£15m education centre for Belfast

18/08/2010

A new 5000 sq m education centre is to be built on what was to have been west Belfast's Springvale university campus. Plans for the £15m economic development project to promote employability, entrepreneurship and enterprise (e3) are to be announced shortly.

The new site will feature an animation and digital editing suite, TV and radio production studios, a hospitality training facility and manufacturing and engineering facilities for product innovation. It is planned to accommodate 350 users a day.

Construction of the building is expected to start in September 2010 and is scheduled to open in Spring 2012.

The college's director and chief executive, Marie Therese McGivern, said the building is an "imaginative initiative" designed to support the economic and social regeneration of north and west Belfast.

"An integral part of the project will be the delivery of industry-led live projects by student teams who will provide innovative solutions to practical and technical projects devised and driven by business. We cannot ignore the difficult economic situation which we face and it is important that people seeking employment have as wide a range of skills as possible" she added.

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