The boss of Bristol University has hailed the start of work on a new campus at Temple Meads, and said it will mean the citizens of Bristol will be able to get involved in research and enterprise going on there.
Prof Evelyn Welch said they are building ‘co-creation and collaboration’ into the plans for the Temple Quarter university campus, which is now being constructed right next to Temple Meads station. The university has signed the contract with construction firm Sir Robert McAlpine to finally start work on the campus, which will see more than 4,000 students based there from 2026.
But the vice-chancellor of the university said she was keen that the university’s new campus would open its doors to people from across Bristol, in a way they’ve never done before. “This is going to be a huge, long, beautiful building, open, airy, in a wonderful landscaped environment,” she said.
