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Virtual Exhibition

The Forum Project Virtual Exhibition is available to view. The latest design (Stage F) will be available to view in the next few weeks, alongside the current Stage D plans, allowing you to see how the project has progressed in the last few months.

You will be able to navigate around the different levels of the Forum. Hover over the images to learn more about each area and the services that will be provided in the Forum and surrounding area.

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TELL US WHAT YOU THINK

If you have any thoughts or concerns about the Forum Project whilst it is being built, please let us know by filling out the Online Form.

WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW?

Queens Drive - road narrowing and traffic management applies
Weekend work - there will be some work carried out on 30th/31st January in the centre of campus.
Queens car park - Supermarket, Blackwells bookshop and Guild print shop have now opened for business in Queen's Car Park. The car park remains closed except for accessible parking.
Tree works - From 25th January, tree works around Devonshire House and along Stocker Road continue (delayed due to recent severe weather conditions).
Old Guild Print Shop - Asbestos survey in Devonshire House (25th, 26th and 27th January 2010).
Hatherly, Queen's Car Park and Roborough - HV cable trenching from Hatherly across Queens Car Park to Roborough. Some noise (commencing 25th January 2010).

WORKS COMING SOON...

Tree works - stump grinding on 8th and 9th February

The fourth edition of Building News in Brief provides information about changes to the campus traffic, pedestrian and parking arrangements and arrangements to allow retail services to continue on campus.

ARTIST FOR THE FORUM

Artist Alexander Beleschenko has been appointed to design and produce artwork for the Forum Project. Beleschenko specialises in the use of glass and is working closely with Wilkinson Eyre Architects to embed artwork throughout the Forum. He has won many high profile commissions throughout his career to date, including the street in the Met Office, Exeter. Visit his website, www.beleschenko.com, to view some of these exemplary commissions.

ACCESSIBILITY GROUP

We are looking for new members to join the Accessibility Group, who meet to discuss implications that the Forum Project plans will have on those less mobile on campus. The group have met a few times already as the project has moved through various stages of design and has been attended by some students. However, we are in need of more volunteer students interested in this topic to come forward and join the group. Please email the Forum team using the email address at the bottom of this page to express your interest.

STUDENT DEBATE

On 23rd October 2009, nearly 100 students and staff attended an event organised by the Debating Society about the Forum Development. University Registrar and Deputy Chief Executive, David Allen, proposed the motion that ‘The Forum will enhance the Student Experience.’ He was supported by Student Guild Sabbatical Education Officer Llywelyn Morris. The proposition raised a number of key points, including the introduction of a student services centre, provision of over 800 new learning spaces, the creation of a ‘centre’ for the Streatham campus and the beneficial impact on the value of Exeter qualifications if the future. The opposition stated that the money could be spent elsewhere on resources such as staff, and listed the difficulties faced by societies during this period of development. The motion won by 4 votes to 1, following some detailed questions from the audience.

Contact Details

If you have any ideas, comments or concerns about the Forum Project, would like some more information or would like to be added to the Forum email circulation list please contact:

The Forum Project Administration Team
e: forum–team@exeter.ac.uk