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Watch: BBC news anchor Reeta Chakrabarti opens York creative centre

Thu 9 Jun

Reeta Chakrabarti outside the Creative Centre at York St John University. Photograph: YorkMix

Thu 9 Jun 2022  @ 6:34pm
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Fresh from helping to anchor the BBC’s Jubilee coverage, Reeta Chakrabarti was in York to open a building with the ‘wow’ factor.

The leading journalist and presenter of the BBC news is also Chancellor of York St John University.

And in that role she officially launched the £15m Creative Centre at its Lord Mayor’s Walk campus.

The centre is a purpose-built, three-storey creative space housing a theatre, computer science facilities and music production and performance rooms.

It has been in use since October, but various Covid concerns postponed the official opening until today (Thursday).

Reeta told YorkMix: “I came to visit it a few months ago, and thought wow – I mean, it just blew me away.

“It is the best of modern architecture – it’s so full of natural light. And it’s also a great mix of formal and informal.”

Reeta Chakrabarti talks to the Lord Mayor of York Cllr David Carr
The York St John University Creative Centre

Reeta said she was honoured to be asked to be chancellor, and the family-feel of YSJ meant she felt “very close to the culture and the aspirations of the university”.

“It’s also in the heart of York – and that appealed to me, because I feel it’s very much part of the city. I know the university wants to be seen that way and wants to have its doors open to members of the public as well.”

Vice chancellor Prof Karen Bryan agreed: “We very much value working with the local community, with local creative organisations. And this does give us really key facilities for that partnership working.

“We have a full programme of performance groups coming in performing to our students, and working with our students. We’ve got some theatre companies using the auditorium, which just looks like a professional theatre.”

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