From all of the team at MOBIE, a huge thanks to Mark Southgate for everything over the last 6 years. Wishing you all the best for the future, Mark, and to continuing to inspire our future generations.
After 6 highly enjoyable years at MOBIE I am moving on to pastures new. Following the successful Levelling Up Fund bid with Sunderland City Council and Sunderland College to create the Housing Innovation and Construction Skills Academy (HICSA), MOBIE is planning to move into the building which opens in 2025. It is time for me to look for my next opportunity nearer to home in the south west. I will miss the wonderful MOBIE team and the brilliant work we do to inspire young people about home and the built environment. I will particularly miss engaging schools through our design workshops and holding our young persons' design challenges - the creative talent of the young people I have met at both constantly inspires and amazes me! I am excited about MOBIE’s future and wish it continued success - Gerry RUFFLES, Head of Education is your first point of call for all things MOBIE in the future. I hope to be able to continue to inspire young people about the built environment and the amazing places and buildings that we create in my next role.