Teesside University unveils £300m masterplan

Teesside University has unveiled plans to invest £300m in transforming its main campus over the next ten years.Dubbed the Campus Masterplan, the project provides a blueprint for the site.Included in the proposals is a £10m Student Life Building, which would bring all student facing services together in one location. This would also include an employability centre and teaching facilities.A further £21m is set to be spent on creating a new home for the Teesside University Business School, with £83m put aside to transform the area’s student accommodation offer, including new purpose-built facilities on the Woodlands site, a full refurbishment of King Edward’s Square and the modernisation of Parkside Village.Elsewhere, a £22.3m National Horizons Centre has been researched. A biomedical research, education and teaching facility at the university’s Darlington campus, this would support the industries set to transform the UK economy including biologics, industrial biotechnology, subsea engineering and digital.The Campus Masterplan has been developed following extensive consultation with students and staff, and is designed to “provide the optimum facilities to meet the needs of the 21st century learner”. It will build on the £270m already invested in Teesside University’s campus in recent years, taking the overall spend beyond £500m.