MMU and Manchester City Council MMU BIRLEY FIELDS IN HULME CAMPUS IMPACT ASSESSMENT Final Report April 2009 ROGER TYM & PARTNERS 61 Oxford Street Manchester M1 6EQ t 0161 245 8900 f 0161 245 8901 w www.tymconsult.com This document is formatted for double-sided printing. CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................... 1 Aims and Objectives ....................................................................................................... 1 Report Structure.............................................................................................................. 1 2 BIRLEY FIELDS, MMU AND THE PROPOSED NEW CAMPUS .................................. 3 Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 3 Manchester Metropolitan University ................................................................................ 3 Existing Campuses ......................................................................................................... 3 Proposed New Birley Fields in Hulme Campus ............................................................... 4 Further Development Options ......................................................................................... 5 Birley Fields without MMU (the counterfactual scenario) ................................................ 5 3 LOCAL PROFILE AND STRATEGIC CONTEXT .......................................................... 7 Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 7 Socio-Economic Profile ................................................................................................... 7 Strategic Context .......................................................................................................... 10 4 REVIEW OF OTHER UNIVERSITY CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS ................ 15 Introduction ................................................................................................................... 15 Review of Comparable Schemes .................................................................................. 15 Summary Table ............................................................................................................ 18 5 QUANTIFIED IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED MMU CAMPUS ................................... 19 Introduction ................................................................................................................... 19 Gross Direct Impact ...................................................................................................... 20 Gross Indirect Impact .................................................................................................... 22 Gross Induced Impact ................................................................................................... 23 Gross Multiplier Impact ................................................................................................. 29 Summary ...................................................................................................................... 30 6 QUALITATIVE IMPACTS OF THE PROPOSED MMU CAMPUS ............................... 33 Introduction ................................................................................................................... 33 Social and Community Impacts ..................................................................................... 33 Business Perception Impacts ........................................................................................ 37 Physical Regeneration Impacts .................................................................................... 39 Summary ...................................................................................................................... 42 7 EDUCATIONAL IMPACTS ......................................................................................... 45 Introduction ................................................................................................................... 45 Encouraging Young People .......................................................................................... 45 Encouraging Local Adults ............................................................................................. 49 Conclusions .................................................................................................................. 50 8 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ........................................................... 53 Headline Impacts .......................................................................................................... 53 Impact of the Recession ............................................................................................... 54 Capturing Impacts - An Action Plan .............................................................................. 55 Future Monitoring and Evaluation ................................................................................. 56 APPENDICES Appendix 1 Baseline Profile Appendix 2 Economic Model Assumptions Appendix 3 Staff Survey Results Appendix 4 Student Survey Results Appendix 5 Business Survey Results Appendix 6 Consultees MMU Birley Fields in Hulme Campus Impact Assessment Executive Summary EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Proposed New Campus for MMU MMU is organised into eight faculties, which includes the Faculty of Health, Psychology and Social Care and the Institute of Education, and is currently spread across five sites in Manchester and two in Cheshire. As part of a plan to consolidate existing facilities, it is anticipated that MMU’s Faculty of Health, Psychology and Social Care and Institute of Education, together with other ancillary and complementary uses, would relocate from their current locations at the Elizabeth Gaskell campus in Rusholme and the Didsbury campus, to Birley Fields in Hulme A total of 535 staff and some 6,370 students are currently employed or enrolled within the Faculty of Health, Psychology and Social Care and the Institute of Education at the Elizabeth Gaskell and Didsbury campuses. It is anticipated that these staff and student numbers would be remain constant following the relocation of the campuses, and the new Birley Fields campus would therefore cater for approximately 6,900 students and staff. Investment of £120 million is proposed in delivering a new ‘green campus’ at the Birley Fields site. The campus is proposed to accommodate around 22,000 sq. m of new development including shared general teaching accommodation, specialist teaching spaces, a shared student support/learning hub and residences for 450-900 students. The Birley Fields campus proposals also make provision for a number of additional developments/facilities which, whilst not yet confirmed, would add to and complement the core academic and student residential accommodation. It is proposed that a new Civic Centre will be developed to include a health centre, district library, enterprise centre, adult education facility, and citizen’s advice bureau amongst others. Study Aims and Approach The study aims to assess the likely impacts of the proposed new campus on Hulme and Moss Side across three broad categories: Economic impacts - We quantify the annual stable impact of the proposed campus in terms of jobs supported and gross value added by taking into account the direct, indirect, induced and multiplier impacts of the scheme. Social, business perception and regeneration impacts - We identify the qualitative impacts that the development of the new Birley Fields in Hulme campus is likely to have on the local area in terms of the local community, physical regeneration and perceptions of the area as a place to do business, through consultation with a variety of local organisations and stakeholders. Educational impacts - The move to the new campus can impact on the educational achievement and aspirations of the local residents and we establish the potential for encouraging more young people currently in education to remain in education for longer, and to go into higher education; and for adults who may have underachieved or left education early, to re-engage and gain more qualifications. Economic Impacts Direct Impact The direct impact is the number of jobs provided by MMU at the new campus. MMU proposes that there will be 535 jobs located at the new campus, or 430 full time equivalent jobs. Of these, 382 would be staff in professional occupations including academic and managerial positions, and 153 would be administrative, support and maintenance staff. This is in line with the existing staff numbers at Elizabeth Gaskell and Didsbury campuses. Roger Tym & Partners with Phil Mervyn Associates i M9336, April 2009 MMU Birley Fields in Hulme Campus Impact Assessment Executive Summary Despite no overall increase in the number of jobs provided by the university as a result of the campus relocation, the jobs relocated to Birley Fields will be new to Hulme and Moss Side and should improve employment opportunities for the residents of Hulme and Moss Side. We estimate that 31 jobs, or 26 full time equivalent jobs, at the new campus would be occupied by local Hulme and Moss Side residents, with 13, or 11 full time equivalent jobs, of these in professional positions and 18, or 15 full time equivalent jobs, in admin, support and maintenance positions. The construction of the MMU Birley Fields campus would support