m Cardiff school campus

Three new schools to be built on a single site

Education in focus

The cool cafe that comes with a Cambridge college attached

By Ben Flatman

Witherford Watson Mann managed to carve out a niche cafe from a sliver of land on the side of Clare College’s Old Court and in so doing improved facilities, increased accessibility and revitalised some historic buildings, Ben Flatman reports

School buildings crisis: What can the next government do to save our schools and colleges?

By Joey Gardiner

Public capital spending on education was less last year than at any time since Labour’s Building Schools for the Future programme got up to speed 17 years ago. As part of Building’s election focus, Joey Gardiner asks what can be done to stop our schools falling further into disrepair