Building work begins on new student flats
BUILDING WORK has started on new accommodation for more than 500 students on Hull University’s campus.
The university’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Calie Pistorius, and Dr Paul Sewell, the managing director of Hull-based project contractors, the Sewell Group, have performed a ceremony to mark the start of work.
The development is taking place at the northern end of campus, off Inglemire Lane.
The project will include eightbedroom flats, four-bedroom flats, studio flats and wheelchairaccessible flats.
Prof Pistorius said: “In order to be competitive in higher education and be well-placed to attract quality students and staff from the UK and around the world, we must ensure that the estate meets our academic and business needs. Students are at the heart of everything we do here at the university and this new accommodation demonstrates our commitment to providing an outstanding student experience.”
The work follows the £28m revamp of the Brynmor Jones Library, and the current redevelopment of the Middleton Hall theatre.
Dr Sewell said: “It is a pleasure and a privilege to be carrying out such a significant and prestigious project for our own university, in our own city. The benefit of the completed project to the University will match the benefit to the local economy.”