Plans For 5000 Capacity Student Village At Wolverhampton Uni
Wolverhampton University has plans to create a new student village that could house up to 5,000 new students. Insider Media reports that the new Vice Chancellor Professor Ebrahim Adia has ambitious plans to increase the number of students from 18,000 to 24,000 over the next five years, with more recruitment of overseas students.
Prof Adia announced the plans at the City Centre Living Showcase, emphasising that they would help to grow the local economy as well as consolidate the reputation of Wolverhampton as a centre of learning. He explained that the current campus is fragmented across the city, and a new central student village would provide a focal point.
He commented: “This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to get it right. We will need to do it quickly. We’re already speaking to private sector providers about the idea, developing a masterplan, and talking with the city council so what we do fits in with its ambitions.”
“Having so many students come in raises issues about where they can stay, and rather than having them in halls of residence spread across the city, it would be better to bring them together them in a student village, where they could have easy access to things like shops and laundrettes.”
Wolverhampton University began as a Mechanics Institute in 1827 to provide vocational and general education to working class men. In 1851, the School of Art was established, and by the early twentieth century there were over 1,300 students. The landmark Wulfruna building was constructed in 1912.
In 1933 a technical school was established, and the range of teaching expanded over the next decades. In the 1960 the college began awarding BA degrees, becoming an official polytechnic in 1969 with five faculties across the arts and sciences. It was granted university status in 1992, and now teaches over 70 subjects.
The City Living Conference also saw the announcement of further developments that could lead to the creation of 2,000 new homes over the next few years, which would accommodate 6,500 people and create 4,000 jobs. It is hoped that the city will attract £2.4bn of investment to build thousands of new homes and transform the city centre.
Speaking at the event at Wolverhampton Wanderers’ Molineux Stadium, council leader Stephen Simkins said: “All successful, vibrant city centres have one thing in common – city centre living. So city living must be at the heart of the changes we need to make to Wolverhampton.”
Other plans include a development of 520 canalside homes on a former British Steel site, and 171 apartments at the former Sunbeam car and motorcycle factory off Penn Road island.
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