The faculties have now presented their plans for the development of study environments, and in a new university-wide report, six proposals for measures and areas of improvement are outlined. This includes prioritizing an upgrade of existing study environments in the short term and recommending faculties to evaluate and enhance study places systematically and periodically.
The faculties have now presented their plans for the development of study environments, and in a new university-wide report, six proposals for measures and areas of improvement are outlined. This includes prioritizing an upgrade of existing study environments in the short term and recommending faculties to evaluate and enhance study places systematically and periodically.
For several years, the student unions have highlighted a shortage of study spaces, and the university has been addressing this issue. At the beginning of the year, the Vice-Chancellor tasked the faculties with developing a plan for optimizing existing facilities (including an analysis of occupancy) based on the three campus areas: City, Näckrosen, and Medicinareberget, a plan to determine the number of new study spaces that can be created within existing facilities and assessing to what extent existing study spaces can be upgraded.
The document Guidelines for the design of study spaces at the University of Gothenburg (only in Swedish), developed by the GU Property and Sustainable Development unit, served as a foundation for the faculties’ work. These guidelines are a living document that will be updated regularly. The faculties’ assignments were coordinated by GU Property and Sustainable Development in collaboration with the University library, the student unions, and campus services.
The report Plans for the Development of Study Environments at the University of Gothenburg (only in Swedish) summarizes the work on the plans, presenting various proposals for measures and areas of improvement. The work has revealed that faculties have different conditions for developing study environments; for example, several faculties have ongoing strategic facility projects or other ongoing spatial changes that affect their possibilities in the shorter term. Several faculties have already taken measures to improve the study environment.
In addition to the faculties’ assignments, the Communications unit has been tasked with creating consistent web information about the university’s study spaces.
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This article has been translated from Swedish to English using ChatGPT and has been checked by employees at the university's Communication Unit.
By: Ulrika Lundin