Polden Corner will be built just below the Polden Court building on the west side of the campus and house 293 students. Rooms will be arranged within eight-bed cluster flats, split across two buildings.
With the OJEU contract notice now published, the university aims to issue tenders to selected contractors in August, pick a winner in October and start work on site in November 2016. Target completion date is April 2018.
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