29 Jan 2016
The University of Northampton's new campus hailed a "blueprint" development
On a recent visit to The University of Northampton's Innovation Centre - part of their new £330m campus - Rob Wilson, Minister for Civil Society, hailed the development a "blueprint" for similar major construction projects across the UK.
The new campus will provide:
• Academic facilities for 15,000 students
• Residential facilities for 1,200 students
• Leisure facilities open to the community
It will seek to boost and maximise the local community on a social and economic level by:
• Agreeing social impact plans with suppliers
• Appointing contractors who commit to employing a percentage of people from the local area (including apprentices)
• Setting up student work placements with supply chain providers
Rob Wilson MP said: “This approach is something which the government is trying to encourage a number of organisations to take up. What the University of Northampton is doing is making a massive difference in terms of skills, and I believe is the first university in the country to do this. What I will be doing is keeping an eye on what the University of Northampton has done, and is doing, and making it a case study so it can be repeated elsewhere in the country.”
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