Higher Education News
Saturday 16 May 2015
Inverness - £100million campus officially opens
John Swinney, Deputy First Minister has officially opened the new Inverness Campus this week.
The £100million education and enterprise centre in the Highland capital was hailed as a “magnet” for world-wide investment in the region.
Business and education leaders said the new Inverness Campus offered a “once in a lifetime” opportunity to transform the city’s economy and that of the wider Highlands and islands.
The Deputy First Minister unveiled a plaque in the shadow of the new Inverness College, the flagship building, to officially declare the site open.
The new campus is being developed by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) – will support about 1,300 jobs, with another 940 created in the wider Highlands as a result.
HIE will share a building with researchers from the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI).
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Note: The Image shown is part of the initial concept plans by 7N Architects