Tresham College of Further and Higher Education has announced that the Skills Funding Agency are supporting the building of a brand new £16 million campus in the heart of Wellingborough to kick start the regeneration of the town centre.

The new campus is planned to open by September 2015 and will be built on the site of the existing campus to increase the opportunities available in the town for up to 1000 young people and adults to gain the skills training required for employment or university study.

The new campus, designed by Bond Bryan, will continue to offer subjects currently offered at the campus such as Construction, Engineering, Motor Vehicle, Hair and Beauty, Computing, Health and Care, Art & Design and Tresham Youth Training and will be built around a central atrium similar to the Kettering and Corby campuses.

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The bespoke design of the new campus will enable the college to develop a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) centre and introduce the college's University Centre to the town. A Digital Skills Academy will also be established for the campus in line with the increased need for companies to develop an online presence.

Tresham's Wellingborough campus development will be the final phase of a comprehensive development plan which has seen brand new campuses built in Kettering and Corby in the past six years. The college ethos and curriculum will be heavily influenced by local and national employers and the campuses STEM centre will align the curriculum provision with training priorities that have been identified for the area.

Stuart Wesselby, Principal and CEO at Tresham, said: "The new Wellingborough Campus will be the final piece of the Tresham jigsaw and will offer the people of Wellingborough and East Northants a fantastic state of the art learning environment fit to face the skills challenges of the next century.

The new campus will have a have an emphasis on Science,Technology, Engineering and Maths along with a new Digital Skills academy. The new curriculum has been developed with future employment in mind, and we have work with the local enterprise partnerships to ensure we can provide the right skill development to meet future employer demand.

For a long time we have been trying to find a solution for our poor estate in Wellingborough, and now thanks to government help, we can create a campus that is invigorating, exciting and a place where our learners can feel proud to study in."

(CD/MH)