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Hundreds of students are set to flock through the doors of Wolverhampton College's new state-of-the-art campus when it opens for the first time on Tuesday, November 4. The four-storey campus, in Wolverhampton city centre, is the flagship of Wolverhampton Council's £61 million City Learning Quarter development and replaces the college's 63-year-old campus on Paget Road. The purpose-built site boasts a range of professional training equipment and facilities including science labs, digital areas, hair and beauty training salons, and professional broadcast, music, photography and performing arts studios, as well as modern classrooms with interactive teaching and learning technology. The campus also has a commercial hair and salon, performance theatre and Careers and Skills Hub which are open to the public. Louise Fall, principal and chief executive of the college, said: "After many years of discussion and planning, we are delighted that the vision of the new campus has finally become a reality. "The new building is absolutely fabulous - its modern facilities will transform learning as we know it, and its city centre location will make it much more accessible to students and staff alike. "We can't wait to welcome students when they return after the half-term break, as well as the thousands from across the region who will study with us in the years ahead." Student Emily Williams, aged 17, who is studying for a UAL Level 3 extended diploma in creative media production and technology, said: "I'm looking forward to the new technology and learning spaces that we'll have access to and it will be really cool being in a nice, fresh and modern space." The campus will offer full-time and part-time vocational courses in art and design, business and management, catering and hospitality, computing and digital, creative media, games design and e-sports, hair and beauty, health and social care, music technology, performing arts, photography and science, along with A-levels in a range of subjects.
