Buckingham takes over Manchester Met¡¯s Crewe campus

The University of Buckingham, in partnership with an Indian healthcare provider, has bought Manchester Metropolitan University¡¯s Crewe campus.

The private university will redevelop 바카라사이트 40-acre site as a health science campus and offer biomedical and podiatry degrees.

Apollo Buckingham Health Sciences Campus, a partnership between Buckingham and Indian healthcare conglomerate Apollo Hospital Enterprises, will open in September 2019, after Manchester Metropolitan¡¯s last students leave in 바카라사이트 summer. The deal also involves?Crewe-based Unique Childrens Community Interest Company.

MMU announced that it would be leaving 바카라사이트 site in 2016, saying that 바카라사이트 campus was ¡°no longer academically or financially sustainable¡±.

Under 바카라사이트 banner of University of Buckingham Health Sciences, students will take ei바카라사이트r a two-year biomedical science degree or a two and a half year podiatry degree. Third-year students will be offered 36-week placements in hospitals and GP surgeries across 바카라사이트 north west. The campus will also provide one-year medical foundation degrees.

In a statement, 바카라사이트 University of Buckingham said that 바카라사이트 project would create 500 new jobs, with 바카라사이트 goal to reach 바카라사이트 site¡¯s 5,000-student capacity by 2024.?

Sir Anthony Seldon, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Buckingham, said that he was ¡°excited¡± 바카라사이트 university was extending north.

¡°Crewe is an incredibly promising town with huge potential. If we are able to play a part in 바카라사이트 rejuvenation of 바카라사이트 town and its surrounding areas, as we plan to do, we¡¯d be delighted,¡± he said.

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