An East Midlands university is expanding by opening a campus in London next year. Nottingham Trent University (NTU) has announced the plans for the new site which it says will be dedicated to delivering education connected to the entertainment industries.
The campus will be based around an expansion of NTU's Confetti Institute of Creative Technologies in Whitechapel. The courses set to be on offer include performance, production and business for the music industries, event management and emerging technologies such as esports.
Confetti has delivered industry education since 1994 while creating a suite of commercial businesses that supports the students' experience. These include Metronome, a music and events venue, and Confetti X, a complex dedicated to esports production which recently hosted the Commonwealth Esports Championships qualifiers.
NTU's London campus will replicate that model, creating a multipurpose live events venue for students to learn and work in, supported by the relocation of Access Creative College's London centre onto the same campus. The independent training provider specialises in creative education.
Work on the 35,000 sq ft campus is now under way, with the first intake of students scheduled for next September.
NTU vice-chancellor Edward Peck said: "Confetti London supports NTU's vision of generating new innovations in teaching and new partnerships for practice that build on our sector leading, industry-based approach. It will offer easy access for students in London and the South East to the opportunities to transform their futures that have been available to those in the East Midlands for twenty-five years.
"We look forward to working with local communities and businesses in preparing for our new students in 2023."
