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October 2021
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Metro mayor formally opens new £7m media and tech learning centre at WISE
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est of England mayor Dan Norris visited Stoke Gifford in early September to formally open a new £7 million learning centre at South Gloucestershire and Stroud College’s WISE Campus. Designed with sustainability and wellbeing at its heart, the new Brunel Centre is home to a variety of science, technology, engineering, art and media provision and will be used by many thousands of learners over the coming years. The facilities include a new industry-standard TV studio in which college staff will work alongside sector leaders to help develop future presenters, producers and digital content editors. The new TV studio will bolster the college’s sports journalism programme, whose students
Metro mayor Dan Norris (right) declaring the new Brunel Centre open, with Oliver Bruce, a former SGS College student who is now MD of Pinpoint Media
already have access to top professional sports teams that train from WISE, including Bristol City Women’s FC, Bath City FC and the Bristol Flyers. The centre also features a
state-of-the-art gaming arena where learners will be able to combine their skills in e-sports, business, media and video games design, enabling them to develop their entrepreneurial skills and
their own brand and content. SGS group chief executive Kevin Hamblin said: “The centre will provide increased capacity in the area for the next generation of scientists, technicians, engineers and creatives, and inspire them to push harder to achieve their educational goals. Credit must be given to the West of England Combined Authority who had the foresight and confidence to make this investment, as it will provide a world-class environment for another 400 students a year to study at SGS.” Sara-Jane Watkins, SGS College principal, added: “Bristol and the West of England are booming in terms of digital media and the Brunel building will help provide the much-needed supply of talented new recruits to this vibrant sector with our media,
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