Aberystwyth University invests £3.6m in new teaching and learning facilities
The latest phase of a £3.6m investment programme to upgrade teaching and learning facilities at Aberystwyth University has been completed in time for the new academic year. Ten lecture and seminar rooms, and learning and study spaces in the University’s Llandinam Building, home to the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, have undergone a comprehensive upgrade over the summer. Kitted out with the latest in audio-visual technology, every room has been redecorated and equipped with new furniture which can be adapted to reflect a host of different teaching and learning requirements, from group work to more traditional seminar and lecture layouts. New audio-visual equipment will make it easier to record lectures for students to access via the University’s Virtual E-learning environment, AberLearn Blackboard, enabling students to recap on lectures and further facilitate learning and revision. The Llandinam Concourse, which has long been a forum for students and staff to meet and exc...