A UNIVERSITY is to celebrate the completion of a new £14m campus on the North Yorkshire coast by offering its new September starters a £500 bursary.

Fulltime degree, HND and HNC students enrolling at Coventry University Scarborough Campus in September will be eligible for a £500 bursary to mark the completion of the new purpose-built campus in the Weaponness area of the town.

The three-storey university building will include engineering and science labs, a mock law court, social space, a library, IT suites, a café and learning areas and will be ready by September.

The new campus is part of the £50m sports and education facility on the town’s former Weaponness Park and Ride site.

Professor Craig Gaskell, Provost of Coventry University Scarborough Campus, said the university was already trying to reduce barriers some students face to university: “Our new building will provide an excellent learning space and enable the university to eventually expand to more than 2,000 students on that site.

“To celebrate this important milestone new undergraduate starters who join us in September at the launch of our new building will be eligible for a £500 cash bursary.

“This will mark a very special occasion in the history of Coventry University Group in Scarborough and I’m sure our new students will appreciate the gesture as they embark on their studies with us.

“Our tuition fees are set lower than most universities to reduce a barrier to entry that some students face and the cash bursary will be an additional help this year.”

For further information about the university or cash bursary, visit; http://www.coventry.ac.uk/cusc/