access to higher education that seems to have resulted in little material change is that of learning spaces.
Asides from long needed adaptations to historically inaccessible buildings (in more ways than just physically) to meet access needs of disabled staff and students, the stark lack of imagination in designing learning environments is something that has struck me in need of redress for some time now.
At the University of Leeds’ Student Education Conference in 2019, Adam Finkelstein, a keynote speaker from McGill University, explored the possibilities of technology enhanced learning spaces. In an economic climate where HEIs spend more than ever before on infrastructure, student accommodation and glitzy learning spaces, the keynote was apt.
