Having gone through a refurbishment earlier this year, Ash House at Lancaster University, required student focused, computer laboratories
configured for teaching and study. The challenge was creating a 100+ seated capacity Learning Lab in an unconventional inverse ‘L’ shaped
space.
The University of Derby is one of the largest Universities in the Midlands. Today it is home to more than 29,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students from a diverse range of cultures and backgrounds. The University believes ‘anything is possible’.
TOP-TEC were tasked with transforming an empty uninviting atrium space in the Business School into a more productive learning environment that could be used for a variety of applications. The space would need to be used as a collaborative teaching / breakout space, but would still need to accommodate additional footfall for University open days. Any installed furniture solutions would need to be flexible, to help create a multi-purpose space that would fully maximise the use out of the area.
SGUK required furniture solutions for a reception entrance, a workplace office, four meeting spaces and three training rooms. TOP-TEC were given the challenge to meet corporate branding, style, ergonomics and company dynamics to create an aspirational professional working environment.
TOP-TEC recently provided a collaborative learning solution for Newham Sixth Form College in their brand new Learning Resource Centre.
With outstanding facilities, excellent pass rates and the only college in Birmingham to be awarded with Beacon status, in recognition of excellence and innovation, South & City College Birmingham offer 100’s of courses from Level 1 to higher education for people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities.
Working in partnership with IS Service Delivery Manager Bill Ayres in the Faculty of Life Sciences, the key aim was to maximise the space and introduce flexibility through a cost effective whole room solution.
The Learning Resource Centre currently seated 30 students, however the tables were too long and narrow and it did not ultilise the space to the fullest, making the space appear small. The school wanted to change the layout and the shape of the tables in order to break up the space as it was becoming problematic getting students in there. They also had a specific IT requirement that students could use whilst sat at the desk.
TOP-TEC worked with NHS North Bristol providing a number of secure printer cages for their centre of excellence.
Kirklees College recently completed a new build programme at the Waterfront Quarter, a high quality commercial development close to the centre of Huddersfield. The college’s Information and Learning Technologies (ILT) team led by Richard Brook had recognised the challenge of ensuring classroom technology remains positioned and installed in a way which ensures the most effective management of the classroom environment.
