Blacktown. UWS approval

The University of Western Sydney has received approval for a $10.5 million, two-story building with a 400-seat lecture theatre, 20 classrooms and associated amenities, on its Nirimba campus, at Quakers Hill.

Blacktown. $10.5 million project

The Sydney West Joint Regional Planning Panel will consider, on August 2, a DA lodged by the University of Western Sydney for an “educational establishment” comprising the construction of a new 2-storey building with a 400-seat lecture theatre, 20 classrooms, associated amenities on its Nirimba campus. The proposed building has been designed to accommodate 1000 students and 40 staff, increasing the total number of students and staff on site to 5056 The proposed development has a capital investment value of $10.5 million.

UWS reinvigorates its Nirimba campus

The University of Western Sydney plans to reinvigorate the academic profile of its Nirimba campus, in Blacktown, by locating the first year of degrees in business, information technology, engineering and possibly science to at least 400 students, in 2009. Students who successfully complete their diplomas at Nirimba would be eligible to enter the second year of the corresponding UWS undergraduate degree. The move is part of an expansion of the UWS College's pathway programs. This development follows last year's announcement that UWS would transfer its undergraduate program in business studies from Nirimba due to falling student demand.