We’re thrilled to announce some exciting new updates to two of our university sites.
New funding from the Office for Students is enabling us to invest even more in our facilities to allow us to create the best student experience for you.
Chester Business School, Queen’s Park
We’re creating an exciting new FinTech (Financial Technology) Lab at Queen’s Park. This modern lab will mimic a fast-paced, exciting trading floor to create an immersive experience for our Finance and Accounting students.
Binks, Exton Park
We’re replacing the roof of the Binks building and creating two new large teaching spaces on the second floor of Binks to enable us to create modern, accessible new lecture theatres which will be used by students across a range of courses.
Outdoor Amphitheatre, School of Education, Exton Park
We’re building an innovative Outdoor Amphitheatre outside the School of Education to create an outdoor teaching, learning and social space, for skills training, employer workshops, presentations, performances and events. We’ll also use it as part of on-campus events, including Varsity.
A screen will also be installed in the front of the School of Education building which can be used for outdoor cinema experiences and for streaming key events in the student calendar including Graduation. The Amphitheatre will also feature a covered gazebo to ensure this space can be used all year.
Timelines
We would usually complete this type of work over the summer months to minimise disruption to students, however due to the conditions of this funding, we need to complete it by the end of March. As a result, construction work will begin within the next few months to ensure we meet the tight deadlines this funding requires.
To minimise disruption, we’ll schedule the most disruptive work outside of lecture times and, where necessary, we’ll relocate lectures within the Binks building to alternative locations across Exton Park. We apologise for any inconvenience.
We’ll be sharing updates as this project progresses through Student Shout Out and across our Student Shout Out social channels:
Thank you for your patience.
