Glyndwr University Campus 2025 strategy revealed

These plans include a new Learning Gateway building replacing the current Student Union and surrounding buildings, a new state of the art engineering building and following the successful HEIW bid, a new Health Education & Innovation Quarter which will be sited where the old Techniquest building was.

An artist impression of the Health Education and innovation Quarter (HEIQ)

On show was the completed refurbishment of B Corridor – the main teaching area, including specialist teaching, learning and social spaces, two dedicated social learning spaces, the refurbished reception area, brand new Enterprise Lounge and a newly-developed agile working space for staff.

They have spent in the region of £20 million so far on The Study in A Corridor, the refurbishment of B Corridor, Alive Hub flexible working space, and refurbishment of the Regent Street campus.

Artist impression of the Engineering Block and Learning Gateway

A further £60 million will be spent for the redevelopment projects like the Learning Gateway, Health Education and Innovation Quarter and the new engineering block over the next few years bringing the total price tag for the Campus 2025 strategy to somewhere near £80 million.

The project began back in 2018 and the university is now a quarter of the way through their plans.

See some of the refurbishments that have already been made at the University:

The aim of the strategy, and the new development is to not just benefit students, but also the community with their campus facilities.

Professor Maria Hinfelaar, university vice chancellor said: “We want people to spend more time on campus and find that really rich student experience and that’s why these projects are so important."

Vice Chancellor Professor Maria Hinfelaar

She says that the project is focussed on making the Plas Coch Campus as welcoming as possible and the students have had input on the plans.

She added: “We have been very creative in accessing funding sources whether its grants or whether its disposals of other sites and everything is ploughed back into the delivery of our capital programme so we’re very focused, very determined and we can see the really positive impact that the investment so far is having and that makes us even more confident.

“The next stage where we will be building some new buildings from the heart of the campus - we’re working together with our Student Union (and) with our academic teams to create something that is really exciting and that will make this campus one of the most innovative, edgy, creative and very diverse in terms of education and how education is available throughout Wales and into the Northwest of England.”