The chain had run the 54-place nursery since it opened in 1993, but following a tendering exercise the university decided not to renew the contract. The nursery's management will transfer to Bright Horizons on 11 January.
Susan Hay, chair of Bright Horizons, said, 'We have a very thorough and detailed transition process, working with staff, students and parents.' She added that it would be the first time the group has managed a nursery for a university - and 'it is a sector we're very interested in'.
The university's tender process for the nursery attracted 13 bids. The runner-up was Crocus Early Years Centre, a small, local provider established in 2001, which runs two nurseries on school sites and manages one for the Wellcome Trust at the Genome Campus in Cambridge.
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