The former Debenhams store at the Friars Walk retail and leisure scheme in the centre of Newport has emerged as a potential location for a planned technology-focused learning campus for thousands of students.
It comes at Newport council has confirmed it has submitted a £20m bid to the UK Government’s Levelling Up Fund (LUF) to back the establishment of the proposed National Technology Institute (NTI), which overtime could grow to 3,000 students providing courses aligned to the needs of hi-tech employers in Wales, including the fields of data and cyber-security, with a focus on applied learning.
The NTI concept was first revealed back in 2019 in a report from the Newport Economic Network, chaired by Professor Simon Gibson.
