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Plans submitted for new university building

Source: https://www.insidermedia.com/news/

A well-known Worcester building could be transformed into new teaching facilities for health students, according to new plans.The University of Worcester has submitted a planning application to develop the former Worcester News building, known as Berrows House, on Hylton Road. The two and three-storey 1965 building, designed by Austin-Smith Salmon-Lord Partnership, would become a “spacious, flexible, modern” teaching facility for health and medical education.The plans, drawn up by Glancy Nicholls Architects, include an anatomy laboratory, a suite of GP simulation rooms, and a range of general seminar and teaching rooms.There will also be offices, break-out spaces for group study and a café. The plans have been submitted to Worcester City Council and will be considered in the New Year.