Buildings revamped to expand teaching and improve sustainability
The BSAVA’s new headquarters have been officially opened by Professor the Lord Trees, following a revamp to update the buildings.
Woodrow House, which is based in Gloucestershire, now has a new practical wet lab capable of sharing learning with a remote audience, high-tech lecture rooms and a second teaching room where microscopes, x-ray screens and other equipment can be used.
The new lecture theatre has been named after one of BSAVA’s founders, the late Brian Singleton.
Refurbished meeting rooms offer video conferencing technology and giant presentation screens, as well as modernised working environments, energy-saving innovations and break-out areas designed to make the building look and feel inspiring, welcoming and comforting.
Outside the building there are electric car charge points, bicycle racks and landscaping. A number of wildlife-friendly additions have also been introduced, including five bird boxes, a small pond and a log pile.
The transformation has taken two years and was unveiled at an open day on 11 January.
Lord Trees said: “The BSAVA has always been a very dynamic and innovative organisation and this development is the latest example. Following their mission to pursue excellence in small animal practice through education and science, the wonderful facilities of this new building will provide a great resource for veterinary education and CPD which of course not only benefits vets and vet nurses but more importantly will ultimately benefit the health and welfare of our pet population.
“The building offers the very latest facilities to deliver high quality teaching and learning and has the capacity to be expanded as necessity dictates. I’m delighted to see the BSAVA investing in the future of the profession and this building, and the online technology it houses including the new digital library, will enable the organisation to continue to deliver its mission well into the future.”
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