Royal Opening Ceremony for Jubilee Campus Phase II

PA 63/09 His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester KG GCVO visited The University of Nottingham on March 11 to officially open the newly-expanded Jubilee Campus. His Royal Highness was the guest of honour at the opening ceremony for Phase II of the campus, a £30m development that has transformed a former brownfield site with three landmark new buildings and 'Aspire', the tallest free-standing sculpture in the UK. The official opening of Jubilee Phase II is the culmination of a significant project to expand the campus, adding architecturally stunning new buildings that broaden the range of activity at the site and build on the University's commitment to modern, sustainable design. The first phase of the Jubilee Campus was opened in 1999 on a site formerly occupied by the Raleigh bicycle works, a mile from University Park. Over the last decade the campus has won a string of awards for sustainable design, including a RIBA Journal Sustainability Award and a British Construction Industry Award. Jubilee Phase II continues this theme with new iconic buildings that demonstrate exemplar sustainable building practice. Phase II of the campus includes: - The Sir Colin Campbell Building — named after the University's Vice-Chancellor from 1988-2008 — which provides a gateway between the Jubilee Campus and the new Innovation Park, and accommodates the University's Technology Transfer Office, as well as significant rentable space for commercial entities with close research synergy to the University.