News: RCAT secures further funding for redevelopment
Rotherham College of Arts & Technology (RCAT) has secured a grant from the government for a £2.4m redevelopment programme at its town centre campus.
The £800,000 award from the Skills Funding Agency's Enhanced Renewal Grant will be used to improve the hospitality and catering facilities and create a new engineering centre of excellence.
It follows a £1m grant from the same fund that saw new science laboratories, hair, nail and beauty salons, theatre workshops and media make-up suites, open this autumn following a £3.2m refurbishment programme.
This in turn followed on from the £7m Wentworth Building that opened last year.
The latest redevelopment programme will see an extension and major refurbishment of the hospitality facility including the training restaurant and three production / training kitchens.
Staffed by students, RCAT's Wharncliffe Restaurant is primarily a training restaurant and is operated as a professional and commercial business, reflecting industrial standards.
The hospitality facilities at the Rother Valley Campus are set to be mothballed.
A second project will see the removal of a mezzanine in the engineering block and the creation of a new "Engineering Centre of Excellence" through a comprehensive refurbishment.
Business Secretary Vince Cable said: "These projects will transform the learning environment for thousands of students across the country, providing them with state-of-the-art facilities and modern resources that will help them fulfil their potential."
Planning permission was secured for a £70m redevelopment of the town centre campus in January 2009 but the funding was cut by the coalition government after a review of the Learning & Skills Council's Building Colleges of the Future programme.
RCAT website
The £800,000 award from the Skills Funding Agency's Enhanced Renewal Grant will be used to improve the hospitality and catering facilities and create a new engineering centre of excellence.
It follows a £1m grant from the same fund that saw new science laboratories, hair, nail and beauty salons, theatre workshops and media make-up suites, open this autumn following a £3.2m refurbishment programme.
This in turn followed on from the £7m Wentworth Building that opened last year.
The latest redevelopment programme will see an extension and major refurbishment of the hospitality facility including the training restaurant and three production / training kitchens.
Staffed by students, RCAT's Wharncliffe Restaurant is primarily a training restaurant and is operated as a professional and commercial business, reflecting industrial standards.
The hospitality facilities at the Rother Valley Campus are set to be mothballed.
A second project will see the removal of a mezzanine in the engineering block and the creation of a new "Engineering Centre of Excellence" through a comprehensive refurbishment.
Business Secretary Vince Cable said: "These projects will transform the learning environment for thousands of students across the country, providing them with state-of-the-art facilities and modern resources that will help them fulfil their potential."
Planning permission was secured for a £70m redevelopment of the town centre campus in January 2009 but the funding was cut by the coalition government after a review of the Learning & Skills Council's Building Colleges of the Future programme.
RCAT website
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