De Montfort University unveils multi-million pound plans to revamp campus
De Montfort University has unveiled multi-million pound plans to revamp its campus in Leicester city centre.
The development will be paid for using funds secured from a £90m bond issue it announced this summer.
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The university said that work will include demolishing parts of the Fletcher building and renovating its tower block. The building will house the Faculty of Art, Design and Humanities and catering facilities which will be moved from the Campus Centre.
Some of the former Gateway College buildings will be removed and the centre of the campus around Mill Lane will be landscaped to create a “green lung” which the university be available for students, staff and the public.
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The John Sandford building will also be developed to create a space which for exhibitions and conference facilities, as well as being available for sports activities.
The university has said it is also exploring opportunities for off-campus sports facilities.
Professor Dominic Shellard, vice-chancellor of De Montfort University, said: “Everything that we do at DMU is focussed on our students so I am very proud that we have become the first university in the country – closely followed by Cambridge – to secure a bond to fund such a distinctive programme of campus enhancements to improve the student experience.”
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See the De Montfort University website for more details: www.dmu.ac.uk
Comments
by daveb0360
Sunday, December 09 2012, 1:49PM
“Will it improve educational standards..........highly unlikely!
It is another functionless beautifying measure that is outside the context of education.......it should not get a look in when there are far more useful ways to spend the cash.”
by maslowsangle
Tuesday, November 27 2012, 7:03PM
“The timing & monetary scope of this just adds icing to the bitter cake of cuts, job losses and executive indifference that DMU staff constantly have to swallow, as the DMU executive has also just launched a new "voluntary" severance scheme aimed at further cutting an already beleagured workforce.”
by AnotherRobert
Tuesday, November 27 2012, 4:53PM
“@f007e
Perhaps joe bloggs is flying a false flag. Fighting for Peter Soulsby by making his detractors look like morons.”
by karinfall1955
Tuesday, November 27 2012, 3:10PM
“So, they will be creating a 'green lung' available to the general public. Does this mean we can abandon Jubilee Square?”
by Bob_dogma
Tuesday, November 27 2012, 1:57PM
“I for one am hoping for a new Bridge.”
by f007e
Tuesday, November 27 2012, 1:36PM
“Joe Bloggs, you appear to be obsessed with this Soulsby character you mention each sentence you utter - is it love or just a crush?”
by joe-bloggs
Tuesday, November 27 2012, 1:23PM
“We have russel towers(aka toilet roll tower).palmer has pork pie library.surely pope pete gets something for his nodding to owt demented uni does .”
by PLYMFOX01
Tuesday, November 27 2012, 12:53PM
“The development will be paid for using funds secured from a £90m bond issue it announced this summer.
Planning permission (should it be necessary) will be a breeze of course, the city council darent say no to DMU as they are in DMU's pockets”
by joe-bloggs
Tuesday, November 27 2012, 12:46PM
“Will there be a soulsby building ?”