Tremough Campus exhibition at Penryn Town Hall

The exhibition was first displayed at the Tremough Campus and then moved to University College Falmouth's Woodlane Campus. It is now moving to Penryn Town Hall at the request of Penryn Town Council, where it will be open to visitors from 9am to 7pm on Thursday 7 August and from 9am to 5pm on Friday 8 August. From 3 to 7pm on Thursday 7 August, a representative from the Campus will be available to answer questions.

The exhibition outlines a draft master plan for developments on the Campus up to 2016. Visitors are encouraged to feedback comments and suggestions, which will then be reviewed and fed into the final master plan, which is due to be submitted to the planning authorities in September.

University College Falmouth and the University of Exeter share and jointly manage the Campus as part of the Combined Universities in Cornwall (CUC) initiative, in an arrangement that is unique in the UK. The Campus already enjoys impressive facilities for research and teaching in a range of subjects - from mining engineering to textile design and natural history photography to law. Now, both institutions are planning for the next stage of the development and have ambitions to create a Campus that is truly world-class, and the preferred Higher Education destination for local people as well as students from across the globe.

In April 2008, University College Falmouth merged with Dartington College of Arts to create a new institution focusing on the expansion of Falmouth's expertise in Art, Design and Media and Dartington's expertise in Choreography, Music, Theatre, Art and Writing. The merger will pave the way for a new specialist Arts University in Cornwall in 2012, creating a Higher Education institution unique to the South West.

The University of Exeter has ambitious plans to build an internationally-competitive research and teaching centre for the environment and sustainability, which will give Cornwall the opportunity to become a world-leader in generating environmental knowledge.

University College Falmouth‘s focus is on high-specification spaces for the Dartington Campus's Performance courses, when staff and students relocate to Falmouth in 2010, and an Academy for Innovation & Research which will encourage entrepreneurialism and foster dynamic collaborations between graduates and industry, to the benefit of the Cornish economy.

Neal Barnes, Director of Estates & Facilities on the Tremough Campus said: "We hope that as many people as possible will attend the exhibition and put forward their comments on the proposals for the further development of the Tremough Campus. It is vital that we have the input of local people if we are to develop a plan that benefits the community, the local economy, our staff and our students for generations to come."

The multi-million-pound Tremough Campus is a Combined Universities in Cornwall initiative ­of which the University of Exeter and University College Falmouth are two of the founding partners. It is funded mainly by the European Union (Objective One), the South West Regional Development Agency, and the Higher Education Funding Council for England, with support from Cornwall County Council. Set in 95 acres, and close to the waterside towns of Penryn and Falmouth, the Campus offers a lively student community.

The University of Exeter now offers degrees in Biology, Cornish Studies, English, Geology, Geography, History, Law, Mining Engineering, Politics and Renewable Energy on the Campus, whilst University College Falmouth offers undergraduate degrees in Broadcasting, Contemporary Crafts, Digital Animation, English with Creative Writing, English with Media Studies, Film, Garden Design, Interior Design, Marine & Natural History Photography, Photography, Press Photography, Spatial Design, Textile and 3D Design as well as MAs in Broadcast Journalism, Design, International Journalism, Professional Writing and Television Production at the Penryn site.

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For further information:

Sarah Hoyle

Press Officer

University of Exeter

(01392) 262062 / 07989 446920

s.hoyle@exeter.ac.uk

Jilly Easterby MCIPR

Head of Public Affairs

University College Falmouth

(01326) 213792 / 07825 420690

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