New Park Wood Building open for business

Park Wood Student Hub Now open for business!

 Standing in the heart of Park Wood, the new Student Hub opened its doors on Arrivals weekend, literally! Taking advantage of the brilliant sunshine the new look Woody’s Bar threw open it’s bi-fold doors to the outside seating area, with hungry students and parents trying out the modern international street food menu. Campus Coffee, designed, delivered and developed by students, quickly proved popular serving great tasting coffee with a conscience, with profits helping support students at Kent. Campus Coffee will continue to evolve and we’re excited to see it roll out across other Kent Union outlets

 Kent Union Officers had lobbied on behalf of students to improve the student space on campus. Aaron Thompson, the Union President, gave an impassioned speech on behalf of students at the opening “It’s amazing, it looks incredible and I can’t wait for students and staff to come back to campus and use it! It looks completely different and I think that the students of Park Wood will love it”.

 As well as Woody’s, there is a larger, more accessible SU Shop everything from warm morning pastries, fresh fruit and veg, to late night snacks and drinks. The self-service tills mean students can beat the queues and get on with their day. The SU Shop is open from 8am-midnight weekdays.

Two much anticipated dance studios, named after Misty Copeland (first African American Principal Ballet Dancer) and Vicky Featherstone (influential in British Theatre), are fully equipped providing the first campus studios for student groups.

Replacing the Park Wood study mobile, the 25 PC’s in the new Student Hub quiet area is expected to be popular with the 2,000 plus Park Wood students and links onto a social space for students and staff. Designed to be a calmer environment this space, opening onto a balcony will be bookable for student groups in the evening for their events/socials and/or fundraising activity.

View KTV’s coverage of the opening here.