Online Course

Space Management Basecamp

Level 2

Explore space strategy and policy best practice. Learn how to strengthen relationships with deans, academics and other colleagues who are crucial to the space planning process.

This live, interactive course – developed with AUDE – is for you if you’re an experienced space manager looking to take your strategic skills to the next level.

A supportive space to supercharge your skills

Gain a solid understanding of strategy and policy best practice, and how you can influence both. Explore how you can use your new skills to help your institution with things like reducing energy costs, long-term estate planning and enhancing the student experience.

Deep-dive into strategy and policy development

You’ll analyse your existing strategy and policy and identify ways you can improve it.
Then learn how to make sure people stick to it!

Get your academics on your side

Discover frameworks for working collaboratively, managing expectations and multiple requests, so that colleagues understand and support what you do.

See how others manage their space

Explore the challenges other universities face when it comes to strategy, policy and stakeholder relationships – so you can borrow ideas and see where you’re already ahead of the curve.

Leave with a plan

Finish the course with a solid plan to develop and roll out a space strategy and policy that aligns with your university’s wider goals

Is this course for me?

If you’re a space manager with some experience, who wants to get to grips with some of the ‘bigger picture’ stuff around strategy and policy, then yes! That includes things like being able to influence both space strategy and policy, how to manage expectations and negotiate with academics, heads of schools and other stakeholders, and how you can use space planning to help achieve your university’s wider goals. 
“It’s increased my confidence as a space manager”
“A useful, focused and practical course. It's given me practical strategies that I have already started using, and increased my confidence as a space manager." 
Kirsteen Williams, Timetabling and Rooming Manager, Anglia Ruskin University

Join us

To secure your spot, talk through whether this is the right course for you, or take a sneak peek before you commit, book a chat.
Overview

Why learn with us?

Small cohorts

You’ll be in a small, supportive group with no more than 8 learners. So we can adjust content to your needs and give you the time and space to network, share experiences and problem-solve together.

No death by PowerPoint

No one wants to sit through boring slides. We believe in a hands-on, active approach. It’s all about helping you find solutions that work for you, not preaching to you about how it “should” be done.

Learning that fits round you

The course is spread out over two and a half weeks and taught online – giving you space to fit your learning in around your busy role.

We know our stuff

Our experts have 75 years’ of higher education experience between them, and we’ve delivered courses for space managers at more than 25 universities.

We’re CPD accredited

Walk away with 28 CPD points toward your own Continuing Professional Development when you complete the course.

No fiddly software to install

The course is hosted on a cloud-based, secure platform that doesn’t require you to download a thing.

The details

5 x half day workshops over 3 weeks
28 CPD points
£1499 + vat
Next start date:
10th March 2025

See what's in store

Course Timetable
Day 01
  • Meet your fellow course attendees.
  • Analyse your current strategy and policy and identify areas for improvement.
  • Identify the similar and different challenges universities face when it comes to strategy and policy.
  • Create a presentation exploring the days’ learnings.
Day 02
  • Share presentations from Workshop 1 and learn more about the challenges faced by other institutions.
  • Take a deep-dive into strategy development, and create an action plan to improve your space strategy.
Day 03
  • Take a deep-dive into policy development.
  • Using our bespoke self-assessment tool, analyse your own space policy and identify areas for improvement.
Day 04
  • Learn how to build stronger relationships with academics and others, manage their requests and expectations, and reach mutual agreements.
Day 05
  • A chance to present what you’ve learned on the course (this will be a marked assessment and count toward your CPD accreditation).
  • Take away an action plan you can use to influence space strategy and policy in your university.

Dates for your diary

The next Space Management Basecamp Level 2 cohort will be in March 2025. 
  • Day 1: Monday 10th March 2025
  • Day 2: Wednesday 12th March 2025
  • Day 3: Monday 17th March 2025
  • Day 4: Wednesday 19th March 2025
  • Day 5: Monday 24th March 2025
Assessments due: Monday 7th April 2025
    • Each workshop is from 9am to 1pm.
    • We do need you to be able to make all of these sessions live. If you can’t, get in touch and we can tell you the next course dates.
    • When you sign up, we’ll send you calendar invites for all of these so you don’t need to add them yourself.
meet our experts

The Facilitators

David Reanney

Space Management Facilitator
With over 15 years of experience within a space planning context, David has a particular interest in the nexus between scheduling, space management and forecasting. During this span David has moved his practise in planning from a highly effective operational focus, to an increased delivery in tactical and strategic outputs and integrating this into capital and service planning.

Terry Roche

SPACE MANAGEMENT FACILITATOR
Terry is a highly experienced strategic facilities planner with a 30-year career working with Universities in the UK, Australia, Asia, and the Middle East. He has been responsible for numerous innovations in the way organisations plan their Estate to meet strategic objectives with a strong focus on resource optimisation.

Peter Howells

Space Management Facilitator
Peter has nearly 20 years experience in strategic asset management and capital development in the Higher Education sector, having worked with a number of Russell Group and Post-92 institutions. He has a particular passion for digital innovation & smart technology and how the space and time dimensions collide to inform the sustainable management of property portfolios.

Dave Beavis

Space Management Facilitator
With 14 years of space management experience at a Russell Group institution, Dave understands the strategic importance of robust space data and how it underpins key activities within HE estates. As founder of the Higher Education Space Management Group, he led on the creation of operational tools which are now used by many HE institutions, and was recently chair of the AUDE SM group, involved in actively responding to strategic space challenges facing HE. 

Take your skills to new heights!

I have questions 🙋

All the best people do! Our course FAQs should be able to answer them for you, with information on ways to pay, discounts, refunds and more.

Fancy a sneak peek of the course?

Not quite what you’re after?

Looking to brush up on a different space management skill? Delve into data and space design over at Space Management Basecamp Level 1. Or take the complexity out of making space predictions on our Calculating Space Demand course.


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