News - Future of Tremough
University College Falmouth/ University of Exeter press release
University College Falmouth and the University of Exeter are inviting local people to help shape the future of the Tremough Campus. A public exhibition on Friday 18 and Saturday 19 July will share the future vision for the Campus, and invite the community to put forward their views and ideas.
University College Falmouth and the University of Exeter share and jointly manage the Campus as part of the Combined Universities in Cornwall (CUC) initiative, in an arrangement that is unique in the UK. The Campus already enjoys impressive facilities for research and teaching in a range of subjects - from mining engineering to textile design and natural history photography to law. Now, both institutions are planning for the next stage of the development and have ambitions to create a Campus that is truly world-class, and the preferred Higher Education destination for local people as well as students from across the globe.
In April 2008, University College Falmouth merged with Dartington College of Arts to create a new institution focusing on the expansion of Falmouth's expertise in Art, Design and Media and Dartington's expertise in Choreography, Music, Theatre, Art and Writing. The merger will pave the way for a new specialist Arts University in Cornwall in 2012, creating a Higher Education institution unique to the South West. The University of Exeter has ambitious plans to build an internationally-competitive research and teaching centre for the environment and sustainability, which will give Cornwall the opportunity to become a world-leader in generating environmental knowledge. University College's focus is on high-specification spaces for the Dartington Campus's Performance courses, when staff and students relocate to Falmouth in 2010, and an Academy for Innovation & Research which will encourage entrepreneurialism and foster dynamic collaborations between graduates and industry, to the benefit of the Cornish economy.
The public exhibition at Tremough next week will outline a draft master plan for developments on the Campus up to 2016. Visitors will be encouraged to feedback comments and suggestions, which will then be reviewed and fed into the final master plan, which is due to be submitted to the planning authorities in September.
Neal Barnes, Director of Estates & Facilities on the Tremough Campus said: "We hope that as many people as possible will attend the exhibition and put forward their comments on the proposals for the further development of the Tremough Campus. It is vital that we have the input of local people if we are to develop a plan that benefits the community, the local economy, our staff and our students for generations to come."
Exhibition details:
Friday 18 July, 10am to 8pm
Saturday 19 July, 10am to 4pm
In the Boardroom and Foyer of Tremough House at the Tremough Campus, Penryn
The multi-million-pound Tremough Campus is a Combined Universities in Cornwall initiative -of which the University of Exeter and University College Falmouth are two of the founding partners. It is funded mainly by the European Union (Objective One), the South West Regional Development Agency, and the Higher Education Funding Council for England, with support from Cornwall County Council. Set in 95 acres, and close to the waterside towns of Penryn and Falmouth, the Campus offers a lively student community. The University of Exeter now offers degrees in Biology, Cornish Studies, English, Geology, Geography, History, Law, Mining Engineering, Politics and Renewable Energy on the Campus, whilst University College Falmouth offers undergraduate degrees in Broadcasting, Contemporary Crafts, Digital Animation, English with Creative Writing, English with Media Studies, Film, Garden Design, Interior Design, Marine & Natural History Photography, Photography, Press Photography, Spatial Design, Textile and 3D Design as well as MAs in Broadcast Journalism, Design, International Journalism, Professional Writing and Television Production at the Penryn site.