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he College i\ lkliglm:d rhar rhe con,truerion of rhc Garfield \\'csron I':ducarion Cenrre ar Denmark Ilill i., nO\l \lell under \lay; rhe Cell[rc \I'ill replace and augment rhe inadequare, and inappropriare, 80-~ car old KS:--II) cducarional faciliries on rhe .,irc. The proposal wa\ an ill[egral
clement of rhe original King'> rcde\ elopmenr cheme. an :'\ 11 S-Ied programme for rhe dc\ c10pmcnt of rhe Denmark Ilill sire. rhe academic componcnt, of which wcrc apprm cd in principle by rhe then l'FC in 19X9. The projecr \la., a joint endca\our \\ irh rhe King', Ilcalrhcarc Tru.,r, a\ thc prO\ i.,ion of imprO\ cd cducational facilitie, i., of benefit ro rhe Tru,r. in
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it, rolc a., a prO\'idcr of rraining and continuing profe,~ional de\ elopment for irs .,ralT
The Centre \la., originall~ concei\ cd a., a mean., of 0\ ercomin,g rhe gra\ e ucfieienc~ in reaching aceommodarion \I irhin rhe \Jcdical
School'> aumini\rrarion, :"e\l Llcilirie\ for rhe\e threc component\ \I ill allO\\ rhe School ro con\'err accommodarion else\l here for acadcmic lahoraror~
The Centre will bc ba.,ed around the adjacenr 1 ormanb\' College. prcsenriy ()\med by rhe !lIS: rhe
School, and in parrieular of providing much-needed accommodation for a new inl(lrInarion .,cn ices facilir\'-
building is ((J be de\ cloped on rhrec ,ides, '1110\1 ing for new
combining rhe functioll'> of rhe Library and Compuring C:enrre - and major nC\l Lecrure Theatre. ,\1\0 included in rhe plan i., rhc relocation of rhe
space. \lhich will link (() adjaccnr building, (() complere a clinical \cicncc com plex. In ItNI rhc School. wirh rhe School of I ,Bi\IS. iniri~\(ed a radical
accommodarion [() bc wrapped around rhe e:-.i.,ting comtrucrion,
re\ ie\l of rhe undcrgraduarc medical .!
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