Learning landscapes: clearing pathways and making space - involving academics in leadership, governance and management of estates in higher education

The project, which was completed in 2010, was intended to promote closer collaboration between academics and estates professionals in the development of new learning landscapes, so that the strengths of the traditional academic environment are not lost when new spaces are developed to foster innovative approaches. The project produced a series of case studies that reveal how these innovative teaching and learning spaces have been developed, with a particular focus on the decision making processes and organisational structures.

It also designed a series of development tools for academics, estates, and other key stakeholders so that they are better able to foster a culture and practice of collaborative working.

These tools are:

• Campus Mapping Profile
• Teaching with Space in Mind
• Pragmatics of Place
• Talking our Future into Being
• The Idea of the University.

Total funding : £243,512

Web-site : http://learninglandscapes.lincoln.ac.uk