Work starts on college’s salon and restaurant to help students hone their skills

A MULTI-MILLION pound scheme to provide services for T-level students in Bradford city centre will begin this month.

The work will include a new hair and beauty training facility and “training restaurant” for hospitality students.

Bradford College has partnered with Sewell Construction for the £3.5m investment in facilities that it hopes will improve the offer to students studying T-levels.

The work at the college, which starts this month, will involve the remodelling of a number of areas within the David Hockney Building.

The project is the result of a £3.5m Department for Education investment. As well as adding new lecturing spaces for business and media students, the project will also create new hair and beauty salon facilities and refurbish the college’s existing training restaurant. Both will be open to the public and used by students to hone their new skills in reallife environments.

The college has also applied for planning permission to develop a new shipping container restaurant next to the David Hockney building that will be used for training.

The commercial and training salon will include a barber’s, nail bar and laser room for beauty treatments. Business and admin students will have refurbished classrooms, and media students will be able to use the latest technology in a new TV studio, editing and sound suites.

The construction programme will take place over the summer.

Pamela Sheldon, Head of Projects at Bradford College, said: “Sewell Construction haven’t just helped us to create better a better campus for our students, but they’re also getting involved in our curriculum, supporting our construction students with masterclasses, work placements and industry insight days. Together, we can help young people achieve their potential, and really change lives.”