University of Wales, Newport Set for City Centre
Newport City Centre is gearing up to accommodate a brand new campus in the city centre.
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| Contractors HBG are on site on the banks of the River Usk in Newport city centre to conduct initial site clearing work (on the land adjacent to the city footbridge). The campus, which is anticpated to open to students in 2010 will house Newport Business School and the design, film and digital media aspects of the Newport School of Art, Media and Design. Newport’s Business School recently came top in the UK for its level of student satisfaction and the Newport School of Art, Media and Design benefits from an international reputation for its innovative courses and research. |
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The riverfront and surrounding area is currently undergoing a major revamp. The new university campus will be a stones throw away from The Riverfront, the new retail complex, ''Friars Walk'' and the revamped Kingsway as well as the freshly landscaped riverside walk. It will also compliment the brand new Opal, student residential complex which is due for completion this year and is approximately 5 minutes walk towards George Street Bridge and Castle Bingo. |
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The University’s riverfront development is one of the key projects in transforming the centre of Newport and of regenerating the whole city. The City Centre Campus will contribute an enormous amount to making Newport a real city with the buzz and diversity of activity that the students and staff will bring to the city environment.”
The £35m campus, situated on the banks of the River Usk, will be the first phase of an intended £50m development for the University with partnership funding from Newport City Council, the Welsh Assembly Government and Newport Unlimited. The University’s aim is that the new campus will transform the city centre by becoming a magnet for cultural activity along the riverfront and a centre for enterprise that embraces a contemporary arts centre, extensive exhibition space and a national photographic archive. |
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| Tracing its roots back to 1841, the University of Wales, Newport today is a two-campus university. The current Allt-yr-yn Campus will be sold to part-fund the new development in the City Centre, while the other campus at Caerleon will remain. The innovative new campus, which will be completed in 2010 to coincide with the Ryder Cup coming to Newport, will add vibrancy to the city centre and give a vital boost to the local economy. |
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