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Ghazwa Alwani-Starr

Ghazwa Alwani-Starr

With: Roehampton University

Role: Director of Estates and Campus Services

Ghazwa is a chartered civil and structural engineer with 28 years’ experience in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. She has held project directorship roles at BAA, the Prince’s Foundation and the NHS and was chief operating officer of an NHS shared service. She joined the HE sector eight years ago as director of estates and campus services at the University of Roehampton.

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The role and value of the HE estate

A well-managed estate can help a university to improve student and staff satisfaction, generate an income and reduce overheads. In the first of our blogposts focusing on estate management, Dr Ghazwa Alwani-Starr explains how universities are maximising the value from their portfolios.