University of Roehampton Secures Large Grant for New Facility
£6 million obtained to develop green engineering and tech centre
Courses taught the centre will have an emphasis on sustainability. Picture: University of Roehampton
December 9, 2022
The University of Roehampton London has won a grant of almost £6 million for the development of a new facility to expand provision of courses in engineering and technology.
The Office of Students (OfS) has provided the funding to support the development of a new centre of sustainable engineering and technology education centre (SETEC). The new Centre will provide facilities for courses with an emphasis on sustainability.
The Centre will provide green skills education, delivering industry-engaged programmes in engineering, architecture and built environment courses, including higher technical, apprenticeship and degree education.
Based on the University’s central campus in south-west London, and spanning 3,000sqm in size, the new state-of-the-art facility will see the redevelopment of existing buildings, feature sustainable design principles, and will house technology-rich engineering workshops, flexible teaching, design studio spaces and computer-aided design (CAD) labs.
SETEC will support the University’s expanding STEM provision, offer new built environment and engineering courses at degree and apprenticeship levels to support student’s educational development, and foster greater collaboration opportunities with further education partners and organisations across London.
Dr Richard Keogh, Pro Vice Chancellor (Research and External Engagement) at the University of Roehampton, said, “Our new Sustainable Engineering and Technology Education Centre underpins the University of Roehampton’s commitment to provide students with best-in-class facilities within engineering and built environment courses. Over the next five years, an additional 266,000 skilled workers are needed to address employer demand in the built environment industries, and there are chronic shortages of green skills as the UK aims to meet its net-zero aspirations. This new funding from the OfS is a major milestone to helping the University produce a world-class educational centre to cultivate the next generation of engineering and built environment professionals for the local area and throughout the UK.”
The development of SETEC follows the University’s opening of its Mary Seacole Health Innovation Centre in September, which will train the next generation of nursing and allied health professionals within primary and community health care.
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