Issue 3.1

The secret of the shed

It may be on a Slough industrial estate but that’s where similarities with Ricky Gervais’ “The Office” end: Manalo & White prove you can still create fantastic learning spaces in a crinkly-tin shed that was previously used to manufacture aircraft parts.

14 Mar 2017
24mins
Manalo & White

Learning Spaces

Mashed up learning for knowmads

When three schools in Spain took a critical look at their learning spaces, they did so firstly by passing the task onto their students and secondly by giving them a very tight budget to work with. And the results, according to Professor Stephen Heppell who oversaw the project, were all the better for it.

14 Mar 2017
24mins
Stephen Heppell

Learning Spaces

Learning Spaces Swedish style

An Oxfordshire school found a trip to IKEA gave them everything they needed to transform their learning spaces, seeing that as an intrinsic part of the jigsaw puzzle involved with improving students’ learning experiences.

14 Mar 2017
24mins

Learning Spaces

A splash of colour

Paint gives us the opportunity for a really big impact on a relatively low budget, especially if it’s applied by in-house staff. So how are paint manufacturers helping those who work in education make informed choices about what finishes and colours to select, and where?

14 Mar 2017
24mins

Learning Spaces

Hey big spender

Award-winning teacher, Greg Miyanaga, tells us how he transformed his learning space (and has since helped others near his school in the Canadian province of British Columbia to do the same) using lots of imagination but very little cash.

14 Mar 2017
24mins
Greg Miyanaga

Learning Spaces

Shipping forecast

What has Holland’s Barneveld Noord Railway Station and a Mumbai skyscraper designed by CRG architecture got in common with Dunraven School in Streatham? The answer is that they’ve all relied on the common shipping container as their primary building block: the raw material required for Max McMurdo’s latest venture.

14 Mar 2017
24mins