Stuart Anderson MP has welcomed a £5 million investment into the University of Wolverhampton. It is part of the £450 million capital funding programme for 2022-23 to 2024-25, which was announced by the Government in March 2022 to “radically improve” teaching facilities. Stuart said that the investment will help to give students across to world-class facilities and high-quality teaching, boosting skills training and getting more people into jobs as the economy recovers from the pandemic.
In Wolverhampton, the funding will be used to refurbish existing spaces and to deliver skills-based teaching facilities that fosters more active lifestyles, increasing participation in sport and physical activity. Stuart said the £5.8 million investment will enable the University to deliver a suite of modern, multidisciplinary skills-based facilities, focusing on injury assessment, prevention, and diagnosis; rehabilitation; and strength and conditioning. The spaces will be designed to facilitate inter-professional education, which is essential for allied health and sport and physical activity practitioners who work together in a clinical environment. The refurbishments will also offer exceptional facilities for students and enable the university to better address the skills needs of its student population. In addition, The University has been allocated £50,000 from the formula-based teaching capital grant for 2022-23, supporting investment in its local learning and teaching facilities and equipment.
The University of Wolverhampton is one of a hundred colleges and universities to have been awarded a share of £432 million to invest over the next three years in state-of-the-art facilities and to help level up more opportunities for local people to gain the skills that they need to progress with enriching careers. The city will also benefit from £57 million to offer a wider range of high-quality courses. The funding will help to get more people into jobs with higher wages, plug local skills gaps, and support economic growth.
Stuart Anderson MP said: “As a civic university, Wolverhampton plays a central role in our agenda to level up opportunities by ensuring local people can access a high-quality, skills-based education which enables them to succeed and progress in their chosen field. That’s why I welcome this multi-year investment, which will enable the University of Wolverhampton to upgrade its learning and teaching facilities and to deliver a suite of modern facilities which fosters more active lifestyles.”
The Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, said: “Investing in education and skills will unlock future growth, boost productivity and help build the skilled workforce of the future. That’s why we’re spending £490 million to support high-quality teaching and world class facilities in universities and colleges right across the country.”