About 5 months ago, I had the chance to visit the brand new Taylors College (university now) Lakeside Campus (Not sure if the lake is a ex-mine).
At that time, there were less activities because the new building had started operating only in 2010. Some of the features of the college is as shown in the pictures below (click to view larger image):
The buildings are quite modern-looking. The building on the right (with red column) is supposed to be the student hostel. The lake divides the area into two parts, and I stood at the office area (some student office and exam hall is there too), right in the middle. The wind was quite strong and at times I felt as it the floor structure shook. Maybe its just me.
The glass buildings below housed the cafe, library, restaurants etc. Quite classy look. There’s Starbucks, Baskin Robbins and what-nots. Doesn’t sound like the college of the old days, and nope, definitely not for the poor or low-income people to study unless got scholarship 🙂
The Hospitality and Tourism programmes run here will be interesting because there will be some sort of “hotel” run by students. I think students will get good training from running the hotel and restaurants here.
Another thing that made me quite worried is the electricity cables running just behind the campus. I think the distance barely 20 meters or so from the nearest building. Not sure if this is within permissible levels or not. Wonder how/who authorised the building in such way if this is hazardous to health. Students park their cars there daily, and some of the rooms are quite close to the cables.
