Space Utilisation at Queen Margaret University

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• Space Utilisation at Queen Margaret University
• Benefits and Challenges
• EAUC 14th Annual Conference
• Presented by Ivan Meyer

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Overview

• Background Relocation
• Implications for Space Management
• Challenges
• Benefits
• Future

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Relocation

• Disposed of three different locations moved
  to a purpose-built new campus.

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Space changes Areas
www.smg.ac.uk
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Space changes People
ACADEMIC BUILDING CONCEPTS
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Space changes Practice

• Open plan offices
• Separation of students and staff
• Drop-in rooms
• Hot desks
• Centralised timetabling Explicit goals to
  improve space utilisation and reporting.

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Space changes Practice

• Open plan offices
• Separation of students and staff
• Drop-in rooms
• Hot desks
• Centralised timetabling

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Challenges Timetabling

• Change management
• Communication
• Increased process complexity
• Less space, different space, shared space
• Student experience
• New technology Moved from a manual timetabling
  system with electronic bookings to automated
  timetabling and booking.

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Benefits Timetabling

• Balance Utilisation vs student experience
• Automated conflict prevention (staff, students,
  rooms, availability)
• Reporting
• Campus-wide awareness and participation (Plasma
  screens)
• Modelling the effects of change

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Future

• Adapt to changing academic portfolio
• More ad-hoc commercial use
• Better space-to-need matching, without changing
  space
• Fine tune student experience constraints
• Increase utilisation

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Questions