The University is working with Urban Splash, experts in managing and implementing regeneration projects across the U.K, and USE IT partners. The area Icknield Port Loop near Ladywood, the location you will be basing your dissertation projects, has recently been named among the worst for child poverty, where 78% of its population live in deprived neighbourhoods.
Urban Splash proposes to develop ‘a neighbourhood for 21st century living’ which includes building 200 new homes, developing areas of open green space and an opening a swimming pool and leisure facilities, to transform a neglected area into a vibrant area attracting families and young professionals.