Wolverhampton landmark to disappear and Telford campus to close as university enters new era

Wolverhampton University's redevelopment plans will see its landmark School of Art disappear from the skyline and its Telford campus close

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00:00Mark Andrews for the Express and Star. Behind me is Wolverhampton University's

00:05School of Art and Design. For the past 55 years this nine-storey Brutalist

00:10building has been one of Wolverhampton's most familiar landmarks but possibly not

00:15for much longer. Under the University's redevelopment plans the building behind

00:23me will be demolished. The Sports Centre across the ring road will become the

00:29University's new medical school and its campus at Priorsley in Telford will

00:36close in September next year. Professor Ebrahim Adia, the University's Vice

00:42Chancellor, says at the moment the University's estates are underutilised

00:47by 30%. He says these changes will make the University more efficient and allow

00:53more funds to be directed into teaching and other essential services as the

00:59University seeks to recruit 5,000 students from overseas. This is Mark

01:05Andrews for the Express and Star reporting from Wolverhampton University.