OfS has now opened the bidding process and set out capital grant
details for the next three financial years. This information can
be found via the following link: Capital funding for financial
years 2022-23 to 2024-25: Formula allocations and invitation to
bid - Office for Students.
Education Secretary said:
“The £450m in capital funding we have announced is not simply a
cheque in the post – it’s a passport to fantastic initiatives
that improve facilities, upgrade buildings and deliver essential
equipment which make a real difference to students and enhance
our world-class higher education sector.
“Last year’s £128m worth of funding has helped our great
universities deliver real investment across the country, like the
Space Centre for Artificial Intelligence at the University of
Bradford and refurbishments to the University of Wolverhampton’s
School of Pharmacy.
“I’d encourage every provider to make a bold, ambitious bid that
will allow them to deliver life-changing teaching in critical
subjects and give a boost to their local communities.”
Further info on examples of last year’s successful
bids:
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Blackpool and the Fylde College -
£2,000,000: This
project will enhance the facilities, infrastructure, and higher
education programmes across four sites. This will help to
facilitate agile learning and extend the capacity of the
existing infrastructure to accommodate a wider geography for a
range of flexible higher education programmes.
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Brunel University London -
£2,000,000 :Funding will be used for
equipment to modernise and enhance learning and teaching across
the areas of engineering, design, computer science, nursing and
allied health professions. In particular it will support
digital manufacturing, aerospace engineering and
robotics/computer programming. n addition, nursing
and allied health professions will benefit from the
refurbishment of the existing infrastructure to create an
eight-bay nursing ward and simulation suite and the purchase of
a range of plasticated specimens and anatomical models.
-
University of Bradford - £2,000,000: Funding
will be utilised to support three different
projects: Bradford Health – major expansion and
development of facilities and equipment to support existing and
growing provision in health and allied health subjects ;
Space Centre for Artificial Intelligence – to co-fund the first
phase of the creation of a fully equipped centre to support the
growth of the space industry in the region. A key feature of
this proposal is to provide match funding to a large private
donation; Architectural Studio – the creation of new teaching
and learning spaces for programmes in architectural
technology and architectural engineering.
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University of Wolverhampton -
£2,000,000: This project will support the
refurbishment of an existing space to create a modern School of
Pharmacy facility. The facility will include specialist
equipment, flexible learning spaces that allow for
inter-professional education, and audio-visual and tablet
technology to support student-led learning
