Into the future
With the latest IT technology, people might, for example, pick up an iPad and search a topic they are interested in
Dr Jane Sayer, a Trust programme director (nursing excellence and Magnet recognition) visited various learning centre sites with colleagues during an early phase of the building project for inspiration. One stood out for Jane. "It was a very interesting process. The building we probably thought had the least promise, and which actually turned out to have the most fantastic learning environment, was the Maths centre at Cambridge University. There was something about its design that was conducive to the type of learning we are trying to promote here: informal learning through personal contact and taking up new opportunities.
"I hope the new building will be inclusive, offering opportunities to everyone who wants to learn to do so in whatever way they want. You shouldn't have to be on a course to come into the building, and there should be opportunities to learn just by stepping through the door.
"With the latest IT technology, people might, for example, pick up an iPad and search a topic they are interested in. We also hope that, to some extent, it will be open to the general public and the people who live around here - even if they just pop in for a cup of tea and sit down for a while."
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The new building will:
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