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New lecture hall at Cardiff to boost nationwide drive for new doctors
Immediate Release
1 November 2006
Cardiff University’s School of Medicine is committing to the UK-wide recruiting drive for more doctors with a £2.7m new lecture hall for students.
The four storey building will help the School accommodate a significant expansion in medical student numbers over the next three years. It comprises a 377-seat lecture theatre with seven seminar and demonstration rooms. It has received planning permission and is to be constructed on the University’s Heath Park Campus.
Final year student numbers at the School of Medicine rose from 240 last year to 301 presently and will reach 360 graduates a year by 2009. The new building will mean the School has two lecture theatres with capacity for the entire year as well as three smaller venues. The new theatre will also allow lecturers to use state-of-the-art Information Technology to enhance their teaching.
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