Consultation on Bognor Regis Campus Redevelopments

The University was recently awarded over £8 million by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), and the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA), which £6.35m will go towards a major internal refurbishment of The Dome, to become a centre for business and enterprise and a draw for international students, and will contribute to a new state-of-art Learning Resource Centre and Student Support Facility.

The University of Chichester is launching a consultation with staff, students, stakeholders and local residents on this, the first phase of its Bognor Regis Campus redevelopment. The consultation includes:

The refurbishment of the Dome to accommodate SEMAL and REEO – these plans, developed in close consultation with staff, student and business users, are well advanced and building work will begin in July 2010. We are now in the very early stages of discussing the look and feel of the interior and your input would be very welcome.

The new Learning Resources Centre – the plans for this exciting development to improve the student experience at Bognor Regis, are in the early stages. We strongly encourage you to have a look at these plans as staff and student feedback is crucial to ensure that the new building will meet your needs, as well as being an exciting learning focus for the campus.

The refurbishment of the current library for teaching rooms and staff offices and the refurbishment of the current student services building to provide on-site incubator units are not yet at the planning stage. Early comments would be welcome.

Timetable for Consultation

4th February	Event for stakeholders and residents, inviting them to find out more about the work that is planned over the next few months and provide us with some feedback.
5th to 12th February	The plans will be displayed in the main reception at the Bognor Regis Campus from for staff students and local residents to view and make comments. Scott Robertson, Head of Library Services, and Peter Tierney, Director of Estates, will be by the display and available to answer questions on the plans on 8th February 11.00 – 12.00 and 11th February from 3.30 to 5.00.
15th to 19th February	There will also an opportunity for staff and students to join residents to view and provide feedback to the University’s plans as they will be on public display in the Bognor Regis Town Hall.

Everyone is encouraged to comment on this important development of our University and we hope that stakeholders, local residents, staff and students will comment.

Feedback can be provided by emailing consultations@chi.ac.uk or using the feedback form (see above) and sending it to: Director of Estates & Facilities Services, Bishop Otter Campus, College Lane, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 6PE

Comments will be collated and analysed and presented to the two project boards to inform the decision-making process. The boards will provide feedback as to how they have used this information. Consultation closing date: Wednesday 24th February 2010.

If you would like any further information please email consultations@chi.ac.uk.
We hope that you will participate in this consultation.

Professor Clive Behagg, University of Chichester’s Project Director, The Dome
Ian Child, University of Chichester’s Project Director, Learning Resources Centre