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A private university has launched a new study centre in central Birmingham.

Arden University has opened the educational hub at ‘Lock 14', the rebranded commercial space which once housed bars Mechu and Texan Roadhouse in Summer Row.

It is the institute's second base in Birmingham after it opened in Hill Street in 2017.

The new 20,000 sq ft site offers flexible, online and blended learning and has been officially opened by Bradly Sinden, the taekwondo fighter who won silver at last year's Olympics while also studying at Arden.

He was joined by Arden University's chief innovation and commercial officer Vitaly Klopot, dean of business Dilshad Sheikh and dean of STEM Georgina Harris.

Mr Klopot said: "We're incredibly excited to be expanding our footprint in Birmingham with the launch of our new flagship study centre on Summer Row.

"The city and the wider West Midlands region is home to an increasing range of successful businesses and organisations, from innovative technology start-ups to large-scale financial organisations.

"Our new study centre will allow us to help even more talented people in Birmingham acquire the skills they need to grab these opportunities with both hands and take those first strides towards success in whichever field they feel they were born to work in."

Arden, whose head office is in Coventry, now has nine study centres including in Berlin and Manchester which launched last year.