Estates: Latest news

The Estates Abandoned Bikes initiative has reached an exciting milestone this month, with 94 bikes already collected and donated to charity.

It marks another strong step in an ongoing effort to make campus safer, tidier and more sustainable, while supporting meaningful social impact beyond the University.

Led by colleagues in Facilities Operations and the Building Fabric core team (known collectively as the Abandoned Bikes Team), the initiative tackles the growing number of unused and forgotten bikes across campus.

Innovative solutions to improving student experience have earned in Warwick Accommodation recognition on the national stage.

Frazer Gray, Business Support Officer with Warwick Accommodation, scooped Kinetic’s Best Young Talent Award at the 2026 Kinetic Live conference earlier this month.

Frazer's ability to master complex system logic, spot opportunities for improvement and translate them into meaningful change has helped reshape key stages of Warwick's student accommodation journey.

Two Estates teams have been shortlisted for this year’s 2026 AUDE Awards, having showcased standout achievements in digital transformation and community-driven impact.

The awards, which celebrate excellence in university estates management across the UK, recognise teams and projects making significant contributions to institutional performance and sector-wide best practice.

Estates' Maintenance teams, together with colleagues from across the University, have successfully completed the latest biannual Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) shutdown of the CL3 laboratory at Gibbet Hill.

This is a legally required programme planned every six months to ensure the University's high‑containment facilities are kept safe, compliant and operating as designed.

From Tuesday 7 April 2026 until 6pm on Monday 7 June 2027, a 14-month road closure will be in place on Dalehouse Lane to allow construction of a new overbridge that will carry the road over the HS2 railway. During this period, there will be increased construction activity and some disruption to travel times. Please plan your journeys in advance to avoid delays. A fully signed diversion route will be in place throughout the closure.

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