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James College will perhaps benefit the most from these plans, taking over C block as well as the nucleus of the college. They will gain the JCR and the SRC, as well as Goodricke bar McQ’s. In terms of accommodation, James will get an extra 100 students as well as a significant increase in social space. Goodricke Provost Jane Clarbour said she believed this would be a "huge benefit" to James students.
Vanbrugh College will gain a new 'court', taking over A and B block, and Wentworth will take over D block, which will be turned into budget accommodation for postgraduates.
Currently, no such accommodation exists for postgraduate students, making the acquisition of D block significant for Wentworth College. At the moment, a number of home students are having to choose to live off campus because they cannot afford the ensuite postgraduate accommodation provided on campus.
GSA President Dan Carr said he was "pleased that there will now be a budget option for graduate students" as "prior to this the options were extremely limited". Carr added: "I think this can be a great decision, subject to reasonable pricing compared to off-campus accommodation and the completion of any necessary refurbishment and maintenance work."
Regarding Goodricke's move to Heslington East, Clarbour said: "While it will be a sad occasion when Goodricke leaves its current accommodation, we are looking forward to moving into our new home - it is a very exciting time for us. Goodricke is so much more than its buildings, as has been demonstrated so clearly over the past 40 years."
She added: "There is no denying that our long corridors have over the years helped thousands of students to establish lifelong friendships; however, we will now be in the lucky position to have lovely new buildings and long corridors! I am sure that James College and Vanburgh College students will learn to love our buildings as much has we have!"
Goodricke College is set to move to Heslington East when the first buildings open in October.
I am glad that, like they say here, graduate students will have a budget option... however, I don't understand why these buildings are remaining at all. I thought the plan was to build new accommodation and replace these old blocks, not to redistribute them amongst other colleges?
It was my understanding that the buildings themselves were in a state of terrible disrepair, and need to be rebuilt completely. I could be wrong; in fact I may be, but does anybody have any more infor on the original intentions? Will they be refurbished? Are they in a better state than I have been led to believe?
It's fitting that Wentworth is getting Goodricke D Block, as it used to be part of Wentworth to start with. They shouldn't have got rid of "budget" accommodation to start with.
I agree with Helen, though I think these buildings may be replaced eventually. In the short term though, I think they're expanding student numbers and so need the extra accommodation on Hes East without losing any capacity on Hes West.
Unfortunately several (if not all) of the original Goodricke buildings are "listed" which means they cannot be significantly altered externally or demolished. They are classic examples of 60s prefab architecture or as some architects might say: a warning from the past.
Listed, really? I thought that the buildings only had a 40 year lifespan? Seems odd for such buildings to be listed.
It's only recently that any of the colleges have paid off their building expenses - if they had a 40 year lifespan then it would be pretty poor planning by them!
ARE YOU SURE THEY ARE LISTED? Please can you provide some more information as I did not realise this. Do email architecture@yusu.org or just here is fine.
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