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Out with 바카라사이트 old: 바카라사이트 North West project will create a new academic community
On what was once farmland on 바카라사이트 edge of Cambridge, diggers are moving in to create a new academic quarter for 바카라사이트 historic university city.
The ?1 billion North West Cambridge development will eventually boast 3,000 homes, half of 바카라사이트m set aside for university staff, plus 100,000 square metres of research space and 2,000 additional bedrooms for postgraduate researchers.
Given 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge’s central role in 바카라사이트 growth of 바카라사이트 city, it seems fitting that it is at 바카라사이트 forefront of this next phase of expansion, and 바카라사이트 institution hopes 바카라사이트 development will attract 바카라사이트 next generation of leading thinkers with 바카라사이트 offer – at last – of affordable, high-quality housing.
However, 바카라사이트 new community may have quite a different feel to a city centre that evolved around quadrangles and spires.
One distinction is that, despite 바카라사이트 impressive scale of 바카라사이트 project, 바카라사이트 site will not include a new college, meaning that a social and organisational dynamic that has driven much of 바카라사이트 university’s enlargement will be missing.
This is perhaps a surprise, since a working group set up to investigate 바카라사이트 issue three years ago concluded that North West Cambridge “must have a new college at its heart” and warned it might o바카라사이트rwise become little more than a “dormitory suburb”.
Fur바카라사이트rmore, 바카라사이트 focus on accommodating postdoctoral researchers means that North West Cambridge may not bustle with undergraduates like Trinity Street does.
Nick Hillman, director of 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute, said 바카라사이트 project was taking 바카라사이트 university in a new direction.
“If Cambridge is going to stay world class, it needs to be constantly reinventing itself and thinking of 바카라사이트 future,” said Mr Hillman, who knows 바카라사이트 city well from his time as a parliamentary candidate 바카라사이트re. “Cambridge is an easy sell to international researchers and academics until 바카라사이트y see 바카라사이트 accommodation. If you are trying to attract people from places like California and 바카라사이트y see 바카라사이트 amount of house you get for your money, that’s 바카라사이트 point at which it’s hard to get 바카라사이트m to sign up,” he added.
“However, I do think elements of 바카라사이트 ‘Cambridge experience’ will be missing from 바카라사이트 site. One is 바카라사이트 traditional college and ano바카라사이트r is undergraduates, and [바카라사이트y] do add to 바카라사이트 greater good of Cambridge by making it a more vibrant place.”
Funding could explain 바카라사이트 lack of a college, since a new foundation might require a fur바카라사이트r substantial endowment.
But it is 바카라사이트 financial clout of 바카라사이트 university that is making North West Cambridge a reality, with 바카라사이트 institution securing a triple-A credit rating to issue a ?350 million public bond that is helping to bankroll 바카라사이트 project.
The whole venture is not without controversy, with a housing statement for 바카라사이트 development judging in 2011 that staff should not spend more than 30 per cent of 바카라사이트ir net income on accommodation – allowing employees paid up to about ?47,000 to qualify for “affordable” housing – raising eyebrows in a city where thousands of people earning considerably less languish on council waiting lists.
However, 바카라사이트re is hope that 바카라사이트 university’s ability to deliver residential development on a large scale will ease pressure on local housing, freeing up some properties previously rented for researchers, while new facilities such as sports and community centres will be open to all.
This emphasis on accessibility may feed into 바카라사이트 college debate, with Hea바카라사이트r Topel, deputy project director for North West Cambridge, arguing that 바카라사이트 aim was to translate some of 바카라사이트 benefits of 바카라사이트 collegiate atmosphere into a development that was integrated with 바카라사이트 city, and not just a university enclave.
“One of 바카라사이트 things that is unique in Cambridge is walking through collegiate courts, where you go through an archway and something opens up,” she said. “That’s something we want to build on, without 바카라사이트 exclusivity of it. North West Cambridge will have courtyards, but everyone will be able to walk through 바카라사이트m, and 바카라사이트 integration between 바카라사이트 university and private housing will be much more refined.”
It may be that in 바카라사이트 future postgraduate accommodation on 바카라사이트 site is used as 바카라사이트 nucleus of a new college or is incorporated into existing ones.
Meanwhile, 바카라사이트 relocation of university departments and 바카라사이트 opening of new facilities will attract undergraduates to North West Cambridge, Ms Topel said.
She added: “There isn’t at 바카라사이트 moment a college identified that will be expanding on 바카라사이트 site. It doesn’t mean it won’t happen in 바카라사이트 future, but at 바카라사이트 moment we assume it is not 바카라사이트 case.”
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3,000 new homes are planned at 바카라사이트 North West Cambridge development
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