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Your estate plays a vital role in the identity of your university and the ability to utilise the space to deliver efficiencies, whilst ensuring the best possible ‘destination experience’ for students, staff, business and the wider community is critical.
We have a dedicated education-focused real estate team that combines technical excellence with a deep understanding of the challenges facing real estate teams in higher education institutes (HEIs) borne out of our experience of working with our clients.
As an approved Business Partner of the Association of University Directors of Estates, our dedicated education real estate team have first-hand, in-house experience working in HEIs and are well placed to advise you on how to make the most of your estate. For more information on how we can help your institution please contact Dominic Swift.
Advised on the setting up and development of BioCity in Nottingham, one of the most successful spin out operations in the UK.
Acted for University College Birmingham in the acquisition of a major city centre site for the development of new facilities.
Acted for a London-based university in connection with the preparation of suites of documents for their works programmes, including Joint Contracts Tribunal and New Engineering Contract ‘3’ forms and bespoke appointments and framework agreements.
Acted for the University of Leicester on their district heating scheme dealing with the commercial agreements and the property and construction aspects of the scheme.
Advised an HEI on disposal of a major city centre site including complex issues surrounding the rights of tenants.
Acted for a university to bring a successful arbitration against a main contractor for negligence and breach of contract in the design and construction of student accommodation.
Outstanding real estate practice with significant development expertise, acting for a broad range of clients. Particularly adept at handling matters in the education and public sectors.
Its market-leading reputation is underlined by its breadth of expertise.
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In this edition we provide you with the latest in legal updates, news and insight from the higher education sector.
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19 July 2021 marked the lifting of many restrictions within England including the cessation of the need for social distancing, the removal of the legal requirement for face masks, and the end of required homeworking. We look at the guidance on the lifting of restrictions in the context of staff working in the higher education sector.
Student and staff files will be full of personal data, much of which may be particularly sensitive such as health information (known under the data protection legislation as “special category” data).
As HR teams in the Higher Education sector plan for the staffing implications of the return of students to university, they are also having to deal with the relatively new condition known as long Covid.
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