The Tresham Institute, the Northamptonshire college of Further and Higher Education, is set to begin construction again, with £63m redevelopment plans which will see new buildings at its Wellingborough and Corby campuses as well as an extension to the newly redeveloped Kettering Campus. This news comes within a month of the official opening at the Kettering site.
| Animation of the Proposed New Tresham Institute Building in Corby (External) from Tresham Institute on Vimeo. |
Negotiations are ongoing with Northamptonshire County Council, who currently own the site used by Corby Community College, in order to build its new £42m Corby Campus. Corby’s ongoing regeneration will be boosted by the development of the new 14-acre site on the eastern approach to the town.
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The new Corby Campus will continue to offer subjects currently available such as Construction, Motor Vehicle and Hair and Beauty as well as additional provision in Sport, Business, Health and Care and employer-led work. The building has been designed by Bond Bryan and will be a mixture of brick and zinc exteriors with a wood lift column as a feature in the main atrium. Learning pods for each curriculum will also be built with a small library and computers for learners to gain the right information.
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The development will provide much needed space in order to develop the an Higher Education centre on the campus as part of the government’s ‘University Challenge’ scheme, the aim of which is to provide a platform from which to launch a bid to become North Northamptonshire University.
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In addition to the new site in Corby, Tresham Institute has also been successful in securing a site to maintain a presence in Wellingborough town centre and will be building a brand new £16million campus in the site that is currently being used as the Jackson Lane car park. The new campus in Wellingborough will provide a focused skills centre to offer training in Engineering, Motor Vehicle, Construction and Early Years.
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In collaboration with local schools, Tresham will be building a £6million extension on its brand new campus in Kettering to provide new vocational opportunities. The extension will include high quality catering facilities, expanded hair and beauty salons and create a business and enterprise centre.
Work will start on all three campuses in April 2009. The Kettering extension is due to be completed by Autumn 2010 and the brand new campuses in Corby and Wellingborough are due to be finished by Autumn 2011.