Les Ozouets staff and students being moved to other sites
STAFF and students at Les Ozouets are being moved to other education sites to allow redevelopment of the campus to get under way.
A planning application to demolish most of the buildings on the St Peter Port site to make way for the new Guernsey Institute was submitted in February. It is currently being considered by planners.
All staff are set to be moved, except for those working in the Princess Royal Centre for the Performing Arts, which will remain open throughout the construction work.
The Guernsey Institute College curriculum areas, such as hairdressing and beauty therapy, painting and decorating, and horticulture, are being temporarily redistributed across the remaining TGI campuses at Coutanchez and Delancey.
Refurbishment works and upgrades are being made to some of the outdated facilities on both of those sites to ensure that lecturers and other staff still have what they need to deliver education to students.
The Guernsey Institute College principal Louise Misselke said it had been working hard to ensure the transfer was seamless for all.
‘This is the first step for us towards our new purpose-built facility, and that is very exciting, but we would never be going ahead with this decant if we thought it would be to the detriment of our staff or our students,’ she said.
‘Thanks to the work planning the decant, I am confident that the quality of teaching being delivered by the college will be as good as ever despite these moves.
'The imminent refurbishment works at Coutanchez and Delancey will make sure our students are properly accommodated with the facilities they need to continue their studies.’
Other Les Ozouets services will also be moving. Share (Sexual Health & Relationships) will go to La Mare de Carteret High School, the Guernsey Music Service to the Grammar School and the Guernsey Youth Commission to Les Beaucamps High School.
Careers Guernsey and the Student Finance Team will be moving from Coutanchez to Sir Charles Frossard House.
The Guernsey Institute executive principal Jacki Hughes said this was an exciting time.
‘Our goal at The Guernsey Institute has always been to create an inclusive community centre for learning, and as we prepare to put the first spades in the ground, we are moving ever closer to achieving that,’ she said.
‘As we move from three college campuses to two, we move ever closer to the single post-16 campus which we are aiming for.
'This decant will only be temporary, and the prize at the end of it is the brand-new, first-class facilities, which we are all looking forward to.’
