Former Worcester newspaper building will be used for teaching university's health students - The Droitwich Standard

Former Worcester newspaper building will be used for teaching university's health students

Droitwich Editorial 29th Oct, 2020   0

WORK is under way to prepare a former newspaper building for re-development into high quality teaching facilities for health students at the University of Worcester.

West Midlands based firm DSM Demolition Ltd has been stripping the interior of the former Worcester News building, removing asbestos, internal partitions, doors, frames, toilets, floor coverings, old heating and electrical systems and removing the water tank that fed the sprinkler systems.

This initial work is being co-funded by the University and the Worcestershire Local Economic Partnership (LEP) ‘Getting Building Fund’.

During the summer the Worcestershire LEP and the Secretary of State for Housing and Local Government made a £3m grant to the University for infrastructure and ‘green’ works at the former Hylton Road industrial estate.




The grant which is fully match-funded by the University will enable the University to prepare the ground for the creation of the £40m plus Severn Campus for Health, Well-being and Inclusive Sport.

University Vice Chancellor and Chief Executive, Professor David Green CBE, said: “The funding from the LEP, match-funded by the University, has enabled us to invest now, just when the construction industry is in difficulty and unemployment is rising, allowing us to help sustain vital jobs for local tradespeople, working on a truly worthwhile project.


“There is a real skill shortage in these areas, and I know that all local leaders understand how the creation of the campus will do so much to create opportunity for young people from throughout Worcester and Worcestershire.”

Earlier this year, the University appointed Midlands-based architects Glancy Nicholls to drawn up plans for the re-development of Berrows House, which will go to the City Council’s planning committee in due course.

The transformed new building will face directly on to the River Severn, just a few metres from the Sabrina Bridge. Enjoying excellent, pedestrian, cycle and wheelchair access to the Hive, the Worcester City Centre and the University of Worcester Arena, the new building will impart fresh life to the Worcester riverside and be a handsome addition to the University’s emerging Severn Campus, as well as Worcester City’s central riverside area.

The fully refurbished building will include specialist facilities for teaching medical and health professionals and will be a most significant addition to the University’s Severn Campus, whose focus is on health, wellbeing and inclusive sport.

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