The recent redevelopment of bolton university has interested me in what other town and cities are developing around the country, also they does not seem to be a UK university thread. :cheers:

Middesbrough/Teesside has benefited greatley from 2 universities (Teesside/ Durham Stockton Campus) which is amzing that we have 2 for a small pop. area, they provide a lot of great buildings and create a lot of regeneration in the area.

I'll try and get some photos up of some buildings etc. soon.

Royal Holloway, University of London has spent £100 million over the last 3 years on new buildings. This includes new Halls of Residence, a 400 seater lecture theatre with 8 seminar rooms and an extension to the School of Management. This is to support the Universities growth over the last 5 years from 5000 to 8000 students. I also will try and get some photos up.

Leeds Metropolitan University is undergoing a few developments:

Broadcasting Place (the tower is student flats but the lowrise elements will be home to the architecture school)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=238462

The beautiful Rose Bowl* (I went on a site visit on Friday... pics at the end of the thread)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=223348

And finally, the redevelopment of the older buildings of the uni:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=624318

*An 18 storey tower is planned next door, but we are yet to see pictures.

Northumbria Uni (Located in Newcastle) has built new buildings and a new campus, I don't know how to upload pictures on here, but a simple google search is easy enough, also Newcastle Uni is now investing money into new buildings. I also heard in the local newspaper that the town of Wallsend approximatly 4 miles outside of Newcastle also want to build a Uni.

3 Uni's within such a close area that used to have a large amount of industry, maybe we are going somewhere.

I don't know how to upload pictures on here

see this thread: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=357882

All forums work the same way so once you set up an imageshack/photobucket account the world is your oyster :)

Northumbria Uni (Located in Newcastle) has built new buildings and a new campus, I don't know how to upload pictures on here, but a simple google search is easy enough, also Newcastle Uni is now investing money into new buildings. I also heard in the local newspaper that the town of Wallsend approximatly 4 miles outside of Newcastle also want to build a Uni.

3 Uni's within such a close area that used to have a large amount of industry, maybe we are going somewhere.

:nuts:

Leicester University is to undergo a £1 billion redevelopment

http://www2.le.ac.uk/ebulletin/news/press-releases/2000-2009/2008/11/nparticle.2008-11-20.1701024028

Leicester De Montfort University is already in the middle of a £300 million redevelopment

The two universities in Newcastle city centre- more details of the developments going on are listed below:

NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY-
All in all Newcastle University is spending £200 million on their campus including:

STUDENT ADMIN BUILDING - £35million large building facing onto the haymarket in front of Northern Stage building-work is well underway
NORTHERN WRITERS CENTRE- opposite Great North Museu- £5million development complete 2010
INTO Newcastle- £34million building to be built facing the new Haymarket Station- work is on to clear the site
GREAT NORTH MUSEUM- the Hancock museum is being transformed into a much improved museum to open next year

The web page including pictures is below:
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/about/today/campus/projects/index.phtml

NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY-
After the completion of Campus East by the Central Motorway a £26million sports centreis being built including new pool for the city centre. The building will striking in a bronze, anodised aluminium shell.

The web page including pictures is below:

http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/sd/development/?icid=K009-528836-182G

As well as Wallsend, Gateshead college is aiming to get university status

i have heard that Croydon apparently want a university... make of that what you will

Wallsend: is that Tynemet?

I'd have thought South Tyneside would have a better chance, if any locals were to merge with it, as it has a very good reputation for its maritime training and education programmes.

If the FE colleges all aspire to become universities, who will do FE?

Some of the new buildings at Royal Holloway:

The Moore Dome (school of Management Lecture Theatre)
http://personal.rhul.ac.uk/uhaa/037/img_1784.jpg

Various Halls of Residence
http://personal.rhul.ac.uk/uhaa/037/img_1787.jpg
http://personal.rhul.ac.uk/uhaa/037/img_1788.jpg
http://personal.rhul.ac.uk/uhaa/037/img_1791.jpg

The Windsor Building (400 seater Lecture Theatre + 8 seminar rooms)
http://personal.rhul.ac.uk/uhaa/037/img_1792.jpg
http://personal.rhul.ac.uk/uhaa/037/img_1793.jpg
http://personal.rhul.ac.uk/uhaa/037/img_1794.jpg

The first phase of a £75 million development into sunderland university is opening soon after being completed a couple of weeks previously. It's named "CitySpace" and its a high tech sports center which will be a training base for the 2012 olympics.

Here are some pictures of CitySpace, and the rest of the planned redevelopment.

http://www.technal.co.uk/NetBuild5/displayimage.php4?DataSchemeID=6&BLOBID=90

http://ablogus.sunderland.ac.uk/newbuild3.png

http://www.wearunited.org/NetCommunity/view.image?Id=478

The first phase of a £75 million development into sunderland university is opening soon after being completed a couple of weeks previously. It's named "CitySpace" and its a high tech sports center which will be a training base for the 2012 olympics.

Here are some pictures of CitySpace, and the rest of the planned redevelopment.

http://www.technal.co.uk/NetBuild5/displayimage.php4?DataSchemeID=6&BLOBID=90

http://ablogus.sunderland.ac.uk/newbuild3.png

http://www.wearunited.org/NetCommunity/view.image?Id=478



I was unsure about the the CitySpace building's exterior (largely I think because I was so devastated by the demolition of Wearmouth Hall), and I still have some reservations, but internally it is a magnificent facility and much better than the site's previous incarnation. As you say, there's lots more to come for the City Campus too.