University welcomes CYC’s approval for new Goodricke College
Posted on 14 May 2008
The Council’s Planning Committee has granted conditional consent for the college which will provide accommodation for 617 students and five staff. Work on site is expected to start in July.
We welcome the Council’s decision which clears the way for us to begin to realise our vision for the University’s future
Elizabeth Heaps
It marks the start of construction of the first cluster on Heslington East which will also comprise the Department of Theatre, Film and Television, the Department of Computer Science, the Creative Technologies Hub, and the Law and Management Schools.
The University’s Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Estates Elizabeth Heaps said: "We welcome the Council’s decision which clears the way for us to begin to realise our vision for the University’s future."
Goodricke College will relocate from Heslington West and is due to open in its new premises in October 2009. Academic buildings will follow, and it is anticipated that Law and Management will move to their new premises by 2011.
The Creative Technologies Hub will involve multi-disciplinary teams in research and knowledge transfer projects from the Departments of Computer Science, Electronics, Music, Theatre, Film and Television, Biology and Chemistry.
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Notes to editors:
- More on the University of York’s campus development at www.york.ac.uk/campusdevelopment/
- Goodricke College is named after John Goodricke, an 18th-Century astronomer who lived in York. Despite being both deaf and mute, he played an important role in discovering the binary nature of the star Algol. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1786 at the age of 21, and died later that year.