Dublin Institute of TechnologyNew Campus

Grangegorman, Dublin 7

HEAnet Conference

November 2006

Paul Horan

David Scott

DITStudent 20,500Staff 2,000Science Park/commercial 2,500

HealthBeds 185Staff 300+

Total ~26,000Athlone 15,936Drogheda 31,020Mullingar 15,621

Creating a New Town

St. Stephen’sGreen

DIT Grangegorman

Maintaining City Centre Location

1.3km

Site and Neighbours

DIT – Who we are

6 Faculties

20,500 Students

2000 Staff

200Part-time

programmes

85Full-time

Programmes

4,000 Graduates

per year

(10,000 FT)

Degree awarding powers up to Ph D

DIT Serving Dublin City and Ireland since 1887

Quality Education

Annually:• 4,000 Undergraduates• 500 Postgraduates • 3,500 Apprentices

Undergraduates by Faculty

Total Student population 20,500

70% on degree levelprogrammes

1017

485

336897

439

837Business

Science

Tourism

Engineering

Built Env.

Arts

Degree awarding powers up to Ph DOne of 8 Irish members of the European Universities Association

Unique & Relevant

• 36% of DIT students on unique programmes• 80% of graduates gain first employment in

relevant areas• Largest provider of part-time education • Over 1,000 industry-based students on

continuing education programmes• Over 50,000 Alumni in DIT Graduate Network

DIT across the city

Bolton St.

Rathmines Chatham Row Kevin St.

Pembroke St.

Cathal Brugha St.

Aungier St.

4 km

Why move

• To provide

– Student-centred learning environment.

– Using leading-edge technology.

– With facilities currently lacking.

• Consistently excellent integrated student experience

• Exploit synergies and opportunities

Grangegorman

Sports, Recreation& Amenity~15,000m2

Industry and Incubator50,000m2

Cultural~5,000m2

Food & Retail~8,000m2

Student Accommodation50,000m2

Health Facilities

Open/Pitches

20%

Campus Elements

Education&

Research~150,000m2

State-of-the-art Library &Learning Environment

Core Education

Fostering Research

Research

Sports, Recreation& Amenity

Comprehensive Sporting and Recreation Facilities

Student Accommodation

On-site accommodation for 2000+ students

Centre for Visual & Performing Arts

Cultural

ExhibitionsMusic Recitals PhotographyTheatreCinemaArt & DesignLocal Resource

Industry and Incubator

• Planning 50,000 m2 • Established model

PDC and HotHouse

• 30 Start-ups per annum• 50 Fast–growth companies supported• Existing 15,000 m2 of Incubation space

Bolton Trust

Fostering Enterprise

Initial Information and Industry Incubation centre on site mid-2007

Smithfield

Cabra

StoneybatterBroadstone

Phibsborough

DITGrangegorman

Completing the Jigsaw ..

..in partnership

Potential Funding Sources for Education Development

Projected construction cost €850.0m

Funded by: €m• Exchequer Funding 200• DIT generated funding 350• Private Philanthropy 50• Commercially generated 250

Total 850 Development will be phased

76%

Dublin City Development Plan 2005 -2011

• Grangegorman designated a Framework Development Area

“To create a sustainable urban campus at Grangegorman as a new home for DIT with the capacity to develop strong links with other knowledge sector engines located elsewhere in the inner city”

Historic Fabric

North house

Lower house

Clocktower

Occupational therapy

RC Church, unit 22 & 23

C of I Church13 protected structures on site in total

(Francis Johnston)

Timeframes

• 2006 Development Agency estb’d• 2007 Master planning• 2008-> Construction commences• 2012 Initial relocation • 2016 Complete

Unique opportunity to design an integrated higher education

campus exploiting the best leading edge technologies

Sports, Recreation& Amenity~15,000m2

Industry and Incubator50,000m2

Cultural~5,000m2

Food & Retail~8,000m2

Student Accommodation50,000m2

Health Facilities

Open/Pitches

20%

Campus Elements

Education&

Research~150,000m2

Aims• Underpin the delivery of learning & teaching

(on & off campus), research, administration, links with industry, HSE, Local Community, etc.

• State of the art Infrastructure– Seamless – Ubiquitous – Robust/Resilient– Flexible

• All space -> learning space• Drive synergies across all activities.

Student Led

Campus Technology

• Infrastructure • Portal• Student Learning Environment• Student Services• MIS, etc

Learning/Pedagogy

Changing student profile

Different characteristics, needs, expectations

Net Generation/Net Gen, Millennials, Digital Natives

Born after 1987

Grown up with technology

Mature/Foreign

Our students

Net Gen

Multi-media Graphics/visual/sound

Connected Mobile phones, iPod, MP3, PDAs, IM, wireless

Multitasking IM, gaming, searching, non linear

Experimental Visual interfaces, streaming media

Collaborative Chat, screen sharing, P2P, groups

Integrated Content, service, coaching

Expectations Producers & consumers

Service driven• Portal – common/personalised

student/staff environment

• Plan for common access IT provision – Information Commons

– Integrated with library– 24/7 access

A Campus with technology ‘embedded’ into the very fabric of the buildings and grounds requires:

a) pedagogically sound set of design Principles for teaching and learning spaces

andb) a clear statement of the Practical issues to be

considered at the design stage.

Pedagogical What do we want to teach?

How do we want to teach it?

What can technology bring to it?

Make Choices

Practical IssuesFlexibility/Timing No single point of failure.Connectivity PowerDisaster recovery/Business ContinuityIntegrated voice/data/videoMobilityDuctingIntegrated Network/Audio Visual/Printing ServiceFlexible furniture and room arrangementsLeaning Space Design

Invisible Technology that works

Opportunities

Learning Environments

• Responding to the changing learning paradigm

• Collaboration

• Research networks

Wireless • Wireless airspace across campus

– Who operates/owns?

• 2G –> 3G

• In building delivery -> site wide

• Multi-operator 'plug and play' environment?

Telephony

• Desk v VOIP v wireless …..

• Phone /PDA/ Mobile device

Integration• Buildings Management Systems

• Access Control

• Security and Surveillance

• Fire safety

• Smart card– Access & identification, – Library, – Cash card – food, vending, retail, sports, …..

Transition

• Timeframes

• Going to get more complex– Need to continue operations on existing

sites as we role out new campus

• Do you design to support legacy or abandon and start afresh?

Unique opportunity to design an integrated higher education

campus exploiting the best leading edge technologies

Timeframes

• 2006 Development Agency estb’d• 2007 Master planning• 2008-> Construction commences• 2012 Initial relocation • 2016 Complete