Roland Levinsky Building

Discover our flagship arts, cultural and teaching facility
Roland Levinsky Building
Combining forward-looking teaching spaces, exhibition areas and a cinema, our prestigious flagship Roland Levinsky Building sits at the heart of the city’s arts and cultural offer.
Situated at the southern end of our city-centre campus , it's also home to the The Bridge which combines cutting-edge research with a public arts and culture programme, welcoming audiences of all ages and backgrounds to experience high quality exhibitions, talks, films, music and performances throughout the year.
There are also two campus cafes located inside Roland Levinsky; The Container Cafe offering fresh, handmade options on the ground floor, and RLB Cafe offering a Pan-Asian inspired menu on the first floor.
Plymouth Institute of Education
This building, designed for community as well as academic use, has had a significant impact on the subsequent transformation of the University and its role at the heart of the creative development of the city. Professor Levinsky was dedicated to the needs of the individual student and passionate that everyone should have the opportunity to reach their full potential whatever their area of study.
 

Outstanding facilities to support your learning

3D printer, digital fabrication laboratory
Digital Fabrication and Immersive Media Laboratories (DFIML)
Offering access to cutting-edge technology such as motion-capture, augmented and extended reality and a wide array of digital fabrication tools.
Architecture students in studio
Architecture studios
Inspirational, supportive and creative studio environment for architecture students
British Art Show 9
The Levinsky Gallery
Featuring exhibitions from world-renowned artists alongside new arts stars of tomorrow; The Levinsky Gallery offers a sometimes provocative, sometimes beautiful and always thought-provoking experience.
Jill Craigie Cinema
Jill Craigie Cinema
Providing a unique insight into films not available elsewhere in Plymouth or the South West, exploring hidden gems of past cinema, critical documentaries, and daring cult films that will inspire, scare and surprise.

Professor Roland Levinsky

The building is dedicated to the late Professor Roland Levinsky, the University's Vice-Chancellor from 2002 to 2007.
Professor Levinsky was an internationally renowned immunologist who performed the UK's first successful children’s bone-marrow transplant at London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital in 1979 and was one of the first UK scientists to obtain funding for gene therapy clinical trials for treating children with immunodeficiency conditions.
He was a great teacher and mentor who lectured internationally and co-authored many important research papers, as well as editing several books on immunodeficiency diseases. On appointment as Vice-Chancellor to the University, he began building a strong university centralised on a single site, enabling the arts and sciences to interact with each other.
Professor Roland Levinsky
Professor Roland Jacob Levinsky (1943–2007)
The University is committed to discouraging the use of private cars, however, it continues to permit very limited car parking on campus for staff and visitors who hold a blue badge.

Only students with mobility impairment will normally be permitted to park on the Plymouth campus .

The University operates a Parking Charge Notice (PCN) enforcement system to assist in maintaining an orderly and safe parking facility on its campus. The enforcement system is managed and operated in partnership with First parking LLP and the security department at the University.

Alternative parking can be found in Drake Circus shopping mall and the Regent Street car park nearby. Charges apply.
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