On 10th January, it was announced that MK College Group has been given planning approval by MK Council for the new home for the South Central Institute of Technology (SCIoT) at Bletchley.
The work will see extensive refurbishment and extension of the existing Andrew Peck building on the junction of Sherwood Drive and Selwyn Grove, close to the entrance to Bletchley rail station.
The SCIoT, South Central Institute of Technology, has already set itself exacting targets for its student intake with numbers of women, people with disabilities or neurodiversity and those from ethnic minorities set to reflect the wider community of the city.
Bletchley Park Cllr Allan Rankine has welcomed the news that Milton Keynes College has been provided planning permission from MK Council for the Institute of Technology in Bletchley.
The development is a product of the government’s £23 million investment in Bletchley through the New Towns Deal, announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak in March 2021.
Cllr Rankine submitted his support for the IoT at a meeting of MK Council’s Planning Committee on 6 January.
He said that “it is essential development critical to the regeneration of Bletchley” and that “the new institute will help establish Milton Keynes as a centre for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
“I am particularly impressed that their courses will enable students suffering from disabilities and that cyber courses will tap into the talents of students who are neurodiverse.
"Bletchley is renowned for innovation and cyber security and I am pleased to say that this new institute will keep that tradition going by developing our next generation of code breakers.”
