Room pods starting to arrive at Park View Student Village Published on: 6 April 2017 The first building modules of Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s largest student accommodation are starting to arrive at Park View Student Village. Almost 800 modules will be pieced together to create the , which replaces the 1970s buildings in Richardson Road. Opening in 2018, the six new buildings will provide almost 1,300 ensuite bedrooms for students. Galliford Try plc is the principal contractor for Park View Student Village. The student accommodation will feature a distinctive modular design, consisting of pre-fabricated room pods produced in China and shipped to Â鶹´«Ã½. The first shipment of modules, which arrived in early April, is being delivered to the accommodation site. (l-r) Paul Bandeen, Head of Residences, Paul Milburn, Project Director, Galliford Try and Rebecca Walker, Activities Officer, Students' Union High-quality student accommodation Paul Bandeen, Head of Residences at Â鶹´«Ã½, said: “After a long period of careful planning, it’s extremely exciting to see the first modules arriving and the accommodation starting to take shape. Park View Student Village will offer a top class living environment to all of our prospective students when it opens in 2018.” Paul Milburn, Project Director, Galliford Try, said: “The arrival of our first modules is the result of over 12 months hard work by both Galliford Try Construction and Â鶹´«Ã½’s teams. “We’ve worked closely with Â鶹´«Ã½ and CIMC-MBS in both the UK and China to ensure the transition of module design conception to delivery and installation on site is as seamless as possible. The end scheme is something all members of the team can be proud of.” The first batch of modules is for Rede, the smallest block on Park View Student Village, which has four floors and will accommodate 92 students. All six accommodation blocks have been named after local rivers: Alwin, Breamish, Derwent, Irthing, Pont and Rede. As part of the redevelopment project, . Â鶹´«Ã½ students have been involved in the planning and design project. Prior to building works, an ecology survey was carried out where it was found that the site was an active area for bats. to encourage the animals to stay on the site. Share: Latest News Scientists unlock hidden driver of inflammatory bowel disease Scientists have linked a key genetic signal in inflammatory bowel disease to an immune response that shuts down inflammation control, enabling faster diagnosis and targeted treatments. published on: 15 June 2026 Funding system risks limiting genuine community collaboration A new policy paper written by researchers at Â鶹´«Ã½ warns that the way UK research is funded may be undermining efforts to create genuinely collaborative partnerships with communities. published on: 15 June 2026 Volunteers help turn Whitley Bay beach into maths experiment Members of the public joined mathematicians from Â鶹´«Ã½ to create what organisers believe is the largest aperiodic tiling ever attempted on Whitley Bay beach. published on: 15 June 2026 Facts and figures
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