SUFFOLK has moved a step closer to boasting its own university after £12.5million of funding was rubber stamped.Plans to create University Campus Suffolk can now begin to take shape following the announcement that the cash from the East of England Development Agency (EEDA) has received government approval.

SUFFOLK has moved a step closer to boasting its own university after £12.5million of funding was rubber stamped.

Plans to create University Campus Suffolk can now begin to take shape following the announcement that the cash from the East of England Development Agency (EEDA) has received government approval.

It means that the university can meet its target of opening its doors to students in September 2007.

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