All Education articles – Page 38
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Bristol Council picks consortium to refurbish six schools
Walters & Cohen and Batterham Matthews are among the architects who will redevelop six Bristol schools as part of a £100 million Building Schools for the Future deal.
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FeaturesThe latest products for housing projects
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NewsCollege building crisis was probably avoidable, says report
Funding for 144 stalled college projects should be allocated on a “needs” only basis, a damning independent report into the Building Colleges for the Future programme has concluded.
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AnalysisEducation, education, education...
…was New Labour’s mantra, but with the LSC’s college rebuilding plans in tatters, will the primary school programme fare any better?
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Learning and Skills Council's chief executive quits
Mark Haysom, the chief executive of the Learning and Skills Council, has resigned.
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Atkins warns LSC delay could cost hundreds of jobs
Hundreds of architectural and engineering jobs could be lost unless urgent action tackles the stalled Learning and Skills Council college-building programme, a major design firm has warned.
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Aedas team wins slice of £280m BSF project
A team featuring Aedas has pipped a rival consortium featuring Nicholas Hare to work on a £280 million BSF project in the West Midlands.
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Building StudyPenoyre & Prasad’s Minster School in Southwell
The practice’s Minster School in Southwell consolidated two sites on one, with open and versatile spaces. Happy staff and proud, well-behaved pupils are testament to its success
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FeaturesWill investment in primary schools help small practices find work?
This month four experts consider an issue facing practices in the education sector
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FeaturesA round-up of the latest education projects
Krishna-Avanti Primary:Cottrell & Vermeulen's temple of learning The first voluntary-aided Hindu School in the UK is being designed by Cottrell & Vermeulen Architecture. Krishna-Avanti Primary School is in the borough of Harrow, north London, which has the country’s highest Hindu population outside of Leicester. The practice engaged in consultation to ...
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FeaturesSheppard Robson’s Churchill College was built to last the course
Sheppard Robson’s Churchill College was dubbed safe and even bland in 1959, but 50 years on 6A Architects is revisiting the original courtyard-based design for its new hall of residence
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FeaturesSkanska Infrastructure Development’s Steve Cooper on BSF
When it comes to schools, Steve Cooper of Skanska Infrastructure Development, has enjoyed an educational transformation with his BSF involvement in Bristol
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Building StudyDSDHA’s Pond Meadow School is a singular piece of education architecture
Pond Meadow special needs school near Guildford is the first phase of DSDHA’s biggest commission yet. The external aspect makes free with the sense of scale while its attentive internal detailing is as much therapeutic as architectural
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FeaturesWe're interested in shaping architecture at its conception
Editor’s letter: Updated BD Magazine takes an indepth look at the profession
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FeaturesQ & A with Erect Architecture on playground design
Led by Barbara Kaucky and Susanne Tutsch, Erect Architecture has created two inventive playground proposals by involving children from the start of the design process
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BSF delivery likely to bust budget by £10bn
RIBA calls to ditch PFI for building schools as auditor raises concerns
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Gehry, RMJM, Archial and Atkins on shortlist for Glasgow college redevelopment
Frank Gehry and RMJM are to go head-to-head against Archial, Atkins, BDP and a joint team of Hopkins and Bennetts Associates in the race to win one of the largest college redevelopment projects in Europe, a £300 million campus in Glasgow, BD can reveal.
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OpinionLearn – and teach – lessons of history
The government is taking money from BSF and giving it to the car industry. Be very afraid
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Birmingham picks winners for £2.4bn BSF scheme
Will Alsop, DSDHA and Associated Architects are among the winners of the government’s biggest Buildings Schools for the Future (BSF) contract, a £2.4 billion project to overhaul 89 secondary schools for Birmingham council.
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NewsLeicester leads on Part L
Bond Bryan Architects’ £25 million city centre campus for Leicester College has opened to students