Cora is Associate Director Architect and National Sector Lead for Higher Education at Stride Treglown, as well as a RIBA Client Adviser specialising in strategic guidance, briefing, and user experience. With experience across more than 15 universities, she has led award-winning projects that drive innovation and meaningful change.
Cora and Stride Treglown have collaborated with EventMAP on multiple projects—including at the Universities of Derby, Wolverhampton, Exeter, Greenwich, and Swansea—focusing on estate right-sizing, new builds, and adaptive reuse strategies. Her work champions forward-thinking spatial solutions aligned with evolving pedagogies.
A recognized thought leader and advocate for design excellence, Cora serves as a Commissioner for the Design Commission for Wales (DCfW), Trustee at the University Design Forum (UDF) and Design West, Chair of the New London Architecture (NLA) Education Expert Panel, and Co-Chair of the UDF Research Group. She has also chaired design review panels for both DCfW and Design West.
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Humanising Data
Cora will bring together a diverse range of insights—balancing the expectations of multiple stakeholders, enhancing operational efficiency, addressing the significant challenges of funding, ensuring high-quality design, and supporting clients on their journey toward net zero carbon.
She will explore how to adopt a data-driven approach while delivering an outstanding user experience—transforming raw estate and usage data into meaningful insights that shape and inform the project brief.
Case studies from the University of Wolverhampton, the University of Exeter, and others will illustrate how EventMAP and Stride Treglown have collaborated to optimise space use and approach estate planning in innovative, value-driven ways.
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