Our Vision, Your Opportunity

“Taking the Role of Anchor in Regeneration”

Universities as Regenerators

Citylabs 1.0 science workspace on Oxford Road

20th May 2015

Henry Gun-Why

Director of Estates and Facilities

Our Vision, Your Opportunity

• The University of Wolverhampton holds a distinctive place with the

Higher Education Sector and is one of the most successful modern

universities, delivering excellence in teaching and research,

widening access and business engagement.

• The University began its life 190 years ago, to enhance the

education and skill base of the workforce in a major industrial

conurbation.

• Today, as the University of Opportunity, it is an integral part of

economic growth and social change within the West Midlands and

beyond.

• The University is now moving to the next stage of its development

in delivering its strategic plan, which is focused on how the

University can make a real difference to individual lives and

economic growth.

Presentation Outline

Context

How far have we come!

The HEI Sector

Investment Principles

Transformational Projects

HEFCE and future role of Universities

C Words and Don’t - Lessons Learnt

Head Line Act !

Next Steps – Integrated Master Planning Approach

Closing Words

Context - Position Statement – May 2015 • The University of Wolverhampton is in a good position

• Financially stable with healthy reserves, above target

surpluses and low borrowing.

• Relatively stable in our student numbers and student

performance and employability has improved.

• Our research profile has improved in the Research

Excellence Framework 2014.

• Student satisfaction has generally improved

• Investing in the a improving Estate

• This has all been done during a time of unprecedented

change and volatility within the sector , but the job is by

no means done.

• We must continue to invest and innovate to ensure we

continue to move forward, grow and provide an

excellent experience to all of our stakeholders.

About the University

• Three main teaching campuses at City, Walsall and Telford

• Learning Centres at Burton and Stafford

• A new learning centre is proposed on the Southwater development at Telford

• 23,000 students, 75% of whom are under-graduates

• 2000 staff

• The University estate is 160,000 m2 across the West Midlands and Shropshire

• 10% of the student body comes from outside the EU

• Sponsors of a number of academies, three University Technical Colleges and

a significant Outreach programme

• Space Utilisation 30%, sector median 30%

• Functional Suitability - good

• Carbon Reduction from 2007-08 -16746 tonnes to 2013-14 -11266 tonnes

The University of Wolverhampton is the anchor for economic development,

job creation and partnership work within the region.

The HEI estate – investing in quality

• The research led by the Association of University Directors of Estates

(AUDE) looked at trends in the quality of the estate. Quality means the

physical condition of buildings and their functional suitability, whether they

are fit for purpose.

• The good news is that there has been major progress in delivering these

priorities over the past ten years.

• The percentage of space rated as Condition Category A (as new) and

Category B (sound, operationally safe and exhibiting only minor deterioration)

has increased by more than 19% to 78%.

• There has also been a marked increase in the proportion of space rated as

being fit for purpose. The percentage of space rated as functional suitability

Grades 1 (excellent) and 2 (good) is now 85%, an increase of nearly 22%.

• These improvements in condition and functional suitability stem from the

major investment that higher education institutions (HEIs) have made in their

estates to adapt and renew buildings to meet changing demand and to

comply with legislative and environmental standards.

But the challenge continues – trends in investment

Nearly 80% of the HEI

estate is rated as being in

good condition. Across the

UK, the cost of bringing

these buildings up to a

good standard – to at least

Category B – is estimated

by the sector to be in the

order of £4bn.

Context of the HEI sector in 2011-12

• Universities in the West Midlands generated output of £1.95 billion

• 76,580 students from other parts of the UK were attracted to the West

Midlands to study

• West Midlands’ HEIs - together with the spending of international students

and students from other parts of the UK - generated 55,355 jobs. This was

equivalent to 2.2% of the 2012 West Midlands workforce in employment

• When combined with the impact of spending of international students and

students from other parts of the UK, West Midlands HEIs generated a total

regional GVA of £2.9 billion. This was equivalent to 3% of total 2011 West

Midlands GVA

• As well as output of £1.95 billion, through knock-on effects universities in the

West Midlands generated an additional £2.6 billion in other industries

throughout the UK. The majority of these effects (£1.9 billion) were in the

West Midlands

• Source: Universities UK - The Economic Impact of the West Midlands Higher

Education Sector (April 2014)

Investment Principles – Part 1 Investing in 2020 is not a capital programme. It is an investment

programme focussed on growth – growth of student numbers, growth of

income, growth of the student experience and growth in the

economy. And it is about the whole University.

The draft investment principles are for investment to deliver a university

that is:

Transformational and will take us into the future

Student-focussed, concentrating on the needs of current and

future students

Equipped to be at the heart of economic, social and cultural

development and growth

Committed to sustainability, both environmentally and financially

Has a presence.

Investment Principles – Part 2

These principles will be used as the basis of evaluation for investment business

case proposal. In addition, any business case will need to clearly show how it

will impact on at least two of the six areas below (to which our KPIs are linked

and will allow us to measure progress):

Student Experience

Excellence in Teaching and Learning

Enterprise and Entrepreneurship

Research

Growth

Presence

Investment Plan : Projects Update !

• City Campus Molineux and City Campus Wulfruna Masterplanning - £2.5m

Enabling Projects, delivery for 18 January 2013 - 31st May 2013 completed

• City Campus Wulfruna - Science Laboratory Facility in MB Building for

September 2014 (phase1), with Phase 2 scheduled for early 2015-£23m

• City Campus Wulfruna Courtyard – scheduled for September 2015 - £600k

• City Campus Molineux – University of Wolverhampton Business School,

scheduled for August 2015 - £19m

• City Campus Molineux – Camp Street pedestrianisation, scheduled for

September 2015-

• Springfield Campus – scheduled for 2016-18 - £65m

• University of Wolverhampton Science Park – scheduled for 2017- £12.1m

• Health Futures UTC in West Bromwich - £10m

University Quarter

The University Quarter is an

important part of the City Centre

that stretches from its main

Campus at Wulfruna Street across

to the north of the ring-road - AAP

City Campus Enabling Works – MX Building

Student Centre and Social Space - £2.5m

City Campus Enabling Works

City Wulfruna

Rosalind Franklin Building

Project Management Team: Faithful & Gould

Architects: Berman Guedes Stretton

Principal D&B Contractor: Kier Construction

D&B Architects: Tweedale

Rosalind Franklin Building

BGS Reference number: 2912/2964

MB Building

MB Building

MB Building:

Existing Perspective

MB Building:

Proposed Perspective

MB Building demolition back to existing frame

Rosalind Franklin Building - construction

Rosalind Franklin Building - BIM

Rosalind Franklin Building – realising the vision

Rosalind Franklin Building – realising the vision

Rosalind Franklin Building – realising the vision on Stafford Street -

£23m

CGI courtesy of Berman Guedes Stretton

City Molineux

University of Wolverhampton

Business School

Project Management Team: Gardiner & Theobald

Architects: Sheppard Robson

Principal D&B Contractor: Interserve

D&B Architects: Sheppard Robson

University of Wolverhampton Business School:

Logistics and Sequencing of Works

University of Wolverhampton Business School:

Logistics and Sequencing of Works

University of Wolverhampton Business School –

June 2015

University of Wolverhampton Business School –

April 2015

View from Jack Hayward Way

View down Molineux Street

View from Stafford Street - £19m

Scheduled completion date: August 2015

Molineux Campus – Camp Street Pedestrianisation

Springfield Brewery Acquisition • The Springfield Brewery campus has been a significant site for employment in

history for the City of Wolverhampton, dating back to 1874, with its iconic

clocktower.

• The Springfield Brewery site closed in 1991

• Plans submitted in 2006 for a residential development.

• In September 2014, the University of Wolverhampton announces it intent to

buy the site as part of our on-going investment in education, training and

economic regeneration across the Black Country. The proposed Springfield

Campus will be a local, regional, national and international centre of

excellence for the Built Environment.

Springfield Campus • On this campus the University will create a state-of-the-art set

of facilities for teaching, research, training and professional

development including:

The West Midlands Construction University Technical

College (WMCUTC) scheduled to move into Springfield in

2016.

The establishment a Centre of Excellence in Construction

involving the current School of Architecture and the Built

Environment at Springfield, with a new multi-million pound state-

of-the-art facility for higher education. This will make Springfield

a unique campus and should enable the University to expand its

provision and become a world leader in this area of activity which

is crucial to the economic development of the Black Country

2015-18.

Other stakeholders

The project will transform 12 acres of dereliction – “Phoenix

from the Flames”

Springfield Site Photographs

Springfield Brewery – Existing Site Plan

Springfield Campus – Proposed Developments

Springfield Campus – Developments

• The Springfield Campus Acquisition Working Group was established

in May 2014, and acquisition of the site is being progressed.

• WMCUTC development is being progressed, for a proposed opening

in September 2016

• The Springfield Campus Strategic Development Framework

completed in March 2015 to support the WMCUTC planning

application

• The City of Wolverhampton Planning Department is working with the

University of Wolverhampton to progress the Masterplanning brief for

the site, noting its historical significance

• The Springfield Campus Project Board will be chaired by the VC to

lead this significant development

• Overall investment for the Springfield Campus is circa £60m

University of Wolverhampton Science Park – Proposed

Developments of Science Technology and Prototyping

Centre

University of Wolverhampton Science Park –

Existing

University of Wolverhampton Science Park –

Proposed Developments

University of Wolverhampton Science Park –

Proposed Developments

Concept Design Proposals - £12.1m

HEFCE and future role of Universities

• HEFCE is encouraging universities to explore these

routes through a number of initiatives :-

engagement with local schools;

local skills agendas;

social innovation and social enterprise;

cultural engagement;

local economic growth.

• Universities as place-makers and anchors

• Universities must make the running on culture and

societal issues

HEFCE and future role of Universities

• HEFCE will fund new local collaborative networks, in a

programme to be announced by the government as launched a

tracker system, HEAT (Higher Education Access Tracker)

• HEFCE will encourage young people into Higher Education

from school age level, a social investment agenda through

partnerships designed to promote local social cohesion and

social confidence

• Furthermore, 20% of marks awarded in REF assessments will

now be awarded to the Impact Case Studies

• Finally, HEFCE’s call for proposals for being ‘a really fantastic

anchor’ (Catalyst Fund) for a ‘new role model’ of institutions

as anchors .

University Essentials for Regeneration

• Robust Strategic Plan ,

enabling strategies and sub-

strategies

• Operational Plans that align to

delivery of the strategic plan

• Good Governance and

structure

• Governing Body backing and

endorsement

• Be willing to take risk and eke

out opportunities

• Be open to ideas with legs and

innovation !

• Robust Evidence to underpin

Business Cases

• Investment Principles

• Media and Communications

Savvy

• Know what good looks like and

have beacon projects !

• Set good professional

standards and work with

agency officers

• Take professional advice as

required

• Make friends with Procurement!

British Urban Regeneration Association

• "Urban regeneration is a

comprehensive and integrated vision

and action which leads to the resolution

of urban problems and which seeks to

bring about a lasting improvement in

the economic, physical, social and

environmental condition of an area.“

• Development is easy, but regeneration

requires partnership

C Words and Don’t

• Confidence

• Compelling story

• Conviction and belief

• Cost

• Don’t miss the turn to the future!

• Don’t be afraid to ask?

• Don’t be afraid to lead !

• Don’t value engineer everything!

Lessons Learnt !

• Regeneration is a long haul

• Over-reliance on Government money

• Curse of the gap

• Leadership is key

• Partnership matters

• Be self-critical

• Be Bold and Confidence is everything!

• Bold Statements will attract attention and PR !

• The University of Wolverhampton is splashing out £250

million over the next five years in a ‘once in a lifetime’

investment. The university will spend a fortune to boost

economic growth and job prospects across the Black

Country. Bosses at the university feel they have a key role

to play in the future of Wolverhampton and the Black

Country. They want to create jobs in industry and bring

new forms of employment to the area in an investment

project that has been two years in the making.

• Wolverhampton as a Anchor for regeneration

Proposed Integrated Master Planning Approach

‘Vision, Ambition And Pride’

Our Vision, Your Opportunity

The University of Wolverhampton is the anchor for economic

development, job creation and partnership work within the region.