A pioneering £60 million learning and
teaching hub is under development at the heart of the University of
Strathclyde's campus.
Representing the University's biggest
single investment in a building project to date, the facility will
provide students with leading-edge teaching resources, digital
technologies and new modes of learning to support a first-class
student experience.
The hub is being developed in close
consultation with the University's student community, and will also
become the new base for Strathclyde's student union and students'
association, as well as bringing the University's student support
services under one roof. The plans form part of a wider £650
million investment in transforming the Strathclyde campus over the
current decade - including a new centre for sports, health and
wellbeing and research and innovation hubs that connect
Strathclyde's world-class research to high-tech industry and
business.
Strathclyde Principal Professor Sir Jim
McDonald said: "Our students are at the heart of everything we do
at Strathclyde and the transformation of our campus reflects both
our commitment to our students' education and our status as a
leading international technological university".
The new facility will be created in the
footprint of the former Architecture and Colville buildings and
completion is due in 2020.