Offshore wind giant Orsted has made a “substantial financial contribution” to the expansion of Hull’s Ron Dearing University Technical College.
The company’s investment in the city centre site will support a further 200 student places, lifting the current cohort by a third to 800 in time for the next academic year. The Danish company has been a major partner since it opened in 2017, having also funded the student library, supporting research and independent study.
Ron Dearing’s expansion - taking in the neighbouring former Central Fire Station that closed as the school opened - is being undertaken by Sewell Construction at Kingston Square. It will be home to an exhibition centre, a renewables innovation lab, a sixth form centre and a creativity hub to be known as STEAM Studios, representing the school’s specialisms in science, technology, engineering, arts and maths.
