One Campus Masterplan

The Masterplan Concept

The University currently operates across two, disconnected campuses: City Campus to the south and Sir Tom Cowie Campus at St Peter’s to the north. This has led to a fragmented presence within the city and a resulting lack of campus cohesion for students, staff and visitors.

Higher education is hugely competitive and, as well as excellent teaching, a vital factor in attracting and retaining students is offering a positive experience in a vibrant environment.

It is this overarching aim that sits at the core of our One Campus Masterplan.

To achieve the aims of the Masterplan, the University’s Sunderland campuses will be further developed to meet the needs of students and will integrated to create a single unified campus experience. The One Campus concept focuses on a series of ‘stepping stone’ developments woven together through the use of a unified approach to site frontage, visibility, interpretation, landscaping and key transport nodes – physically linking the two campuses together.

Masterplan Proposals: The Masterplan Concept and Aims

1: Improve University visibility across the city

2: Improve student experience by enhancing campus vibrancy

3: Improve connectivity and integration across the University

The Masterplan provides the foundation for the advancement of a comprehensive Estates Strategy for future development of the University estate and the platform for collaborative working with strategic partners to progress and implement that strategy.

To view the whole plan click here One Campus Masterplan

If this link doesn’t work please try opening in Chrome pasting this address into your browser https://cmsasset.sunderland.ac.uk/news/One_Campus_Masterplan.pdf

 

Why this matters now

As set out in the City Council’s Corporate Plan 2016 – 2020: Collaboration with partners will maximise opportunity and increase economic inclusivity to transform the city’s economy into one that is knowledge-based with higher value and better paid jobs, greater levels of innovation, new business generation and rising employment including adopting a whole University City approach that addresses skills deficits across the workforce.