Students at Sheffield Hallam Soon to Benefit from an Improved Learning Centre

Students will soon be benefiting from a new £10 million learning centre at Sheffield Hallam University. proffessional

Feedback from the students and staff at the university has helped to design the new Adsetts learning centre based at the city campus.

The extra 1750spm of space over four floors plans to take the university into the next 10 years with a modern look and different spaces for different types of learning.

The building will have more colour and interest such as walls, furniture and artwork and displays where appropriate. However, it plans to keep aspects that made the centre a success when it was first launched in 1997.

The new building comes as the closure of the Psalter Lane campus occurs with the need to transfer subjects, teaching and staff.

Eleanor Howell, a second year Education Studies student said "I was moved from the collegiate campus last year as part of the universities re-structure. I like the modern look of the new Adsetts building and especially like the fact that there will be a late night refreshment area and more books and journals."

Hazel Scott, who works for the Learning and I.T. department at the University, said "The new spaces will allow different types of learning to take place. For instance, each level is either for silent study or group work. The entire group rooms will be AV enabled as well to reflect the growing requirements for presentation practice."

The centre was named after Norman Adsetts, a Sheffield business man and chair of the Universities board of governors. He donated a lot of money to its first development in 1997.

The full completion is planned for September 2008 for returning and newly enrolled students.

Gillian Watson