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AYRSHIRE UPDATE
Ongoing improvements
to college campuses
AYRSHIRE College’s campuses
are changing, thanks to
building improvement works
which took place throughout
the summer period.
Here, Michael
Breen, Vice
Principal
Corporate
Services, explains
what has been
happening.
“Work is
underway to
improve the
campuses of Ayrshire College and
significant improvements have already
taken place over the summer months in
Ayr, Kilmarnock and Kilwinning. Estates
staff have worked hard to prepare the
facilities for our new intake of students.
This is just the start and key successes to
date have been the creation of a fantastic
new café and adjacent office and student
space in the Riverside Building at the Ayr
campus. These improvements, the café
in particular, will create a real buzz and
are a great facility for staff and students.
A number of areas have been brightened
up by replacing floor coverings and
repainting. Feedback has been very
positive and the Estates team is looking
forward to working with staff and students
to identify future priorities.
A gallery of photographs showing
improvements across the campuses is
available on the College website.
New Campus Development
Final tenders for the new campus
project in Kilmarnock were received
on September 12, 2013 and these
are currently being evaluated.
This is a significant and exciting milestone
with construction work expected to
start in early 2014.
The designs and proposals presented
in the final tender submissions will
be shared with staff and students
over the next few weeks.
Systems Development
Considerable work has been carried out by
the finance, MIS and ICT Teams to support
the achievement of a successful Ayrshire
College vesting day of 1 August 2013.
A number of merger objectives have
already been achieved which support
the establishment of a single Ayrshire
College identity, including the successful
introduction of Ayrshire College
email addresses and the integration
of communication links to ensure
a robust network is operating between
all the campuses.
Improvements to our campuses will
also consider investment in specialised
curriculum equipment which is critical
to support students in developing skills
relevant to industry.
It’s an exciting start, and we will be
keeping you all up to date with
progress in the months ahead.”