Jubilee Campus
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Jubilee Campus is a campus of the University of Nottingham, England. It primarily houses the Computer science and Education schools of the University, along with Nottingham University Business School. The campus is also the location of the National College for School Leadership.
The campus opened in 1999, and is located about a mile away from the University's main University Park Campus. It was designed by the architect Sir Michael Hopkins and won the 2000 BCIA award for 'Building of the Year' and the 2001 RIBA Journal Sustainability Award (among others). The campus name derives from the fact that 1998 was the golden jubilee of the granting of the Royal Charter to the university that made it an independent degree-granting organisation.
Like the University Park Campus, the campus has been constructed around a lake and contains plenty of greenery. The campus also contains many innovative environmental elements such as grass roofs and solar panels. Particularly striking is the library, the Sir Harry and Lady Djanogly Learning Resource Centre, a circular building situated in the middle of the lake.
[edit] Halls of Residence
The campus has three Halls of Residence.
- Newark Hall - undergraduate, 400 students
- Southwell Hall - undergraduate, 200 students
- Melton Hall - postgraduate
Each of the above halls are ensuite and Southwell and Newark are catered. Despite popular belief, many students studying on main campus live in halls on Jubilee. Transport between both campuses is provided by a university funded hopper bus which is free to use.
[edit] Future Development
The Jubilee campus has extensive enlargement plans, which will see gradual implementation towards 2015. Nottingham City Council has safeguarded the adjacent land for University use, in order to allow the campus to grow to over 100 acres. Phase 1, to begin in 2006 will see the development of a "Research and Innovation Park" for University spin-out companies, as well as a landmark "volcano-like" building for the campus, to be designed by Ken Shuttleworth (famous for "The Gherkin" - 30 St Mary Axe, London). Future developments will see further academic buildings, and new halls of residence added to the campus.
