
Belgrave Post Grad Centre Evolves with Teammate
Client:
Nottingham Trent University
Project
This project is an AV AWARDS 2024 FINALIST in Education Project of the Year! NEUPC member Nottingham Trent University recently underwent a multi-million-pound refurbishment of the Belgrave Postgraduate Centre. Based in the heart of Nottingham City Centre, the aim was to create new study spaces, bookable meeting rooms & flexible active learning classrooms for postgraduate students and students from schools such as Nottingham Business Schoolβ¦
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The Brief
Nottingham Trent University recently underwent a multi-million-pound refurbishment of the Belgrave Postgraduate Centre. Based in the heart of Nottingham City Centre, the aim was to create new study spaces, bookable meeting rooms & flexible active learning classrooms for postgraduate students and students from schools such as Nottingham Business School. We worked alongside long-time furniture partner Teammate on this refurbishment, having previously collaborated on other projects at the University.
The furniture brief for the project was to provide two key solutions: One was a teaching lectern with a small compact footprint but could also hold enough audio-visual equipment for wireless casting and control systems. Secondly, for the active learning rooms, there was a requirement for a flexible stand that would hold a screen but also could double up as a whiteboard. The key feature of this product was it had to be able to be movable in case the furniture needed to be re-configured for traditional teaching or be moved back to a more collaborative pedagogy.
Key Features
A teaching lectern with a small compact footprint which could also hold enough AV equipment for wireless casting and control systems
A flexible stand that would hold a display screen but also could double up as a whiteboard - this had to be moveable to allow for quick adjustments to room layout
Product Solution
Graeme Bagley, Teaching Space Designer and Product Owner at NTU was instrumental in ensuring the solution was in keeping with the initial design proposal, with all relevant parties up in the loop and was involved in deploying demonstration units as a mock-up of the space. Together with TeamMate we successfully put forward both the VariHite Lectern and Evolve Screen Divider as suitable solutions for all room types.
VariHite Lectern
For all teaching and seminar rooms the VariHite Lectern with a 4U rack was deployed. The worktop was a suitable size for an Ergotron Monitor arm with a Wacom 21β³ touch display, a control panel housing for an Extron 7β³ touch panel and a Power Puck. Available Panasonic displays in the room utilized a WolfVision Cynap Pure Mini wireless sharing device. A nice addition to the front shield of the VariHite Lectern is a magnetic logo that can be removed and changed depending on which of the eight NTU schools is using the room, for example, Nottingham Business School.





Evolve Divider
For the x3 technology-enriched teaching spaces, TeamMate Evolves were used in conjunction with flip-top tables to create a truly flexible & agile active learning space. In βcollaboration modeβ the tables were butted up to the Evolve stand enabling users to work in groups and share content with the Pansonic TH55CQE1/2 displays and soundbar combination. Controlling the displays and fitted to the central connectivity module, along with power, USB fast charge and HDMI was an Extron NBP100. On the reverse of the Evolveβs is a ceramic writing surface with an integrated pen tray. With a range of fabric colour choices available, NTU decided on a Wish LTH67 from the Camira Blazer Lite range.





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The Result
In total eighteen VariHite lecterns and twenty four Evolve Screen Dividers were utilised across the project. We integrated both the VariHite Lecterns and the Evolves over a couple of weeks, the modularity and accessibility of the Evolves meant for a streamlined installation despite working to a deadline and the challenges of a refurbished building..
This Project was shortlisted for Education Project of the Year at the AV Awards 2024 and inAVation Awards 2025!

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