University of Winchester - Current and Future Plans

Current and Future Plans

Major redevelopment will take place in the next few years to modernise the main campus. In 2007 work finished on the University Centre on site of the former refectory, at a cost of £9 million. The building includes a new Student Union as well as catering facilities, main reception, a bookshop, a mini-mart convenience store and a wi-ifi equipped Learning Café. It was designed by architects Design Engine. Feedback from students indicates a high level of satisfaction with the facilities, especially the Learning Café which facilitates collaborative study. In 2010 a new several storey student residence, Queens Road, was completed. Work began in 2011 on a new teaching block which will contain state of the art teaching spaces, and a new halls of residence also started construction.

The redevelopment of the University’s sports grounds at Bar End in Winchester was completed in 2008 after Sport England formally pledged the £908,514 funding required for the project’s completion, in partnership with Winchester City Council. The facilities at Bar End include an Olympic standard 400m eight-lane athletics track with supporting field events, an all-weather hockey and general sports pitch, floodlighting and an extended pavilion.

All student media are the responsibility of the Campaigns and Communications officer for the Student Union, except for the weekly internet bulletins released, produced, and created by "Winchester News Online" or WINOL, as part of the BA Journalism Course. The University of Winchester and Winchester Student Union broadcast a radio station called Sound Radio. From 24th November 2011 to 21st December 2011 it broadcast on 87.7 FM to Winchester and the surrounding areas.