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Boris Johnson wants to create a university campus in the Olympic Park.
A £200,000 study has been launched to determine if there is enough student demand for the campus, which the Mayor wants to build south of the 2012 media centre. It is hoped the college will be open by 2014 and would link to the Olympic facilities and offer courses in sports science.
The research, to be carried out by consultancy firm PA Consulting, will also explore the business and student demand for new media and sports and green technology centres, according to the City Hall document approving the funding. The completed study will be submitted to the newly-formed Olympic Park Legacy Company.
City Hall is providing £25,000 towards the study with the remainder coming from the Government, the London Development Agency and the Higher Education Funding Council for England.
Reader views (5)
This could work well if they promoted courses in industry and got students interested in engineering and manufacturing. Many students have been opting for arts degrees, so let's get more industrialists. This could be such a good goal for London and the country. A 2012 industrial campus for product growth sectors. They could run courses in anything from architecture, carpentry, electronics etc. These are the skills people really lack and let's face it, the country needs far more manufacturers. Let's have an industrial revolution.
- Fiona, UK, 30/09/2009 14:00
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If Boris used the DLR he would know that East London already has a college on the Beckton branch!
- Melvyn Windebank, Canvey Island, Essex, 29/09/2009 19:51
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Think all MPs should have their London base in the Olympic Lodging. Everyone has the same and no double dipping..
- Nigel Rush, Paris France, 29/09/2009 16:04
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What a brilliant idea! Better than letting the taxpayer's overpriced development go to waste.
- Mark, London, 29/09/2009 12:35
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Another green open space concreted over for foreign "students"
- Grim Reaper, Hell, 29/09/2009 11:56
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