The new Postgraduate and Continuing Professional Development Centre is scheduled to open for students in February 2013.
The five-storey building will provide 4,254sq m of space, including two Harvard-style lecture theatres, a caf茅, quiet study areas and a student lounge, and will contain state-of-the art IT and audiovisual equipment.
Designed to be environmentally friendly, the project team is aiming towards a BREEAM rating of Excellent and the building will also have minimal carbon emissions.
University of Bedfordshire deputy vice chancellor (external relations), Professor Ashraf Jawaid, who is leading the project, commented: 鈥淭his will be one of the most advanced centres of its kind in the country. It will be open from 8am until 10pm providing study opportunities for full-time graduates and continuing professional development training on a part-time basis for businesses in the locality. We will be working collaboratively with businesses to develop training programmes for their people.鈥�
Kier previously built the 拢34m Campus Centre on the same site, which opened in 2010, and has recently completed the Fitzroy Court halls of residence, which opened in the town this autumn.
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