CHAPTER FIVE

Up here to on the right is location number 4 there are some picnic benches and our next location to stop. Let’s stop somewhere there.

I often like to sit around these picnic benches,

Do you see that sculpture on the other side of the road that looks like a twisted staircase? The building you can see behind that and stretching off to the left is the University Nursery which is where our next story starts.

Lewis Harrison-Barker came close to experiencing every parent’s worst nightmare. His son attended the nursery from the age of 10 months while his wife acted as the student administrator in the school of life and medical sciences. On their sons 1st day he became unwell and ended up being rushed by ambulance to a hospital. He had undiagnosed type 1 diabetes and had gone into diabetic ketoacidosis, his blood had turned acidic, and his body was shutting down. This was incredibly serious, and the quick actions of the nursery saved his life. At the 1st signs of a problem they called his wife and called an ambulance. If they had waited, Their son Marty wouldn’t be with us today. When Marty recovered, he went back to the nursery and they had undergone massive training to support him and his new life changing condition.

That nursery is something we as a Uni are very proud of. It is our honour to support any student whatever their situation and we would never want child care to be a barrier in educating the minds of the future.

The sculpture by the way is called Spiral Bridge. Its form and scale were inspired by meteorological diagrams that represent the meeting of hot and cold air fronts, which create a spiral shape as rising hot air is forced down by cold air fronts.

It looks a bit like a staircase heading off into the unknown. I like to think that this university is a bit like that staircase. Providing the steps along a journey. However it twists and turns and whether it leads up or down or turns all the way round, We are there, right under our student’s feet. A support structure for life.

Speaking of feet, time to get onto yours and get moving to location 5. If you are facing the nursery look over to the left towards the hutton hub building. We are going to head over there and stand at the top of butlers walk near the brick wall. Maybe you can see the words hutton hub on the side of the building. That way.