Oxford University has announced an international design competition for a £1bn expansion north of the city.

Its 4ha Begbroke Science Park will become a 190ha mixed-use innovation district with hundreds of homes and community amenities as well as R&D facilities and incubator space for companies that spin out of the research.

The university joined forces with Legal & General Capital in 2019 to create a £4bn joint venture, Oxford University Development (OUD), to tackle the affordability crisis for university staff and students and develop innovation districts, not unlike Cambridge University’s Eddington project.

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