House of Lords celebration for Wolverhampton's Springfield Brewery transformation
A university has celebrated investing £100 million in its new construction super campus at a prestigious event at the House of Lords.
The investment is part of Wolverhampton University’s Our Vision – Your Opportunity £250 million project to improve education and training in support of economic growth.
Part of this has included the regeneration of the former Springfield Brewery, which is currently being transformed into Europe’s largest specialist construction and built environment campus.
It is currently the home of the newly-opened West Midlands Construction University Technical College with plans in place to start work on the university’s School of Architecture and Built Environment.
A hub for the Elite Centre for Manufacturing Skills is due to open in September.
The event at the House of Lords this month, hosted by the university’s chancellor, Lord Swraj Paul, brought Faculty of Science and Engineering staff together with key people from construction firms, education trade and technical awarding bodies and former Springfield Brewery employees to celebrate the completion of its first phase.
Professor Geoff Layer, vice-chancellor at the university, said: “The House of Lords celebration event recognised the efforts and commitment of partners who have invested time and money in the first phase of this ambitious project whilst at the same time highlighting that there are opportunities for developers, investors and partners to work with us on phase two of the project.”
