A new home for the School of Arts and Creative Technologies

Project overview 

Spanning music, theatre, film, television, interactive and emerging media, the School of Arts and Creative Technologies integrates creative practice with cutting-edge teaching, research and external engagement.

To allow the school to expand their current facilities, as well as relocate parts of the Music department from campus west to campus east, the project will reconfigure Ron Cooke Hub allowing seamless collaboration between parts of the school benefiting students and staff. In addition, the process will create new industry standard facilities including recording studios and practice rooms. The café and central reception facilities will remain available for all students following the build period.

When?

The changes needed to the building will begin in September 2023 and are due to complete in spring 2024. It is anticipated that the school will move into the building in late spring/summer 2024.

How will this affect me?

Some departments and teams currently located in Ron Cooke will be relocated to other spaces within the university. In addition, parts of the building will become unavailable to staff and students during the build process, including the café area and reception. The reception point will temporarily relocate to LMB.