SLTC previews new pilot tannery at Northampton University
17/06/2019
A project that started in August 2018 will be complete in time for the start of the new academic year in September, but some teaching has already taken place in the new pilot tannery at Waterside. The pilot tannery has a mix of new equipment and refurbished plant from the former ICLT site at the former Park campus. There is now a larger finishing zone and a preparation area three times bigger than the previous site had.
The new building also offers more laboratory and teaching space. Teaching rooms allow interactive participation, with lecturers’ teaching materials accessible in real time to students via laptops. Large screens replace outdated whiteboards, while the use of smaller screens around the lecture theatres allow for an uninterrupted view of slides and lecture notes.
Laboratories are also fast becoming fully equipped and the newly named Amanda Michel Microscopy Suite will soon be home to a new scanning electron microscope, purchased through donations from industry, individuals and the Worshipful Company of Leathersellers, following the death from cancer of Amanda Michel, a former contributor to the ICLT teaching programme, in March 2017.
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