£20 million for Peterborough’s new interactive science lab
A city centre brownfield site is being transformed with £20 million from the Levelling Up Fund.
A new and interactive science lab will be created with education space for up to 1700 students studying:
- science
- technology
- engineering
- maths
Peterborough’s Living Lab
The Living Lab forms part of the new Anglia Ruskin University’s Peterborough campus.
The Living Lab will host events and exhibitions such as a festival of ideas. This will showcase the city’s Net Zero future by using:
- immersive displays
- evening classes
The Living Lab will also help to:
- attract up to 50,000 public visitors per year
- develop skills for the future
- create more than 500 jobs
Professor Ross Renton, Principal of Anglia Ruskin University Peterborough, said:
This funding will help us deliver a fantastic learning environment. A first-class university will help increase opportunities, improve social mobility, and provide an economic boost to the local economy, while the Living Lab will offer a unique, hands-on science space that will be a fabulous asset for the city and wider region.
Awards from the Levelling Up Fund will support all 3 phases of the Peterborough campus development.
Benefit to the local area
The investment will re-establish the embankment, making a community green space.
Other regeneration projects in the city will focus on:
- attracting higher skilled jobs to the area
- addressing the city’s skills gaps
- boosting visitor numbers
The first phase of the new university campus opened in September 2022. The Living Lab is expected to open in 2024.
Find out more about levelling up.