Colleagues may be aware that the new City Gateway Hall of Residence has not opened, as anticipated.
Completion of the building by Bouygues Development Ltd was unavoidably delayed and it was not ready in sufficient time for the University to allocate students for occupation for the start of the 2014-15 academic year.
Fortunately, the University was able to fulfil all of its commitments to new and returning students in the provision of accommodation elsewhere for this year’s intake by delaying some non-essential maintenance work.
We are all extremely disappointed that we were not able to use City Gateway at the start of this academic year but confident that delaying the opening of the Hall is the right decision for our students. The University will not take occupation of the building now until August 2015.