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City campus developments Take a quick walk around the city centre of Wolverhampton and you’ll see plenty of evidence of building and redevelopment work taking place on the University’s Molineux and Wulfruna Campuses. A new Business School and Science Centre are at the heart of this major development for the University and both projects are part of an investment of around £45million, which will provide new facilities for future generations of students. The appliance of science New science facilities are taking shape in Stafford Street where the University’s existing MB Building is being redeveloped and extended. The new £25million Science Centre is converting the current building into a bigger, six-storey building covering more than 6,000 square metres. This contemporary look building will feature state-of-the-art laboratory facilities alongside teaching and meeting rooms for around 2,500 undergraduate and
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postgraduate students and be home to around 150 staff. It will also include an area from Stafford Street through which the public can view the inside of the building and see experiments and teaching in action. The Science Centre, part of the Faculty of Science and Engineering, is due for completion in 2014 and will open as part of a phased approach in September and December 2014.
Professor Ndy Ekere, Dean of the Faculty of Science and Engineering, said: “These are exciting times for the University and the investment in our facilities means we can provide an industryfocused curriculum to ensure we are producing skilled graduates that meet the requirements of employers. There is a growing demand for well-trained, skilled graduates in manufacturing, engineering, construction, life sciences and pharmaceuticals, and helping economic growth and economic regeneration is our focus.”