Fresh bid planned for university

A fresh application to create a university in north Northamptonshire is likely to be made in the new year.

Education leaders rejected a bid from Tresham College to set up the university in Corby.

But supporters of the plan say that with regeneration and a growing population, pressure is building for a new proposal to be approved.

They point to the success of the campaign to open a station in Corby as an example of what can be achieved.

Borough council chief executive Chris Mallender said: “Corby is a fast growing and fast improving place.

“We are aiming to double our population of about 57,000 people by 2030. Regeneration is already well under way with almost £2bn of investment secured for regeneration projects.

“We are also well on-track to deliver the homes we need with 12,000 of the 16,800 homes needed by 2021 either built or with full planning permission.

“An even bigger challenge is to deliver the 13,000 jobs needed to grow our economy. In this respect education is the best form of economic development we have got.

“Tresham College’s new £37m campus is pivotal to this, as is the recent opening of a national training headquarters in Weldon and the soon to be developed enterprise centre at Priors Hall.”
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Corby university plans gather momentum

Space has been designated for a university campus as part of the new £20m Tresham Institute campus to be built in Corby.
Tresham and partner Corby Council have put in a bid for the site of Corby Community College from the county council, which owns the 16-acre site off Oakley Road.

Most of the land will be used for the Tresham campus, which will relocate from its current base in George Street, but a portion of the site, near the rail station in Station Road, will be set aside for the university.

The move has been made possible as the current secondary school on the site is closing and pupils will be transferring to the brand new Corby Business Academy, due to open this September.

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