CIOB has pledged £50k to sponsor teaching facilities at the University of Wolverhampton’s School of Architecture and Built Environment.
The teaching room, opened recently by CEO Caroline Gumble and pro vice-chancellor Tim Steele, will offer facilities for students on built environment courses at the university’s new construction super-campus.
The school, which opened in August 2020, won the Conservation and Regeneration Award at the Constructing Excellence Midlands Awards 2021 and the New Build Award at last year’s Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE) Awards.
It is the latest addition to the university’s £120m investment in a new construction excellence campus at the city’s former Springfield Brewery regeneration site.
Specialist learning spaces
It offers specialist teaching and social learning spaces, design studios, specialist labs, multi-disciplinary workshops, lecture theatre, cafe, offices, meeting rooms, ICT rooms and a top-floor super studio with double-height ceilings.
CIOB has been collaborating with the university since 2017 when it introduced its first qualification in Building Control.
Gumble described the facilities as “a purpose-built education centre for tomorrow’s construction professionals”. She said: “CIOB has funded these spaces, including the state-of-the-art CIOB room along with a dedicated pod in the atrium, to provide visibility and accessibility to students and staff and home for our dedicated CIOB liaison manager.”
She added: “We want to raise standards, promote professionalism and support new entrants into this important industry and, of course, grow our community and bring more people into chartership.”
Steele said: “The partnership with the CIOB is valuable. We share many key priorities such as driving professional standards, innovation and strengthening the talents of those who are based in the industry.”
CIOB also sponsored graduation prizes presented in July to students who have excelled in their studies.
