Space Enhancement and Management Group will:
" Be responsible for developing and implementing policies to ensure the optimal use of all space (research, learning, academic support and administration, support group) across the University, reflecting the University's strategic goals and targets expressed in the Strategic Plan, the Estate Strategy and the Climate Action Plan, and communicate these policies to the University community.
" Increase awareness that space is an expensive resource and identify and convey the academic, environmental and financial benefits that arise from a strategic approach to effective space management.
" Ensure space enhancement and management policies are explicitly reviewed in project briefs, including driving ?best practice? in learning, teaching, research and other spaces in all relevant developments.
" Ensure learning and teaching spaces are fit for purpose to meet good practices and provide recommendations for enhancement of these spaces. Ensure adequate study space is available to enhance the student experience.
" Collect comprehensive data on all types of space which allow benchmarking against the sector and drive improved performance.
" Develop tools which can assist with managing space internally, provide quality management information, and link to sector-wide developments and external reporting requirements.
" Monitor and analyse requests for space, both increases and decreases, on a regular basis to inform local and general policy.
" Have cognisance of the carbon impact and ensure that carbon emissions are calculated alongside space management requirements and work with colleagues to secure carbon gains from ongoing improvement activities.
