The award recognises innovation in the creation of inspiring spaces that help to promote different and new ways of learning and teaching.
Opened to staff and students in late January, the state-of-the-art Engineering Heartspace houses teaching and social spaces under a new, impressive curved glass roof which links the Grade II listed Sir Frederick Mappin Building and the 1885 Central Wing.
We are rightfully proud of how our estate supports our academic community in research, learning and teaching.
Keith Lilley
Director of Infrastructure, University of Sheffield
Alongside the new laboratories, office space and café, the Engineering Heartspace has its own Employability Hub which is committed to helping students and businesses collaborate, as well as bringing ‘real world experience’ to the forefront of student experience in the University’s Faculty of Engineering.
Keith Lilley, Director of Infrastructure for the University of Sheffield, said: “It’s fantastic news that the Engineering Heartspace has been recognised for the innovative way that the design of the building has played a part in transforming the way our student and staff study and work together.
“We are rightfully proud of how our estate supports our academic community in research, learning and teaching.”
The winners of the Education Estates Awards will be announced on Thursday 15 October 2020.