Purpose

To consider supporting the Open
University’s Campus 2030 project and the benefits it would
bring to the City and Milton Keynes Development Partnership’s
continued role in the project.

Content

RESOLVED:

1.      That
the Cabinet:
a)
   agree their full support for the
Open University’s Campus 2030 Project; and
b)    note
the huge benefits this will bring to the city and its residents,
and the strong position of the Open University to enable the
delivery of this project.

2.            
That the positive role that Milton Keynes
Development Partnership have played – and will continue to
play – in the project including developing an enthusiastic
and enabling relationship with the Open University, fulfilling
their ambition to help the city become a better place to live,
socialise and work, be acknowledged.

3.            
That the Open University’s Campus 2030
Project, be the priority for any financial support from the Council
for higher education, for the foreseeable future.

4.            
That given there is no funding in place to realise
the full ambitions of the MK:U project to develop a large
university campus on Block B4, and despite the best efforts of all
parties involved, the Partnering Agreement with Cranfield
University be brought to an end.