The £4.4m scheme will provide the first facility of its kind on campus, while fulfilling part of the university’s pledge to achieve zero emissions by 2030.
The project supports a wider target announced by the government to see the UK halve its emissions in the next decade and become net zero by 2050.
With a completion date of early 2022, the new setting in Stoke-on-Trent is being built by contractor Henry Brothers, whose team includes structural engineers, transport consultants and landscape designers.
Situated in Leek Road close to the university’s nature reserve, the nursery and forest school also benefits from being close to the city centre and good public transport links.
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