Ruaraidh MacNeil Highlands and Islands Enterprise The Beechwood Campus Development
Ambitious for Scotland Why here, why now? Inverness Campus P4 Digital Healthcare Convention 1 st October 2010
Sustainable Economic Growth… Demographic change Access to high quality Higher Education 2,500 to 4,500 increase in HE students Opportunities for all Increase GDP New businesses Increased GVA £38m pa. Better career prospects: 6,000 new jobs
Vision - Function A place to collaborate A place for learning A place where knowledge is created A place for enterprise A place to live A place for leisure
Ambitious for Scotland Visionary Inspiring Vibrant Stimulating Vision - Ethos Sustainable Open Welcome Safe Flexible Flowing Connected Human Scale
Ambitious for Scotland
Proposed development 215 Acres Phase I - 55,000sq.m. of development Phases II & III – 70,000sq.m. Education, research, sport & leisure and business Highly collaborative environment
Partnership Forum
Key Project Inverness College, UHI 20,000 sq.m. Development FE & HE Education, training, research “Hub” facilities, café, business incubators etc. Opening summer 2014
Key Project Scottish Agricultural College 2,000 sq.m. Veterinary Services, Research and Business Consultancy Growth aspirations Open 2014
Key Project Social Enterprise Hotel 6,000 sq.m. Fully operational Hotel Short-stay “social accommodation” Employment and Training for the disadvantaged
Other Elements Science and Technology Park, including business incubators Sport Centre and playing fields Student Accommodation Community/Arts Facilities
HIE Phase I Investment £30.45m Timescale Inverness College~£60m SAC ~£5m Social Enterprise Hotel ~£9m CfHS Phase IV ~£10m Sports £10–25m New Railway Crossing TBCPost 2018 Total £130m plus Scale of Initial Phase I Investment
Opportunities for Business Community Expansion of Life Science cluster Knowledge creation, transfer, incubation and commercialisation High Value inward investment Investment – CfHS Phase IV, student accommodation, services Sponsorship - PhD’s, student placements, public art, research, sport
The way forward – Public/Private Sector Collaboration Lifescan, SAMs, EMEC Commonality of issues & opportunities Sharing of ideas, knowledge, people and resources
Ambitious for Scotland Making it Happen + Ambition + Leadership Collaboration = World Class