UK Education Sector content: BSF, PsF, BSEC and More

Education is a hot topic in the construction sector - but the world of PFI, BSF, LSC and PsF can be confusing. Where to start?

This week on GTV there is a focus on the UK education sector, highlights include:

Tim Byles, Partnerships for Schools Chief Executive at BSEC 09Biggest Challenges for BSF in the future, including the economic implications of the recession on education, particularly BSF schemes.
http://www.gleeds.tv/index.cfm?video=463


Frank Locker, Transforming Schools Consultant
Honored as Planner of the Year by the Council of Educational Facilities Planners International, Dr Locker has taught the annual school planning course at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design and in the UK has been a BSF educational planner for 3 local authorities.

In this talk Dr Locker discusses various website which foster good educational design, these include: www.designshare.com, www.edutopia.org and www.cefpi.org .

Dr Locker also highlights Australia (particularly Western Australia & Victoria) and Minisota in the USA as good examples of leading the way in terms of education design. View the full clip online: http://www.gleeds.tv/index.cfm?video=460

There are alos a series of interviews with Kent County Council (KCC) and the schools and students involved in the first wave of the BSF programme. KCC have been very pro-active in involving students in the design for education process. Keep an eye out for these clips in the next week.