Following approval by the Board of Governors, the University will move all teaching and learning, research and business engagement services, student support and professional services to its City South Campus in Edgbaston and the City Centre Campus within Eastside and near Millennium Point — with both sites benefiting from new purpose-built facilities.
The University announced its two-campus strategy in 2012 and has been consulting over the future use of the Perry Barr since then, having established The Perry Barr Taskforce working group with local businesses and politicians. The intention has — and continues to be — to retain student accommodation and the Doug Ellis Sports Centre in this area. The Perry Barr Taskforce met the University earlier this week and views the opening up of a significant development site in Perry Barr as a major opportunity going forward.
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Phase I of the University's City Centre Campus expansion was completed in September 2013. The Parkside Building, which brings together art, design and media provision, has since received the 'Sustainability Award' at the recent Insider West Midlands Property Awards and has also been shortlisted in the 2014 Civic Trust Awards and the Guardian University Awards 2014.
Phase II, which will open in September 2015, will house Birmingham City Business School, together with the Schools of English, Law and Social Sciences.
Phase III, scheduled for completion in September 2017, will see the School of Education move to join the Faculty of Health at City South, creating a hub for the provision of public service contracts and professional development.
The two-campus estates strategy includes a combination of new land acquisition, new build on existing University sites and a small amount of leased property.
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