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SECTION 8: New Campus Glasgow
8.1 Vision and Mission
New Campus Vision
The new estate is fundamental to the delivery of
the New College's vision and it will also bring added
economic, environmental and social benei ts to local
communities, the City of Glasgow and the rest of
Scotland.
"Our vision is also to create Scotland's i rst College
super campus and be a positive catalyst for change.
In partnership with other civic institutions we aim to
regenerate and renew Glasgow City Centre and the
riverside".
"Our vision will be one of enabled and energised learners
across two sites engaged in immersion learning, industry
standard workshops, international dialogues and
exchanges, responding to real world briefs, supported by
24/7 virtual learning and Wi-Fi enabled social learning."
"We are planning to build state-of-the-art, exciting new
buildings to open in 2014. Our learning environments
will of er well-equipped classrooms, specialist, 'real life'
learning workshops and innovative learning spaces that
will promote good learning whether in class groups,
smaller tutorial and discussion groups or for individual,
personalised study."
Moreover, the vision for inclusive access to learning
where, "no-one is left behind", demands that the new
facilities provide welcome for everyone regardless of
age, gender, ethnicity or ability. A culture of supporting
learner's needs that extends beyond the curriculum
will pervade the new college and the physical
arrangement of the buildings needs to reinforce
and enhance this vision.
New Campus Mission
'An inspirational, l exible, technology-enabled and
sustainable learning environment, connected to our
communities and open, accessible and welcoming.'
In order to deliver this core mission, the key principles
established for the estates project can be summarised
as follows:
Inspiring, l exible learning environments:
To create high-quality inspirational, l exible learning
environments to meet the current and future
needs of the learning community.;
Impact and image: To create a desirable place to
work or learn which reinforces the new college
identity, mission, vision and values;
Community facilities: To support local communities
by creating a mix of facilities that will be available to
local residents;
Improved public spaces: To provide improved
public realm spaces and make a major contribution
to the regeneration of local communities;
Accessible: To create facilities that are open and
welcoming, easy to navigate, easy to access;
Sustainable: To be sustainable in all respects -
socially, economically and environmentally;
Deliverable: A buildable design attractive to
delivery partners which protects business continuity.;
Af ordable: To deliver value for money in
all aspects of design and management.
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8.1 Vision and Mission