Duke of Gloucester opens University of Worcester building

The Duke of Gloucester, Prince Richard, who is the university's chancellor, was on hand to formally open the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (EGA) Building on Hylton Road.

It was previously the offices of the Worcester News and Berrows Journal, however, the building has undergone a complete transformation.

It is now a state-of-the-art teaching facility for health and medical students, named after the first woman to qualify as a physician and surgeon in the UK.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester KG GCVO formally opened the new building (Image: NQ)

The EGA building will provide facilities for the University’s health students, as well as becoming the home of the university’s new Three Counties Medical School, which welcomed its first cohort of students last September.

Professor Sandra Nicholson, Dean of the Three Counties Medical School, said: "It's a facility for all health professions that are taught at the University of Worcester.

"It's a building which has been created out of a previous print building and has lots of social space for learning, as well as a state-of-the-art anatomy suite.

"It contains a lot of anatomical models and three-day visual aids. We try to incorporate an interprofessional approach across the whole building with our health professions."

Mrs Nicholson added: "I think It's incredibly important.

"It's a shining example of architecture within Worcester and it's a real central point that shows off the Riverside Campus and the new medical school.

"I'm very proud of it."

Chris Hallam and Habiba Abbas were among a group of medical students attending the opening and felt the facilities would have a positive impact on their learnings.

"It's been a fantastic building for all the medical students here at Worcester," said Mr Hallam.

University medical students Habiba Abbas [LEFT] and Chris Hallam [RIGHT] will benefit from the use of the new facilities (Image: NQ)

"Having the anatomy suite has been really fantastic in term of being able to see what structures are like on models and on the Anatomage Table that we have.

"Being able to study cases and study anatomy and have that visual to help learn has been really beneficial."

Miss Abbas added: "I think the facilities have exceeded my expectations.

"As someone from London, coming to Worcester and coming to this building has been a great experience and I am really happy particularly with the anatomy suite we have here.

"Given I'm on a four-year course, having these facilities readily available and accessible to us has been great in facilitating my learning personally, especially as someone who is a visual learner."