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Ravenscraig will provide the site for a new £70million, 200,000 sq ft campus for Motherwell College. With work due to begin in early 2008, this will replace the existing campus by summer 2009.

The new college will includes a five-storey teaching block, a residential building for up to 50 students and workshop block for engineering students. The campus will also feature conference facilities, a public learning centre, performing arts space and a job shop. A nursery building will provide 300 places for pre-school children and after-school care.

The residential building has been created in a cylindrical design to reflect the former Ravenscraig steelworks structure and a plaza in the centre will provide space for students to meet. A pedestrian link will connect the buildings.

College principal Hugh Logan said: "The new college at Ravenscraig will have the most modern of facilities and will provide the best quality of education in Lanarkshire. Motherwell College is at the heart of the community and we are part of the regeneration of that community."

One of Scotland's largest further education colleges, the institution attracts 20,000 students a year from more than 40 countries. Students can opt for courses including sport, social sciences, engineering and beauty therapy.

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