Stephen Morgan and Gordon Marsden at University of Portsmouth to visit VR Lab and meet with local students
Today (11 October 2018) Portsmouth South MP, Stephen Morgan, and Labour’s Shadow Further Education and Skills Minister, Gordon Marsden, visited the University of Portsmouth and met with staff and students in the city.
The pair toured the Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries where they were shown the cutting edge technology in use at the University’s Virtual Reality Lab. They also visited the Faculty’s School of Architecture for a presentation.
The Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries comprises courses, research, enterprise and innovation activities concerned with the practice, analysis and criticism of the creative industries.
Gordon and Stephen then headed for talks with a group of local students to discuss the cost of living and travel for young people, mental health support for students, and widening participation.
Stephen Morgan MP, said:
‘It’s great to see our city’s university at the forefront of such innovative work.
Portsmouth has always been a creative hub, a place for makers and doers, and so I’m pleased to find our institutions continuing in this proud tradition and fostering the next generation of talent.
Portsmouth University makes an estimated contribution £1.1 billion to our economy and provides almost 10,000 local jobs.
It was good to talk with the Shadow Minister about some of the opportunities and challenges our city’s university faces.’
