Postgraduate students at Edinburgh University are to benefit from a new £7m dedicated study centre.

The university has announced plans to create a flexible study space in the Old Kirk Postgraduate Centre on Holyrood Road.

It will provide postgraduate research students from all three colleges with new areas for formal and informal study.

Students will be able to book spaces for events, conferences and group work.

The development is part of a £200m investment being made over the next eight years to dramatically improve facilities for students.

Edinburgh University Students' Association Societies and Activities vice president Kai O'Doherty said: "The redevelopment of the Old Kirk is a welcome move towards creating a community-building study space where postgraduates from across all colleges can get together to meet, collaborate and work together.

"The involvement of postgraduate students in shaping the plans, and in running the building once built, will only strengthen the sense of ownership necessary for its success."

Construction of the Old Kirk Postgraduate Student Centre is set to begin at the end of this year with it scheduled to open in early 2020.