Wolverhampton landmark to vanish and Telford campus to close in radical university shake-up
One of Wolverhampton's most familiar landmark's will disappear from the skyline as part of a radical shake-up of the university.
Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com
and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565
Under the development plan, the university's School of Art - a nine-story Brutalist concrete building on the junction of the Ring Road St Peters and Stafford Street - will be demolished, while the sports centre on the opposite side of the ring road will become a new medical school.
The university's campus at Priorslee, Telford, will also close next year after 32 years in the town.
In the longer term, there is an ambition to build a tunnel over the Wolverhampton ring road, linking the university's sites in Molineux Street and Wulfruna Street with a garden area.
Prof Ebrahim Adia, vice-chancellor of the university, said medical students would begin their studies in the city in September 2026, in a move that will link it with local hospitals including New Cross.
