Dubai College Block C Project

A tradition of excellence Building a legacy for the future FEBRUARY 2022

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CONTENTS

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Who We Are

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A 21st Century Education

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Project Campus 2030

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Transforming Dubai College

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Appendix

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WHO WE ARE 3

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HIGHLIGHTS

WHO WE ARE

A level grades ranked among the top ten schools in the UK The four pillars of College life academic,

creative,

sporting & philanthropic underpin all that

is achieved and help to shape true citizens of the world who thrive and, increasingly, return to Dubai after their time at university to strengthen the pool of talent within the emirate.

Dubai has world-beating aspirations in a wide range of areas: from infrastructure to commerce, social justice to architecture. In the field of secondary education, it already has, in Dubai College, a global presence and a true centre of excellence.

A large and increasing number of successful applications to Oxbridge, Russell Group and Ivy League universities Consistently achieves highest ranking in KHDA and UK school inspections Awarded British International School of the Year in the UK Independent School of the Year Awards in 2019 Ranked among the top 100 schools in the world (Spears School Index)

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OUR MISSION, VISION AND VALUES

A shared vision, values, culture and ethos, based on the highest expectations of all members of the school community, remains the number one priority for Dubai College.

While our founding mission remains the same as it ever was, our

vision is to be leading British education overseas.

Reinforcing our values, culture and ethos will be a key priority going forward.

Today some 65% of our graduates attend university in the UK and a further 30% head to the US, to which end we are committed to providing our students with a modern and comprehensive personal, social and health education curriculum which equips them for life in their university destinations.

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Priority: We are committed to celebrating diversity within our school community while respecting the values, ethics and traditions of our hosts.

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GOVERNANCE

Under the terms of an Emiri Decree, Dubai College is a non-profit institution, controlled by a Board of Governors drawn from prominent members of the local community and with no beneficial owners.

"Our not-for-profit status means that every dirham we charge is reinvested in the students and the school."

Michael Lambert, Headmaster

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A CENTURY EDUCATION 7

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WHAT MUST A 21ST CENTURY EDUCATION LOOK LIKE? Adapting to change

As a British school overseas delivering a combined UAE and UK curriculum which grows year by year, our students and staff are busier than ever.

The world beyond our campus is also evolving ever more quickly. As such, our programme of support for staff, students and parents must continue to provide timeless wisdom alongside timely advice.

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Priority: We are committed to creating a contemporary interdisciplinary curriculum which reflects the changing world.

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WHAT MUST A 21ST CENTURY EDUCATION LOOK LIKE? Preparing for the Future of Work The working world is changing to a hybrid model where the most valuable employees are agile.

No longer will our graduating students necessarily climb a linear career ladder as experts in one field.

Future T-shaped careers will require expertise in a number of complementary areas.

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Priority: Our curriculum will adapt to reflect the importance of multi-subject working and team-based learning.

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PROJECT CAMPUS 2030 10

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WHAT IS PROJECT CAMPUS 2030?

This is the name of our ambitious masterplan to rebuild the DC campus to reflect our strategic vision and the aims of a 21st century education. We know that more students than ever will seek higher education over the coming years and that competition for places in the world’s leading universities is certain to grow as a result.

In this evolving environment, we remain committed to offering an education to the highest academic standards which will maximise our students’ chances of personal success.

That said, we recognise that we have a duty to ensure that our students are also ready for the likelihood of T-shaped careers. By designing a campus which integrates design, creativity and project-based learning into flexible classroom spaces built around the Harkness table (large tables around which the whole class and the teacher sits), we believe that our hybrid campus will develop learner employability, adaptability and intelligence.

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Dubai College already has a head start in terms of delivering educational innovation. In 2017, it pioneered the Harkness method in the UAE. This ensures that every student is in the “front row” and remains engaged and involved in class activities.

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HOW CAN WE CHANGE THE TEACHING & LEARNING ENVIRONMENT ?

We have consulted widely with the students themselves and our designs to completely transform the central teaching area of the school (A, B, C and D blocks) have incorporated their clear views on sustainability,

space, light and ambience.

All of the proposed new or refurbished buildings have at their core the ability to teach and learn in larger spaces, collaborate in multidisciplinary settings, and meet informally in comfortable surroundings.

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They will also have a highlyflexible IT infrastructure to allow for the fundamental advances in technology that are bound to occur during the buildings’ lifespan.

The first of these new buildings will be C Block.

This will incorporate a new state-of-the-art library, art department and new teaching spaces which will include the maths department.

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HOW CAN WE FINANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CAMPUS TO SUPPORT THESE AIMS? Dubai College aspires to maintain its position leading a British education overseas.

Our old campus and traditional methods require constant innovation and improvement. To this end we intend to increase our revenue as we rise to the challenge of continuously rebuilding our campus for tomorrow.

We will achieve this via a multi-pronged approach:

Reducing our top line costs

Licensing the name of Dubai College for an overseas campus

Encouraging philanthropy from individual donors and corporate sponsorship

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Developing an employer engagement and mentorship programme

Commercialising the campus including The SPACE and the field

Enrolling more students to a cap of 1,100

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TRANSFORMING THE COLLEGE GOALS & OPPORTUNITIES

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TRANSFORMING DUBAI COLLEGE Block C

is the first stage of the major transformation of the DC campus planned over the next eight years.

The core elements of this transformation are the four blocks (A, B, C, D) which together form a quadrangle and which, as part of this plan, will become a shaded central atrium within the four buildings.

Some buildings will be completely refurbished/expanded, and some will be demolished and replaced.

The core elements of space, light, environmental sustainability and interoperability will be paramount in all of these changes.

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Within this overall strategy, Block C stands as the signature/flagship project. It reflects not only the architectural and design priorities, but also the educational priorities and focus on multi-disciplinarity, flexible working spaces and departments complementing each other. The building is open from ground to ceiling in the middle (an atrium) with skylights at the top letting in light, bold staircases and lots of greenery.

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TRANSFORMING DUBAI COLLEGE The ground floor

houses the resource hub/library – a large space that will contain workspaces ranging from individual study carrels to group tables, as well as the study resources/ books of a traditional library.

There will also be a cafeteria, teachers’ room and two Harkness rooms, plus a “maker’s space” for creative and technological constructions, 3-D printers etc.

The first floor

has a direct link to the current D Block and will therefore function as a combined area which is primarily teaching spaces. Ten classrooms and two Harkness rooms will be enhanced by informal break-out spaces. Maths classrooms in the new building will flow into the humanities departments in D Block with the advantage of project work and crossovers achieved.

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The second floor

is primarily the art department and gallery, but with the addition of the computer science department in four classrooms. The art department will be housed in four studios as well as a darkroom and a kiln room. The internal walls surrounding the atrium (and to an extent similar spaces in the other two floors) will house both permanent and temporary art exhibitions.

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BLOCK C GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

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BIGGER CLASSROOMS & GROUPED

ENHANCE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

PROVISION OF COMMON ROOMS

Make classroom sizes bigger.

Classrooms within buildings to be grouped by subject or discipline.

Natural light and ventilation in classrooms should be enhanced.

The quality of the facilities contribute to a positive learning environment.

The technology infrastructure should aim to meet the learning needs of students.

Common rooms to be provided for students to socialise during break time. The break-out spaces to be improved.

CONNECTIVITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The campus buildings to be well connected. It should be easy to move between the campus buildings.

The campus to provide smooth and easy circulation for people of determination to move around.

The overall approach to the sustainability to be improved and promoted within the campus. School should aim to provide facilities that can be used by the community and beyond.

IMPROVE TOILET FACILITIES

Increasing the number of washroom and toilets with easier accessibility.

…AND FINALLY CREATE AN ATTRACTIVE CAMPUS

The existing ‘quirky’ brand character of the school should be retained and enhanced, with external spaces refreshed to ensure that the school campus as a whole is renewed.

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RECOGNITION OPPORTUNITIES FOR “BLOCK C” PROJECT Dubai College wishes to recognise the support it receives in a manner which appropriately reflects the level of support and in harmony with the wishes of the donor/sponsor. We are happy to negotiate any and all such recognition vehicles on an individual basis and offer the following examples as a benchmark for discussions:

NAMING OF THE BUILDING

NAMING OF THE ART GALLERY/DEPARTMENT

NAMING OF INDIVIDUAL HARKNESS ROOMS

The whole building can be named on the wishes of the principal donor/sponsor. This can include a logo if appropriate and will be adopted throughout the College as the official title for the building.

Whereas the whole building will be used to showcase the works of art produced by our students, the second floor will host the art department studios and workshops as well as a dedicated gallery.

Donation size suggested: AED 10m

Donation size suggested: AED 3m

NAMING OF THE LIBRARY

NAMING OF THE MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT

A core element of the Dubai College teaching philosophy is to utilise Harkness rooms. These consist of large round or oval tables at which lessons are delivered. They allow every student to be in the “front row” of the class, and their use promotes oracy (the ability to express oneself fluently) and metacognition (the awareness and understanding of one's own thought processes). There will be four Harkness rooms within the new building and these are all available to be named after a donor/sponsor.

The library/resource centre is the primary focus of the ground floor of the building. It will be a 900m2 state of the art study and resource centre including highly flexible space to allow for individual study and research carrels rising up to group working spaces as well as print and desktop study resources.

Donation size suggested: AED 4m

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The first floor of the new building will house the mathematics department and will consist of a mixture of traditional classrooms, Harkness rooms and break-out spaces. As with the whole building, the floor is open and light, with voids down to the library below with a dramatic staircase leading up under the central atrium skylight.

Donation size suggested: AED 2.5m

Donation size suggested: AED 500k

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RECOGNITION OPPORTUNITIES FOR “BLOCK C” PROJECT NAMING OF ART STUDIOS There will be four art studios within the Art Department, with north-facing light and storage areas. Each studio is a naming opportunity.

NAMING OF KILN ROOM The second floor art department will contain a dedicated kiln room for pottery and ceramics.

Donation size suggested: AED 200k

Donation size suggested: AED 500k NAMING OF INDIVIDUAL CLASSROOMS The building will contain fourteen traditional classrooms on the first and second floors, many with flexible sizes (allowed by mobile room-dividing soundproof screens built into the fabric of the building). Each classroom is a naming opportunity.

Donation size suggested: AED 400k

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NAMING OF DARK ROOM The second floor art department will contain a dedicated dark room for photography.

Donation size suggested: AED 150k

DONORS’ PLAQUE The main entrance to the building will house a large plaque acknowledging and celebrating the support of donors and sponsors.

The qualifying level of support for inclusion on this plaque is AED 50k.

DONORS’ LIST A full list of all donors to the project will be produced and published in the College’s annual donor report and online.

Donors’ wishes will remain paramount throughout this process and they may wish, of course, to remain anonymous which request will always be honoured. Naming can be after the donor(s) or someone else the donor/sponsor may choose to honour.

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APPENDIX

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GROUND FLOOR LAYOUT 1980sqm KEY COMPONENTS • LIBRARY • CAFETERIA • MAKERS’ SPACE • AMPITHEATRE SEATING • HARKNESS ROOMS • BREAKOUT SPACES • INTERNAL & EXTERNAL GARDENS

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FIRST FLOOR LAYOUT 1650sqm KEY COMPONENTS • MATHEMATICS CLASSROOMS • BREAKOUT SPACE • EXHIBITION SPACE • STUDY PODS

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SECOND FLOOR LAYOUT 1650sqm KEY COMPONENTS • GALLERY • ART STUDIOS • BREAKOUT SPACE • ART LIBRARY • DARK ROOM • KILN ROOM • EXTERNAL TERRACES • RESOURCE AREA

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C O N TA C T

JULIAN SMYTH

For an initial discussion, please contact:

Development Director julian.smyth@dubaicollege.org Mobile: +971 58 583 4362