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Newton Park Campus Development
A date has been set for the start of the world-class Newton Park campus development which will transform facilities for staff and students. The new development confirms the University as an exciting, ambitious and creative place in which to work and study, confident in its ability to compete in a changing higher education landscape.
The development has been meticulously planned to minimise disruption. Minor works for Phase 1 (the new academic building) begin during Easter break 2012 with the major development starting after exams in June. Plans for Phase 2 (student residential buildings) will be submitted next year.
As well as state-of-the-art teaching facilities, digital space and a café, the academic building will include approximately 1,800 square metres of Learning Commons which comprises a range of open-access, technology-enabled study space, social learning space and bookable group working rooms.
A superb new digital space will provide the best resources for teaching digital media-related courses in the south-west, equal to anything found at cutting-edge commercial organisations.
The visually stunning building will sit within the existing campus and has been designed in consultation with English Heritage and Natural England, which support and endorse the plans. The development meets the highest environmental standards and will blend sympathetically into the existing estate to provide a unique blend of modernity and history.
While the University is investing in the future, it is also committed to providing the best possible experience for current students, and the best working conditions for staff. There will inevitably be some disruption during the building work – as there has been across many university campuses up and down the country – but this will be carefully managed and kept to a minimum.
