The indoor sport facility will host a six-court multi-discipline sports hall with viewing gallery together with a media suite with match analysis capability. The build, which is part of a new £25m investment in redeveloping the Openshaw campus, is on schedule to open to students in the College’s Centre of Excellence for Sport in September 2021.

The sports centre is at the heart of the development which broke ground in July 2020.

“We are delighted that the construction is on schedule and are looking forward to welcoming our first students into these brand new facilities this September, to study on our sports, healthcare and construction courses,” said John Thornhill, chief executive of LTE Group, which owns The Manchester College.

“Investing in our Openshaw Campus is just one element of a broader £140m investment into new facilities, which includes the brand new five storey city centre campus currently under construction next to the AO Arena in Manchester city centre which will open to students September 2022.”