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Student Hub - At the heart of our campus

Key facts

• Location: On the site of the current Student Union Hub on Cambridge Road 
• Expected completion date: Summer 2026

Working with the Student Union, our new Student Hub will provide a vibrant, supportive and social student experience. The Hub will link the Library and the Student Union Building. This new building will provide spaces for social learning and well-being services, including a variety of student services, a student lounge, a coffee bar/ kitchen, a Student Union Shop and an exciting event space. 

Technology Building 

Key facts

• Location: On the site of the current University House building on Winston Churchill Avenue

• Expected completion date: Spring 2028

This new building will allow for the co-location of the Technology Faculty and the consolidation of existing facilities within a single building, offering a high-quality multifunctional environment and student experience. New modern facilities include: a series of research offices and teaching classrooms, social learning spaces for enhanced cross-collaboration between staff and students, lecture theatre and events space, and upgraded computer suites, science labs and engineering workshops.

Teaching Laboratory Building 

Key facts

• Location: On the site of the former Nuffield Building on St Michael's Road

• Expected completion date: Spring 2027

Our aim is to create exemplary modern teaching lab facilities that allow for more efficient and collaborative lab spaces, bringing together the forensic services, the Extreme Environment Lab along general teaching and student learning space.

Victoria Park Building

Key Facts

• Location: On Anglesea Road, next to the Grade II listed Victoria Park
• Expected completion date: Summer 2026

We are now proposing a revised smaller Park Pavilion building that will be appropriate for our needs while remaining sustainable, innovative and supporting our commitment to enhancing the local community.

The proposal has a much lower impact on the adjacent listed park and would bring the site into use along with the opening of the railway arch to facilitate improved access to the wider university campus. 

Wiltshire Building

Key Facts

• ​â¶Ä‹Location: On the existing site of Wiltshire Building on Hampshire Terrace.
• Expected completion date: August 2025

Restoring heritage to this former military drill shed, the Wiltshire Building refurbishment will accommodate the relocation of our front of house Student Services, supporting the future development of the Student Hub building.

Multi-Storey Car Park - A sustainable mobility hub

Key Facts

• Location: On the existing Eldon Building car park located off Bedford Street
• Size: 314 parking spaces (Three-storey)
• Expected completion date: January 2025

The construction of a multi-storey car park allows us to consolidate our existing car parks into a safer and more secure mobility hub, which includes installing more EV charging stations and creating better spaces for e-scooters, e-bikes and bikes. 

There are plans for the public to be able to use the car park outside of University hours, such as in the evenings and weekends.