SPRINGFIELD CAMPUS
SPRINGFIELD CAMPUS: OUR VISION Springfield Campus is at the heart of our ambitious investment to enhance the student experience. The Our Vision, Your Opportunity programme aims to lead excellence in learning and teaching, deliver world class research and provide a springboard for enterprise and entrepreneurship regionally, nationally and internationally – and the new Springfield Campus is central to this vision. The University is excited to be developing the iconic former Springfield Brewery site into a centre of excellence for construction and the built environment, delivering an unbeatable skills pathway for construction education and training from the age of 14 to senior professionals. The £65million jointly-funded development project aims to turn the 12 acre, Grade II listed heritage site into an architecture and built environment super-campus.
As well as driving innovation in education and learning, Springfield Campus will support business growth locally and internationally. The landmark brownfield site in Wolverhampton is of historic importance to the area. Vacant since 1991 when the brewery closed, the Springfield site is being redeveloped with its entrance gates preserved, ready once again to flourish and serve a key purpose in helping to regenerate the region. Springfield Campus is a flagship project of our ongoing Our Vision, Your Opportunity investment programme, which aims to generate an unprecedented £250million of investment in education, learning and regeneration in the Black Country.
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DRIVING EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION IN EDUCATION Education is key to our plans for Springfield Campus to become a national and international hub of excellence for construction and the built environment. The Campus is home to the West Midlands Construction University Technical College (WMCUTC) and our own School of Architecture and the Built Environment.
and inspire our own School of Architecture and the Built Environment students as they progress through their studies.
The WMCUTC provides education for up to 600 14-19 year-olds, preparing students for technical and professional careers in the construction and built environment industry. The specialist UTC will be co-sponsored by the Construction Industry Training Board.
The School will relocate to its new home at Springfield Campus in 2017, where students will develop graduate level, professional skills and benefit from state-of-the-art facilities.
While the WMCUTC attracts young talent to the sector, we will continue to nurture
The Campus will also function as a centre of inclusive, collaborative research, which will help to inform high quality teaching and learning.
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BUSINESS GROWTH Springfield Campus will act as the catalyst for the economic and social regeneration of the region, extending construction and built environment expertise nationally and internationally. As well as educating and training the next generation of construction and built environment professionals, a key element of our vision for business enterprise is knowledge and research exchange.
Campus in 2017. The ECMS will deliver training in areas identified as current barriers to growth in the region, improving productivity and growth in the high value manufacturing sector.
This will help to facilitate innovative collaboration between academics and business and community partners, building on our existing links to over 300 architecture and built environment companies.
Louise Brooke-Smith, former President of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), said: “I have always admired the University of Wolverhampton’s commitment to developing and growing the next generation of construction and built environment professionals. Springfield Campus is the latest example of the University’s exciting, innovative thinking and the benefits of this global centre will be felt across the sector.”
The Black Country Local Enterprise Partnership has already approved £7.6million funding for the Elite Centre for Manufacturing Skills (ECMS), which will open for business on Springfield
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The benefits of this global centre will be felt across the sector.
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