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The University of Northampton’s ambitious plans to build a new campus in the heart of Northampton are now well under way. Situated in the Northampton Waterside Enterprise Zone, the campus development will cultivate the natural linkage between universities and business – a key part of the University's aim.
built Waterside campus will bring academic teaching from the University’s two current sites together into a single central, open and accessible learning environment within the heart of Northampton town. The academic buildings designs will
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feature over 37,000 sq m of academic accommodation, including an 8,000 sq m creative hub, a 5,000 sq m research and enterprise building, a 20,000 sq m learning hub and 2,500 sq m sports hub. An opportunity to integrate the
University further into the local community, the campus will also feature sports, shops, restaurants, cafés
ith occupation scheduled for the start of the academic year 2018, the new purpose-
and a hotel, alongside landscaped gardens in a riverside location. The academic and leisure buildings
will be complemented by 1,200 new student halls of residences, designed by newly appointed architect Stride Treglown, which will develop on the specifications and facilities at the recently opened £25m St John’s Halls of Residence, situated in close proximity to the site of the new campus. Professor Nick Petford, Vice-
Chancellor of the University of Northampton, said: "The scale and extent of our relocation will place the University on a far more prominent stage in a local and regional context and also nationally and internationally. Few other institutions have been able to jetison their existing estate and create a totally new home – designed and planned around their
“The scale and extent of our relocation will place the University on a far more prominent stage in a local and regional context and also nationally and internationally”
specific needs and aspirations." Regenerating a brownfield site in the
town, the campus will be supported by the development of travel links with the area, including expansion of the University's bus company, UNO Buses, already the second largest carrier in the Northampton area and operated as a social enterprise. UNO Buses will not only bolster the public transport network of the town, but continue to invest profits into the student opportunities on offer at the University. Situated in Northampton’s Waterside
Enterprise Zone, the new campus will significantly support the economic future of the town. It is estimated that the development will provide a financial boost of £825m, of which £270m will be retained locally benefiting the local economy. The University of Northampton has
already supported economic growth within the area, with the St John’s Halls of Residence opening earlier this year, and the new University of Northampton Innovation Centre due to open in February 2015. Both of these projects have created new jobs within the town.
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