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Leeds Universities & Colleges Development Plans 2016

Wednesday, 6th January 2016 @ 1530hrs - 1900hrs

Civic Hall, Leeds, Calverley St, LS1 1UR

Leeds Universities & Colleges Development Plans 2016 | Event

 

THREE of Leeds’ leading University & College Heads will be presenting their investment/development plans for the next few years!

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Event Format

  • 1530 – 1600; Registration
  • 1600 – 1645; Networking with Wine, Beer and Soft Drinks
  • 1645 – 1815; Speaker Presentations
  • 1815 – 1900; Networking with Hot Food, Wine, Beer and Soft Drinks
  • 1930 – 2200; After Event Speakers Dinner (VIP TICKET HOLDERS ONLY)

New VIP Tickets

We have an exciting new opportunity for you – buy a VIP ticket to this event and come to dinner straight after the event with the speakers who have accepted an invitation, see below.

Great food, good wine and excellent conversation.

VIP Ticket Privileges

  • FREE attendance at Speakers Dinner
  • Reserved seating in the front two rows at the event
  • Guaranteed tickets at Sold-Out events
  • Only 15 VIP Tickets available at each event
  • VIP Name Badges
  • Maximum two VIP Tickets per Company

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Come to dinner and join:

  • Jason Challender, Leeds City College
  • Steve Gilley, The University of Leeds
  • David Hemming, Leeds Beckett University

Speakers


Jason Challender. Director of Physical Resources; Leeds City CollegeJason Challender resized

Jason Challender is Director of Physical Resources at Leeds City College and a member of its Senior Leadership Team based at Park Lane, Leeds. He is responsible for overseeing a large department of approximately eighty staff and which includes Project Management, Estates Management, Campus Services and Health and Safety.

Over the last 25 years his professional background has been predominately in the Further Education Sector. He was formerly Project Director of Stockport College where he was responsible for all redevelopment and procured the part redevelopment of the Town Centre Campus which included a landmark £24 million Construction and Engineering Centre. He also oversaw the complete redevelopment of Manchester College across numerous sites throughout the city from 1999 to 2006. This was hugely successful and saw the complete transformation and major expansion of the College over this period.

Prior to this Jason spent many years in the airline industry. He was Head of New Developments for BMI based at Heathrow Airport and was responsible for instigating a network of business lounges and customer services facilities across the UK and Europe as part of the airlines major international expansion programme.

His main focus for staying in the education sector over the last fifteen years is that he strongly believes that knowledge, education, training and qualifications change people’s lives for the better. In this regard he has also previously participated in lecturing students and has published an academic research paper.


David Hemming, Head of Estates; Leeds Beckett UniversityDavid Hemming

David Hemming joined Leeds Beckett University as the Head of Estates in February this year. Prior to that, he spent 20 years serving in the Royal Engineers. In his early military career, he took the high-risk approach and specialised in Bomb Disposal and Technical Engineer Reconnaissance. With the advent of children, he took a lower risk approach and specialised in the provision of infrastructure, focussing on support to the ‘AIR component’. Both strategies have allowed him to clock up the air miles and have seen him serve in Afghanistan, the Middle East, Africa, the Balkans, Europe and North America. He has a keen interest in the use and development of BIM, having spent more years than he cares to count working out of a tent in the middle of nowhere, he has come to the conclusion there must be a better way to do things! He is so convinced that BIM is the future; he is about to embark on Doctorate to prove it!


Steve Gilley, Director of Estates; The University of LeedsSteve Gilley

Steve is the Director of Estates for the University of Leeds.  In the past seven years he has been responsible for the delivery of ten new buildings and refurbishment projects with a capital cost in excess of £250M. He is responsible for Capital Development, Design & Projects, Sustainability, Maintenance & Operations and Health & Safety works in the University built environment. A Chartered Surveyor by background Steve was formerly employed delivering Corporate Property projects at a financial institution and was a Director of a project management consultancy based in Leeds.


 

 

 

Leeds Universities & Colleges Development Plans 2016 | Details

Tickets

Details

Date:
Wednesday, 6th January 2016
Time:
1530hrs - 1900hrs
Cost:
£65 – £215
Website:
http://www.leeds.gov.uk

Venue

Civic Hall, Leeds
Calverley St, LS1 1UR + Google Map