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Mind the gap: co-created learning spaces in higher education

Mahat, M ; Dollinger, M ; Fisher, K (Sense Publishers, 2019)

In recent years, there has been a marked increase in the number of new and refurbished building projects in the higher education sector. In Australia alone, public universities, of which there are 40 (TEQSA, 2017), owned $28 billion of building assets, with almost $2 billion being spent on construction in 2015 (Department of Education and Training, 2016). Despite this huge investment, there appears to be a lack of research carried out on the design of buildings, let alone the spaces within them or how these spaces can impact student success. Particularly in a rapidly changing higher education landscape, where key pressures continue to shape higher education, it is surprising that such investment is not commensurate with evidence of the impact of the design of buildings and spaces on teaching, learning and research productivity—key focus areas of universities.