£250m Swansea University work
Swansea University is awarded £90 million from the European Investment Bank and the Welsh Government to expand and fund development of a new Science and Innovation Campus
Planning permission granted for Swansea University Science and Innovation campus
Neath Port Talbot Council have given the go ahead to a new proposed £250m Science and Innovation Campus. The Council granted detailed planning permission to the University which is in its final stages of an EU procurement process to build the new campus at a site on Fabian Way.
The detailed designs which have been approved by the Council build upon the previously approved outline planning application. If the procurement process is concluded successfully, work will begin on site early next year, with the first students arriving in 2015.
The University claim the ambitious project will attract inward investment to Wales and promote the growth of high-technology clusters and will establish the region as a vibrant location for modern, high technology companies, bringing even greater eventual impact.
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£90 million for Swansea University expansion
The money - from European Investment Bank and the Welsh Government - will help fund development of a new Science and Innovation Campus.
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Swansea University announces new campus development
An announcement is expected today about a new campus at Swansea University that could be a 'world-leading' site for research and teaching.