A key transformation
Bedford College’s 1959 Tower Block is a key town centre building on the south bank of the river and will be transformed into a state-of-the-art science and technology facility with high levels of energy efficiency.
The Bedford Town Deal investment will enable the remodelling of the building and subsequent upgrading of its spaces, including laboratories and IT suites, opening the College out with a learning corridor through St Mary’s Gardens and the Riverside Bedford connections to the middle of the Town Centre.
The project will generate an additional 250 full-time education students each year, while also benefiting the existing 4,000 students at the Bedford campus who will have a new and superior learning environment fit for 21st century studies.
As an exciting skills and education development, the investment will support Bedford College’s curriculum in its extension to higher education and advanced levels, so that existing students can progress further and achieve higher levels of skill in areas where employers say there is a need.
