Swansea University
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Swansea University is a university
located in Swansea
, Wales
, United Kingdom
. Swansea University was chartered as University College of Swansea in 1920, as the fourth college of the University of Wales
. In 1996, it changed its name to the University of Wales Swansea following structural changes within the University of Wales. The new title of Swansea University was formally adopted on 1 September 2007 when the University of Wales became a non-membership confederal institution and the former members became universities in their own right.
It is the third largest university in Wales in terms of number of students. The university campus is located next to the coast at the north of Swansea Bay
, east of the Gower Peninsula
, in the grounds of Singleton Park
, just outside Swansea city centre
. Swansea was granted its own degree-awarding powers in 2005 in preparation for possible changes within the University of Wales.
Swansea and Cardiff University
compete in an annual varsity match
, known as the Welsh version of the Oxbridge
event, which includes the Welsh Varsity
rugby and The Welsh Boat Race
.
in 1920 and like many universities is governed by its constitution
that is set out in its statutes and charter
. The governing body of Swansea University is its Council, which, in turn, is supported by the Senate and the Court.
Academic Structure=
Swansea University's academic departments are organised into 6 colleges:
The School of Law: International Maritime, Trade and Commercial Law, Business & Law. Legal Practice Course, Graduate Diploma in Law, IISTL, CEELP, LLB
The College of Medicine
Graduate Entry Medicine (4-year programme), Centre for Health Information, Biochemistry, Genetics, Institute of Life Sciences 1 & 2, BioMedical Research
Research=
Swansea is a highly research intensive university with 52 Centres of Research. The 2008 Research Assessment Exercise
rankings for Swansea showed a doubling of world-leading research and the largest increase in
internationally excellent research in the whole of the UK, resulting in Swansea University climbing 13 places in the UK rankings from 2001 to 2008. Almost 50 per cent of all research at Swansea University was assessed as world-leading or internationally excellent - 4* and 3*- the top two categories of assessment.
Within Wales, out of 31 subject areas submitted in the RAE, Swansea University came first in 17 areas, and first or second in 24 areas.
land-speed record attempt in the area of Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamic design. The university was also a key partner in the successful Thrust SSC land-speed record attempt.
The university has a connection with CERN
. At CERN, university staff were part of the first team to create antihydrogen and later trapping it. The current leader of the Large Hadron Collider
project is a former Alumni Dr Lyn Evans.
Staff at the Clinical Haemorheology Laboratory, next to Morriston Hospital’s A&E department, have been working with Haemair and the University’s Complex Fluids Group in the Department of Engineering on developing a patented prosthetic lung and respiratory aid It has been showcased in the Science Museum in London. It is likely to be of huge benefit to patients with chronic lung diseases including emphysema, Cystic Fibrosis and severe asthma, and could be an alternative to a lung transplant in some cases. It could also play a major role in short-term care for patients suffering temporary lung failure.The lung could be available for patients within five years.
The Welsh Assembly Government decided to build upon these strengths by investing over £5 million to establish the new multi-centre Wales Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience (WICN). The institute draws together the three psychology faculties, with investment in a shared management structure, administrative support, and additional academic appointments, as well as equipment and technical support in order to grow as one institute in the study and application of cognitive and clinical neuroscience.
Campus=
The majority of university buildings are on the Singleton Campus, based in the grounds of Singleton Park
, adjacent to Swansea Bay
. The campus also includes the nearby Sports Village and Hendrefoelan Student Village, about 2.5 miles away.
The Library & Information Centre also has major archive collections, based on the South Wales Coalfield Collection, several papers of Welsh writers in English and the Richard Burton
Collection, which was recently donated by Burton's wife, Sally
. It is hoped that the collection will form the hub of a learning resource dedicated to the actor’s life and work.
Recent developments include a major extension in opening hours, the transfer of the stock of the Morriston Hospital Nursing Library to the Library and Information Centre and the creation of the Richard Burton Archives which house his personal possessions as well as the South Wales Coalfield Collection .
Wales National Pool
The Wales National Pool in the Sketty area of Swansea, Wales, is a 50 metre swimming pool built to FINA standards. The facility, which also has a 25m x 9.5m training pool and 1,200 spectator seats, is used to train Wales' world class aquatic sports athletes and houses the headquarters of the Wales Amateur Swimming Association.
The pool is one of five of British Swimming's Intensive Training Centres (ITC), used to train swimmers for the London 2012 Olympics. The facility was built with funding from Sport Wales, Swansea Council and Swansea University and is built on the site of the university's sports centre.
Egypt Centre staff regularly give lectures and talks to museum groups and other outside bodies on widening participation in university museums; social inclusion and volunteering. Schools regularly visit us to take part in a stimulating and interactive programme of events.
Swansea University maintains on-campus and off-campus halls of residence and the purpose built Hendrefoelan Student Village. Several new halls of residence were completed in 2004 and in 2008.
There are also a number of university managed properties in the Uplands and Brynmill areas of the city.
The University has restructured in recent years, expanding popular areas such as History
, English
, Geography
and Computer Science while The Department of Chemistry
has been closed down. However, recent course additions include Aerospace Engineering
as well as a partnership with Cardiff University
to provide a four-year accelerated graduate-entry medical degree (MB BCh) in Swansea which was launched in 2004. In 2007 Swansea University was awarded the four year course on its own.http://www.newswales.co.uk/?section=Health&F=1&id=13762
The Western Britain chapter of the International Conference for the Study of Political Thought was moved to the Department of Politics & International Relations from Exeter University earlier in 2006.
In July 2007 the £52 million Institute of Life Science (ILS) opened as the research arm of the university's school of medicine. The ILS is based in a six-storey building housing laboratories, business incubation suites and an IBM Blue C supercomputer. The supercomputer is used for projects including numerically-intensive analysis of viral genomes, epidemiological modelling, large clinical databases and analysis of the genetics of disease susceptibility. In July 2009, an expansion of the ILS was announced with a £29m investment from Swansea University, the Welsh Assembly Government, the European Union and Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board. ILS2 was completed in November 2011.
In November 2007, the University announced a collaboration with Navitas to found an International College - International College Wales Swansea to provide foundation, 1st year degree and Pre-Masters programmes on campus. The first intake was September 2008.
Enterprise and Learning Committee in January 2008, the university stated that it was "at an advanced stage of discussion" about a new 'Innovation Campus' on a second site.
This 'Innovation Campus' aims to capitalise on the University’s growing research expertise and interactions with major international companies such as BP and Rolls Royce. At the same time it will create significant additional student places principally in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics to meet demand, which cannot be physically achieved within the existing Singleton Park Campus alone. More particularly it will address the deficiency in science and technology research in Wales which is an essential component in building the Welsh Knowledge Economy.
Swansea University is undergoing rapid, research-led growth fuelled by an aggressive development strategy. Long-established strengths in Engineering and Physical Sciences are complemented by the Institute of Life Science, Europe’s first centre for Nano-health, and the Institute of Advanced Telecommunications, all of which enjoy research funding support from world-leading multinational companies.
The 'Innovation Campus' will be developed on a 100 acre (0.404686 km²) site near Fabian Way at Crymlyn Burrows
and will be home to Engineering, Computing, Telecommunications, the Business and Law Schools and a range of "research/test facilities" for large and small companies.
Outline planning permission was granted in December 2010 by Neath Port Talbot Borough Council and the final tranch of funding was guaranteed by the Welsh Assembly Government in March 2011. The final designs are now being prepared by architects in conjunction with the Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment and work is expected to begin in 2012.
Meanwhile, the Singleton Park campus is to undergo renovation with vacated buildings to be adapted or demolished. The buildings earmarked for demolition are: Vivian Tower, Talbot building, Taliesin Annexe and Union House.
University rankings=
The Times
university 2008 Top 100 league table listed the university as the 46th best university in the UK, up from 50th position in 2004 but down from 42nd in 2005. The university picked up the 2005 Times Higher Education Supplement Award for the UK's "best student experience". However, the survey was criticised by some, as it was carried out by the Student Panel making the sample self-selected and therefore unscientific. The university is also listed as one of the top 500 universities in the World at 401 to 500 in the 2006 Shanghai Jiao Tong University World Rankings
. Additionally, the 2008 Times Higher Education Supplement of World University Rankings places Swansea as 347th in the world, up from 401-500 in 2007.
In July 2011, Vice-Chancellor Richard Davies unveiled at the Honorary Fellows’ Dinner a strategy agreed between Swansea University, the Welsh Assembly Government and the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) to achieve Swansea’s ambitions to become a World top 200 institution.
The Times Good University Guide 2005 places Swansea second to Cambridge out of 45 universities for Civil Engineering.
Notable alumni=
See also=
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University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
located in Swansea
Swansea
Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...
, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. Swansea University was chartered as University College of Swansea in 1920, as the fourth college of the University of Wales
University of Wales
The University of Wales was a confederal university founded in 1893. It had accredited institutions throughout Wales, and formerly accredited courses in Britain and abroad, with over 100,000 students, but in October 2011, after a number of scandals, it withdrew all accreditation, and it was...
. In 1996, it changed its name to the University of Wales Swansea following structural changes within the University of Wales. The new title of Swansea University was formally adopted on 1 September 2007 when the University of Wales became a non-membership confederal institution and the former members became universities in their own right.
It is the third largest university in Wales in terms of number of students. The university campus is located next to the coast at the north of Swansea Bay
Swansea Bay
Swansea Bay is a bay on the Bristol Channel on the South Wales coast. Places on the bay include Mumbles, Swansea and Port Talbot. The River Neath, River Tawe, River Afan and Blackpill stream flow into the bay....
, east of the Gower Peninsula
Gower Peninsula
Gower or the Gower Peninsula is a peninsula in south Wales, jutting from the coast into the Bristol Channel, and administratively part of the City and County of Swansea. Locally it is known as "Gower"...
, in the grounds of Singleton Park
Singleton Park
Singleton Park is the largest urban park in the city of Swansea and is located in Sketty. The park has hosted many entertainment and cultural events such as Party in the Park and Proms in the Park which were regular events by local stations The Wave & Swansea Sound and other music events held by...
, just outside Swansea city centre
Swansea city centre
Swansea city centre in Swansea, Wales, contains the main shopping, leisure and nightlife district in Swansea. The city centre covers much of the Castle ward including the area around Oxford Street, Castle Square, and the Quadrant Shopping Centre; Alexandra Road, High Street, Wind Street and the...
. Swansea was granted its own degree-awarding powers in 2005 in preparation for possible changes within the University of Wales.
Swansea and Cardiff University
Cardiff University
Cardiff University is a leading research university located in the Cathays Park area of Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. It received its Royal charter in 1883 and is a member of the Russell Group of Universities. The university is consistently recognised as providing high quality research-based...
compete in an annual varsity match
Varsity match
A varsity match is a sporting fixture between two university rivals; in its original and most common form, it is used to describe meetings between Oxford University and Cambridge University.-Popular British and Irish Varsity matches:*University of Oxford v...
, known as the Welsh version of the Oxbridge
Oxbridge
Oxbridge is a portmanteau of the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge in England, and the term is now used to refer to them collectively, often with implications of perceived superior social status...
event, which includes the Welsh Varsity
Welsh Varsity
The Welsh Varsity takes place every year between Cardiff University and Swansea University. The many sports represented at this event include rugby union, hockey, squash, badminton, lacrosse, rowing, golf, basketball, football, netball, fencing and an array of other sports including many martial...
rugby and The Welsh Boat Race
The Welsh Boat Race
The Welsh Boat Race, also known as the Welsh University Boat Race and The Welsh Varsity Boat Race, is an annual rowing race in Wales between the Swansea University Rowing Club and the Cardiff University Boat Club, rowed between competing eights each spring on the River Tawe or River Taff in South...
.
Governance
Swansea received its royal charterRoyal Charter
A royal charter is a formal document issued by a monarch as letters patent, granting a right or power to an individual or a body corporate. They were, and are still, used to establish significant organizations such as cities or universities. Charters should be distinguished from warrants and...
in 1920 and like many universities is governed by its constitution
Constitution
A constitution is a set of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is governed. These rules together make up, i.e. constitute, what the entity is...
that is set out in its statutes and charter
Charter
A charter is the grant of authority or rights, stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified...
. The governing body of Swansea University is its Council, which, in turn, is supported by the Senate and the Court.
- The Council consists of 29 members including the Chancellor, Pro-chancellors, Vice-chancellor, Treasurer, Pro-vice-chancellors, staff and student members, city council representation and a majority of lay members. The council is responsible for all of the University's activities and has a well-developed committee structure to help discharge its powers and duties.
- The Senate consists of 200 members, the majority of whom are academics but includes also representatives from both the Students' Union and the Athletic UnionAthletic UnionAn Athletic Union or Athletics Union usually refers to the group of student sports clubs within a university or other institute of higher education, in the United Kingdom.-General information:...
. The senate is chaired by the Vice-Chancellor, who is the head of the university both academically and administratively. The senate is the main academic body of the university and is responsible for teaching and research. - The Court consists of over 300 members, who represent the stakeholders in the university and stretch from local to national institutions. The court meets annually to discuss the university's annual report and its financial statements, as well as to discuss current issues in higher educationHigher educationHigher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...
Academic Structure=
Swansea University's academic departments are organised into 6 colleges:
The College of Arts and Humanities
American Studies, Ancient History, Egyptology, Applied Linguistics, Classics, Cymraeg/Welsh, English, French, German, History, Italian, Mediaeval Studies, Media Studies (with Film and PR options), Politics & International Relations, PPE, Spanish-Hispanic Studies, Translation, War and SocietyThe College of Business, Economics and Law
The School of Business and Economics: Accounting, Business, Economic, Finance, Management ScienceThe School of Law: International Maritime, Trade and Commercial Law, Business & Law. Legal Practice Course, Graduate Diploma in Law, IISTL, CEELP, LLB
The College of Engineering
Aerospace, Chemical and Biological, Civil, Electrical and Electronic, Information, Communication & Computing Technology, Materials, Mechanical, Medical, Product Design, Engineering & Technology, Sport & Exercise ScienceThe College of Human and Health Science
Audiology, Applied Social Sciences, Cancer Care, Childhood Studies, Clinical Physiology, Midwifery, Medical Sciences & Humanities, Nursing (Adult, Child, Mental), Osteopathy, Paramedic Science, Pre-Hospital Care, Psychology, Public Health and Health Promotion, RadiographyThe College of MedicineSwansea University School of MedicineSwansea University College of Medicine is a medical school in the Swansea University campus with additional teaching centres located throughout South and West Wales, including Cefn Coed, Singleton Hospital and Morriston Hospital in Swansea, Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli, Withybush Hospital in...
Graduate Entry Medicine (4-year programme), Centre for Health Information, Biochemistry, Genetics, Institute of Life Sciences 1 & 2, BioMedical ResearchThe College of Science
Anthropology, Biological Sciences, Centre for Development Studies, Computer Science, Cosmology, Geography, Marine Biology, Mathematics, Pure Mathematics, Physics, Sociology, Topographic Science, ZoologyResearch=
Swansea is a highly research intensive university with 52 Centres of Research. The 2008 Research Assessment Exercise
Research Assessment Exercise
The Research Assessment Exercise is an exercise undertaken approximately every 5 years on behalf of the four UK higher education funding councils to evaluate the quality of research undertaken by British higher education institutions...
rankings for Swansea showed a doubling of world-leading research and the largest increase in
internationally excellent research in the whole of the UK, resulting in Swansea University climbing 13 places in the UK rankings from 2001 to 2008. Almost 50 per cent of all research at Swansea University was assessed as world-leading or internationally excellent - 4* and 3*- the top two categories of assessment.
Within Wales, out of 31 subject areas submitted in the RAE, Swansea University came first in 17 areas, and first or second in 24 areas.
| Research area for which Swansea University is first in Wales |
|---|
| Allied Health Professions and Studies (Biomedicine) |
| American Studies and Anglophone Area Studies |
| Civil Engineering |
| Classics, Ancient History, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies |
| Computer Science |
| Development Studies |
| Economics and Econometrics |
| French |
| Health Services Research |
| German, Dutch and Scandinavian Languages |
| General Engineering and Mineral & Mining Engineering |
| History |
| Italian |
| Iberian and Latin American Languages |
| Metallurgy and Materials |
| Physics |
| Pure Mathematics |
| Social Work and Social Policy and Administration |
Recent Research
Recent research interests include being part of the Bloodhound SSCBloodhound SSC
Bloodhound SSC is the name of a project aiming to break the land speed record with a pencil-shaped car powered by a jet engine and a rocket designed to reach approximately...
land-speed record attempt in the area of Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamic design. The university was also a key partner in the successful Thrust SSC land-speed record attempt.
The university has a connection with CERN
CERN
The European Organization for Nuclear Research , known as CERN , is an international organization whose purpose is to operate the world's largest particle physics laboratory, which is situated in the northwest suburbs of Geneva on the Franco–Swiss border...
. At CERN, university staff were part of the first team to create antihydrogen and later trapping it. The current leader of the Large Hadron Collider
Large Hadron Collider
The Large Hadron Collider is the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator. It is expected to address some of the most fundamental questions of physics, advancing the understanding of the deepest laws of nature....
project is a former Alumni Dr Lyn Evans.
Staff at the Clinical Haemorheology Laboratory, next to Morriston Hospital’s A&E department, have been working with Haemair and the University’s Complex Fluids Group in the Department of Engineering on developing a patented prosthetic lung and respiratory aid It has been showcased in the Science Museum in London. It is likely to be of huge benefit to patients with chronic lung diseases including emphysema, Cystic Fibrosis and severe asthma, and could be an alternative to a lung transplant in some cases. It could also play a major role in short-term care for patients suffering temporary lung failure.The lung could be available for patients within five years.
Multidisciplinary Nanotechnology Centre
The new Centre brings together more than 30 experts from a range of disciplines (engineering, physics, chemistry, biology and medicine) and a central suite of laboratories housing state-of-the-art facilities. The Centre is recognised as a growth area within the University that will spearhead the nanotechnology activity across the whole of Wales. Of particular interests are directions based on semiconductors, oxides, liquids, organic and biological materials. Emerging fields such as bio-electronics, nano-medicine, nano-fabrication, nano-rheology, fundamental modelling at the nanoscopic level and bio-nanotechnology have been identified as key areas to develop.Institute of Life Sciences
This is the rapidly expanding research and commercial arm of the School of Medicine and is one of the most significant developments on any UK university campus it aims to convert research carried out by the School of Medicine into commercial products. At £52million, Institute of Life Science is the largest investment in research ever made at Swansea. The second phase of the Institute Life Science opened in November 2011 and cost £29million.Boots Centre for Innovation
Boots Centre for Innovation was created in April 2007 as a non profit making partnership between Boots the Chemist, Longbow Capital, Swansea University and the Welsh Assembly Government. The Centre was created to work closely with early stage companies or lone inventors to develop innovative new products and technologies within the health and beauty sectors, and to eventually launch new consumer products for the shelves of Boots stores.Welsh Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience
The Universities of Cardiff and Bangor have developed a pioneering collaborative venture that researches illnesses such as strokes, dementia and brain injuries. These three faculties, home to over 250 academics and researchers, have brought in approximately £11 million in grants in just the last three years.The Welsh Assembly Government decided to build upon these strengths by investing over £5 million to establish the new multi-centre Wales Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience (WICN). The institute draws together the three psychology faculties, with investment in a shared management structure, administrative support, and additional academic appointments, as well as equipment and technical support in order to grow as one institute in the study and application of cognitive and clinical neuroscience.
Other Centres and Institutes
| Callaghan Centre for the Study of Conflict |
| Centre for Child Research |
| Centre for Children and Young People’s Health |
| Centre for Complex Fluids Processing |
| Centre for Contemporary German Literature |
| Centre for Criminal Justice and Criminology |
| Centre for Development Studies |
| Centre for Egyptology & Mediterranean Archaeology |
| Centre for Environmental and Energy Law and Policy |
| Centre for Innovative Ageing |
| Centre For Medieval And Early Modern Research |
| Centre for Migration Policy Research |
| Centre for NanoHealth |
| Centre for Research into Iberian Stage and Screen |
| Centre for Social Work and Social Care Research |
| Centre for Sustainable Aquaculture Research |
| Centre for the Comparative Study of the Americas |
| Centre for the Study of Culture and Politics |
| Centre for Urban Theory |
| Chernobyl Tissue Bank |
| Civil and Computational Engineering |
| Climate and Land-Surface Systems Interaction Centre-CLASSIC |
| Centre for Research into the English Literature and Language of Wales-CREW |
| Electronics System Design Centre |
| EPSRC National Mass Spectrometry Service Centre |
| Future Interaction Technology Lab |
| Centre for Research into Gender in Culture and Society-GENCAS |
| Glaciology Group |
| Research Group Greenland Ice Sheet-GLIMPSE Project GLIMPSE Project GLIMPSE is a 5-year project to investigate the controls on thinning at the margin of the Greenland Ice Sheet. It is based in the Glaciology Group at the School of the Environment and Society, Swansea University... |
| Hywel Dda Institute |
| Institute of Environmental Sustainability |
| Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law |
| Institute of Mass Spectrometry |
| Kyknos-The Centre for Research in Ancient Narrative Literature |
| Materials Research Centre |
| National Centre for Public Policy |
| Performance Engineering Training Consortium |
| Research Group for Health, History and Culture |
| Research Institute for Arts and Humanities |
| The Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Ageing |
| Translation and Multilingualism |
| Vocabulary Acquisition Research Group |
| Welsh Centre for Printing and Coating |
| Welsh Economy Labour Market Evaluation and Research Centre-WELMERC |
| Wittgensteinian Studies |
Campus=
The majority of university buildings are on the Singleton Campus, based in the grounds of Singleton Park
Singleton Park
Singleton Park is the largest urban park in the city of Swansea and is located in Sketty. The park has hosted many entertainment and cultural events such as Party in the Park and Proms in the Park which were regular events by local stations The Wave & Swansea Sound and other music events held by...
, adjacent to Swansea Bay
Swansea Bay
Swansea Bay is a bay on the Bristol Channel on the South Wales coast. Places on the bay include Mumbles, Swansea and Port Talbot. The River Neath, River Tawe, River Afan and Blackpill stream flow into the bay....
. The campus also includes the nearby Sports Village and Hendrefoelan Student Village, about 2.5 miles away.
Library
In 2011, the university's Library & Information Services and Administrative Computing Unit merged to form Information Services and Systems. ISS provides a combined library, IT and careers service. The main Library & Information Centre on the Singleton campus has over 800,000 books and periodicals, along with access to a wide range of electronic resources including over 23,000 electronic journals. There are over 1,000 study spaces, almost half of which are equipped with networked PCs. LIS was awarded the Charter Mark in 2006, and received the new Customer Service Excellence award in 2009.The Library & Information Centre also has major archive collections, based on the South Wales Coalfield Collection, several papers of Welsh writers in English and the Richard Burton
Richard Burton
Richard Burton, CBE was a Welsh actor. He was nominated seven times for an Academy Award, six of which were for Best Actor in a Leading Role , and was a recipient of BAFTA, Golden Globe and Tony Awards for Best Actor. Although never trained as an actor, Burton was, at one time, the highest-paid...
Collection, which was recently donated by Burton's wife, Sally
Sally Burton
Sally Burton , also known as Sally Hay Burton , was the fourth and last wife of actor Richard Burton.-Marriage:...
. It is hoped that the collection will form the hub of a learning resource dedicated to the actor’s life and work.
Recent developments include a major extension in opening hours, the transfer of the stock of the Morriston Hospital Nursing Library to the Library and Information Centre and the creation of the Richard Burton Archives which house his personal possessions as well as the South Wales Coalfield Collection .
Sports Village
Swansea University's sports centre is located near the main campus on the western side of Sketty Lane. The university sports centre is separate to the adjacent King Edward V Playing fields to the west. The sports centre is used by the university for its sports degree courses as well for general student recreation. Facilities include an indoor 6-lane running track, gymnasium, sports hall, tennis courts, squash courts and a climbing wall. Outdoor facilities include an 8-lane running track and floodlit playing fields including rugby, football, lacrosse and cricket pitches.Wales National PoolWales National PoolThe Wales National Pool in the Sketty area of Swansea, Wales, is a 50 metre swimming pool built to FINA standards. The facility, which also has a 25m x 9.5m training pool and 1,200 spectator seats, is used to train Wales' world class aquatic sports athletes and houses the headquarters of the...
/ Pwll Cenedlaethol Cymru
The Wales National Pool in the Sketty area of Swansea, Wales, is a 50 metre swimming pool built to FINA standards. The facility, which also has a 25m x 9.5m training pool and 1,200 spectator seats, is used to train Wales' world class aquatic sports athletes and houses the headquarters of the Wales Amateur Swimming Association.The pool is one of five of British Swimming's Intensive Training Centres (ITC), used to train swimmers for the London 2012 Olympics. The facility was built with funding from Sport Wales, Swansea Council and Swansea University and is built on the site of the university's sports centre.
Xtreme Radio 1431AM
Xtreme Radio is the radio station of the University, run by students. It was founded in November 1968 as Action Radio, making it the third oldest student radio station in the UK and oldest in Wales. It broadcasts to various areas around campus, around Swansea itself on 1431AM and worldwide on the internet. The station plays a wide variety of music, as well as having a number of specialist programmes including talk and sports shows.Museum of Egyptian Antiquities (Egypt Centre)
Located within the Taliesin building, the Egypt Centre is a museum of Egyptian antiquities open to the public. There are over 4000 items in the collection. Most of them were collected by the pharmacist Sir Henry Wellcome. Others came to the university from: the British Museum; the Royal Edinburgh Museum; National Museums and Galleries of Wales Cardiff; the Royal Albert Museum and Art Gallery and also private donors.Egypt Centre staff regularly give lectures and talks to museum groups and other outside bodies on widening participation in university museums; social inclusion and volunteering. Schools regularly visit us to take part in a stimulating and interactive programme of events.
Student accommodation
Swansea University provides approximately 3400 places in University halls and aims to offer accommodation to over 98% of new Undergraduate students who request it. Accommodation is also available for all International Postgraduate students.Swansea University maintains on-campus and off-campus halls of residence and the purpose built Hendrefoelan Student Village. Several new halls of residence were completed in 2004 and in 2008.
There are also a number of university managed properties in the Uplands and Brynmill areas of the city.
Hendrefoelan Student Village
Hendrefoelan Student Village is the university’s largest residence site where 1644 students live in self-catering accommodation. The Hendrefoelan estate is 2.5 miles from the campus, just off the main Swansea to Gower road, set amongst mature woodland with open grassy areas. The campus host's a mini-supermarket, launderette, bar and diner. Busses run from the campus to the University, City Centre, Swansea Stadium and various Hospitals within the city. The campus is near the Killay shopping precinct.Campus halls
There are nine halls that make up the campus residences providing accommodation to around 1226 students. The halls offer a combination of part and self-catered rooms and a choice of standard or ensuite study rooms. Three of these halls (Caswell, Langland and Oxwich) were completed in 2004 and the original halls (Kilvey, Preseli, Rhossili and Cefn Bryn, formerly known as Sibly, Lewis Jones, Mary Williams Annexe and Mary Williams respectively) have undergone some refurbishment in recent years. Penmaen and Horton are the newest addition to the campus residences providing 351 self-catered, ensuite study rooms. Many rooms have views over the bay or across the park.Tŷ Beck / Beck House
Six large Victorian town houses situated in the Uplands area of Swansea, approximately a mile from the Singleton campus. Predominantly provide rooms for postgraduates and students with families, as well as overseas exchange students.Recent developments
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
, English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, Geography
Geography
Geography is the science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth". The first person to use the word "geography" was Eratosthenes...
and Computer Science while The Department of Chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
has been closed down. However, recent course additions include Aerospace Engineering
Aerospace engineering
Aerospace engineering is the primary branch of engineering concerned with the design, construction and science of aircraft and spacecraft. It is divided into two major and overlapping branches: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering...
as well as a partnership with Cardiff University
Cardiff University
Cardiff University is a leading research university located in the Cathays Park area of Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. It received its Royal charter in 1883 and is a member of the Russell Group of Universities. The university is consistently recognised as providing high quality research-based...
to provide a four-year accelerated graduate-entry medical degree (MB BCh) in Swansea which was launched in 2004. In 2007 Swansea University was awarded the four year course on its own.http://www.newswales.co.uk/?section=Health&F=1&id=13762
The Western Britain chapter of the International Conference for the Study of Political Thought was moved to the Department of Politics & International Relations from Exeter University earlier in 2006.
In July 2007 the £52 million Institute of Life Science (ILS) opened as the research arm of the university's school of medicine. The ILS is based in a six-storey building housing laboratories, business incubation suites and an IBM Blue C supercomputer. The supercomputer is used for projects including numerically-intensive analysis of viral genomes, epidemiological modelling, large clinical databases and analysis of the genetics of disease susceptibility. In July 2009, an expansion of the ILS was announced with a £29m investment from Swansea University, the Welsh Assembly Government, the European Union and Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board. ILS2 was completed in November 2011.
In November 2007, the University announced a collaboration with Navitas to found an International College - International College Wales Swansea to provide foundation, 1st year degree and Pre-Masters programmes on campus. The first intake was September 2008.
Campus Expansion
In written evidence presented to the Welsh Assembly'sNational Assembly for Wales
The National Assembly for Wales is a devolved assembly with power to make legislation in Wales. The Assembly comprises 60 members, who are known as Assembly Members, or AMs...
Enterprise and Learning Committee in January 2008, the university stated that it was "at an advanced stage of discussion" about a new 'Innovation Campus' on a second site.
This 'Innovation Campus' aims to capitalise on the University’s growing research expertise and interactions with major international companies such as BP and Rolls Royce. At the same time it will create significant additional student places principally in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics to meet demand, which cannot be physically achieved within the existing Singleton Park Campus alone. More particularly it will address the deficiency in science and technology research in Wales which is an essential component in building the Welsh Knowledge Economy.
Swansea University is undergoing rapid, research-led growth fuelled by an aggressive development strategy. Long-established strengths in Engineering and Physical Sciences are complemented by the Institute of Life Science, Europe’s first centre for Nano-health, and the Institute of Advanced Telecommunications, all of which enjoy research funding support from world-leading multinational companies.
The 'Innovation Campus' will be developed on a 100 acre (0.404686 km²) site near Fabian Way at Crymlyn Burrows
Crymlyn Burrows
Crymlyn Burrows is an area of land in Wales, UK to the east of Swansea city centre, and south of Crymlyn Bog. It is bounded by Jersey Marine Beach to the south and the River Neath to the east...
and will be home to Engineering, Computing, Telecommunications, the Business and Law Schools and a range of "research/test facilities" for large and small companies.
Outline planning permission was granted in December 2010 by Neath Port Talbot Borough Council and the final tranch of funding was guaranteed by the Welsh Assembly Government in March 2011. The final designs are now being prepared by architects in conjunction with the Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment and work is expected to begin in 2012.
Meanwhile, the Singleton Park campus is to undergo renovation with vacated buildings to be adapted or demolished. The buildings earmarked for demolition are: Vivian Tower, Talbot building, Taliesin Annexe and Union House.
University rankings=
The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
university 2008 Top 100 league table listed the university as the 46th best university in the UK, up from 50th position in 2004 but down from 42nd in 2005. The university picked up the 2005 Times Higher Education Supplement Award for the UK's "best student experience". However, the survey was criticised by some, as it was carried out by the Student Panel making the sample self-selected and therefore unscientific. The university is also listed as one of the top 500 universities in the World at 401 to 500 in the 2006 Shanghai Jiao Tong University World Rankings
Academic Ranking of World Universities
The Academic Ranking of World Universities , commonly known as the Shanghai ranking, is a publication that was founded and compiled by the Shanghai Jiaotong University to rank universities globally. The rankings have been conducted since 2003 and updated annually...
. Additionally, the 2008 Times Higher Education Supplement of World University Rankings places Swansea as 347th in the world, up from 401-500 in 2007.
In July 2011, Vice-Chancellor Richard Davies unveiled at the Honorary Fellows’ Dinner a strategy agreed between Swansea University, the Welsh Assembly Government and the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) to achieve Swansea’s ambitions to become a World top 200 institution.
The Times Good University Guide 2005 places Swansea second to Cambridge out of 45 universities for Civil Engineering.
Notable alumni=
Science, Engineering and Technology
- Sir Terry MatthewsTerry MatthewsSir Terence Hedley Matthews OBE, FIEE, FREng is a Welsh business magnate, serial high tech entrepreneur, and Wales's first billionaire....
OBEOrder of the British EmpireThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
technological entrepreneur - Dr Lyn EvansLyn EvansDr Lyn Evans , is a Welsh scientist, the project leader of the CERN, Switzerland-based Large Hadron Collider....
, CBE, Project Leader, Large Hadron ColliderLarge Hadron ColliderThe Large Hadron Collider is the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator. It is expected to address some of the most fundamental questions of physics, advancing the understanding of the deepest laws of nature....
, CERN - Alan CoxAlan CoxAlan Cox is a British computer programmer who formerly maintained the 2.2 branch of the Linux kernel and continues to be heavily involved in the development of the Linux kernel, an association that dates back to 1991...
(shared with University of Wales, AberystwythUniversity of Wales, AberystwythAberystwyth University is a university located in Aberystwyth, Wales. Aberystwyth was a founding Member Institution of the former federal University of Wales. As of late 2006, the university had over 12,000 students spread across seventeen academic departments.The university was founded in 1872 as...
), LinuxLinuxLinux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
pioneer - Robin MilnerRobin MilnerArthur John Robin Gorell Milner FRS FRSE was a prominent British computer scientist.-Life, education and career:...
, Computer Scientist - Professor Olgierd ZienkiewiczOlgierd ZienkiewiczOlgierd Cecil Zienkiewicz, CBE, FREng, FRS was a British academic, mathematician, and civil engineer. He was born in Caterham, England. He was one of the early pioneers of the finite element method...
, pioneer of computational methods for engineering - Colin PillingerColin PillingerColin Trevor Pillinger, CBE, is a planetary scientist at the Open University in the UK. He was the principal investigator for the British Beagle 2 Mars lander project, and has done much work studying a group of Martian meteorites.In May 2005 Pillinger was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.-Early...
CBE, Planetary Scientist - Andy HopperAndy HopperAndrew Hopper CBE FRS FREng FIET is the Professor of Computer Technology and Head of the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory and an Honorary Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge.-Research:...
CBEOrder of the British EmpireThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
FRS, co-founder of Acorn Computers Ltd - Sir John Meurig ThomasJohn Meurig ThomasSir John Meurig Thomas FRS is a leading British chemist and educator primarily known for his work on heterogeneous catalysis, solid-state chemistry, and surface and materials science. He has authored over one thousand scientific articles and several books, including Principles and Practice of...
, Chemist - Edward George BowenEdward George BowenEdward George 'Taffy' Bowen, CBE, FRS was a British physicist who made a major contribution to the development of radar, and so helped win both the Battle of Britain and the Battle of the Atlantic...
FRS CBE, Radiophysicist - Jonathan ElphickJonathan ElphickJonathan Elphick is a natural history author, editor and consultant. He is an eminent ornithologist, a qualified zoologist; Fellow of the Zoological Society of London and a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London...
, Ornithologist and Zoologist
Business
- Martin Coles, President of Starbucks Coffee International
- Ron Jones, Director of Tinopolis plc.
Politics
- Sylvia HealSylvia HealSylvia Lloyd Heal is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Halesowen and Rowley Regis from 1997 to 2010, having previously been the MP for Mid Staffordshire from 1990 to 1992...
, former MP and Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons - Lord Anderson of SwanseaDonald Anderson, Baron Anderson of SwanseaDonald Anderson, Baron Anderson of Swansea, PC, DL , is a British Labour Party politician, who was a Member of Parliament for Swansea East from 1966 to 1970 and from 1974 to 2005....
, former MP - Mike HedgesMike Hedges (Welsh Politician)Michael John Hedges AM is a Welsh Labour politician, who has represented the constituency of Swansea East since the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election with a majority of 8,281 and with 58.36% of the total vote.-Personal History:...
, AM for Swansea East - Peter BlackPeter Black (Welsh politician)Peter Black is a Welsh Liberal Democrat politician, and Member of the Welsh Assembly for the South Wales West Region.-Background:...
, AM for South Wales West - Andrew Davies, former AM for Swansea West and former Minister for Finance and Public Service Delivery, Welsh Assembly GovernmentWelsh Assembly GovernmentThe Welsh Government is the devolved government of Wales. It is accountable to the National Assembly for Wales, the legislature which represents the interests of the people of Wales and makes laws for Wales...
- Hywel FrancisHywel FrancisDr Hywel Francis is a Welsh Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Aberavon since 2001.-Background:...
MP for Aberavon - Sian JamesSian James (politician)Siân Catherine James is a Welsh Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Swansea East since 2005.-Early life:She spent most of her childhood in the Swansea Valley, where her parents ran a public house...
, MP for Swansea East - Val LloydVal LloydValerie "Val" Lloyd AM is a Welsh Labour politician, who has represented the constituency of Swansea East at the National Assembly for Wales since 2001.-Education:...
, former AM for Swansea East - Anne MainAnne MainAnne Margaret Main is a Conservative Party politician in Britain. She was elected at the 2005 general election as the Member of Parliament for St Albans, defeating the Labour incumbent Kerry Pollard, and was re-elected in 2010....
, MP for St Albans - Rod RichardsRod RichardsRoderick Richards was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Clwyd North West, in Wales, from 1992 to 1997, when he lost his seat in the Labour Party landslide...
, former MP for North West Clwyd and former AM for North Wales - Mark TamiMark TamiMark Richard Tami is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Alyn and Deeside since 2001.-Early life:...
, MP for Alyn and Deeside - Isatou Njie-Saidy, Vice President of The GambiaThe GambiaThe Republic of The Gambia, commonly referred to as The Gambia, or Gambia , is a country in West Africa. Gambia is the smallest country on mainland Africa, surrounded by Senegal except for a short coastline on the Atlantic Ocean in the west....
Academia
- Geoffrey ThomasGeoffrey ThomasGeoffrey Price Thomas was President of Kellogg College, Oxford and Director of Oxford University Department for Continuing Education until 2008....
, President of Kellogg College, OxfordKellogg College, OxfordKellogg College is one of the largest and most international graduate constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Kellogg College is a graduate college and admissions are not open to undergraduates. The college focuses on the concept of higher, postgraduate and lifelong learning... - Andy Hopper CBEOrder of the British EmpireThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
FRS, Head of Computing at Cambridge University - Professor Dame Jean ThomasJean Thomas (academic)Dame Jean Olwen Thomas, DBE, FMedSci, FLSW, FRS is Master of St Catharine's College, Cambridge.She was born in Treboeth, Swansea to John Robert and Lorna Thomas, attended Llwyn-y-Bryn High School for Girls and then studied chemistry at the University of Wales, gaining a first class B.Sc in 1964...
, first female Master, St Catharine's College, Cambridge - Professor Colin H. WilliamsColin H. WilliamsColin H. Williams, is Research Professor in Sociolinguistics in the School of Welsh, Cardiff University.-Biography:...
sociolinguist - Professor Sir Glanmor WilliamsGlanmor WilliamsSir Glanmor Williams was one of Wales's most eminent historians.Sir Glanmor was born in Dowlais, into a working-class family, and was educated at Cyfarthfa Castle School. He studied at Aberystwyth alongside Alun Lewis and Emyr Humphreys, becoming a specialist in the early modern period of Welsh...
- D.Z. Phillips, philosopher
- Ludwig WittgensteinLudwig WittgensteinLudwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein was an Austrian philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language. He was professor in philosophy at the University of Cambridge from 1939 until 1947...
philosopher; spent six months in 1941 writing and teaching at Swansea University - Jon LatimerJon LatimerJonathan David Latimer was an historian and writer based in Wales. His books include Operation Compass 1940 , Tobruk 1941 , Deception in War , Alamein , Burma: The Forgotten War and 1812: War with America which won a...
, historian - Peter CottrellPeter CottrellMajor Peter James Cottrell . Anglo-Welsh soldier, sailor, writer, educator and revisionist military historian of the Irish War of Independence and Irish Civil War.-Biography:...
novelist and historian - Rush RheesRush RheesRush Rhees was a philosopher at Swansea University from 1940 to 1966Rhees is principally known as a student, friend, and literary executor of the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. With G. E. M. Anscombe, he edited Wittgenstein's posthumous Philosophical Investigations , a highly influential work...
philosopher
Sporting
- Rob HowleyRob HowleyRobert Howley is a former Welsh rugby union footballer. He was considered one of the greatest ever scrum-halves and gained 59 caps for Wales, 22 of them as captain.Howley made his Wales debut in February 1996...
, WalesWales national rugby union teamThe Wales national rugby union team represent Wales in international rugby union tournaments. They compete annually in the Six Nations Championship with England, France, Ireland, Italy and Scotland. Wales have won the Six Nations and its predecessors 24 times outright, second only to England with...
and British LionsBritish and Irish LionsThe British and Irish Lions is a rugby union team made up of players from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales...
rugby union international - Alun Wyn JonesAlun Wyn JonesAlun Wyn Jones is a Welsh international rugby union rugby player, currently playing for the Ospreys in the Celtic League. Having previously represented Wales at under-21 level, he made his Test debut for Wales in June 2006 against Argentina. Originally playing as a blindside flanker, he has shown...
, Welsh rugby union international - Simon JonesSimon Jones (cricketer)Simon Philip Jones MBE is a Welsh cricketer, who played internationally for England. Formerly playing his county cricket for Glamorgan County Cricket Club and then Worcestershire before moving in September 2009 to Hampshire. He is currently on a month's loan with his first county, Glamorgan...
, Hampshire and England cricketer - Ian Hammond, bronze medallist in 20k walk at the MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
Olympic Games, 1976 - John McFallJohn McFall (athlete)John McFall is a Cardiff-based British Paralympic sprinter. In 2000, when he was 19 years old, his right leg was amputated above the knee following a serious motorcycle accident. He took up running again after being fitted with a prosthesis, and participated in his first race in 2004...
, Paralympic sprinter - Sam Barnett, Runner up in the Caber Toss, Cowal Highland GatheringCowal Highland GatheringThe Cowal Highland Gathering is an annual Highland games event held in the Scottish town of Dunoon, Argyll, over the final weekend in August.-History:...
(DunoonDunoonDunoon is a resort town situated on the Cowal Peninsula in Argyll, Scotland. It sits on the Firth of Clyde to the south of Holy Loch and to the west of Gourock.-Waterfront:...
, Scotland), 1981 - Benjamin GrahamBenjamin GrahamBenjamin Graham was an American economist and professional investor. Graham is considered the first proponent of value investing, an investment approach he began teaching at Columbia Business School in 1928 and subsequently refined with David Dodd through various editions of their famous book...
, former professional American Footballer - Dwayne PeelDwayne PeelDwayne John Peel is a Welsh rugby union player who plays for Sale Sharks and Wales. He is the most capped scrum-half for the Wales national rugby union team....
, Welsh rugby union international - Mike Hooper, Former Liverpool Goalkeeper
- Daniel CainesDaniel CainesDaniel Stephen Caines is an English athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres.-Early life:He was educated at Solihull School, a British independent school in the affluent West Midlands town of Solihull...
, Athlete - Jazz Carlin, British Olympic Swimmer
Arts
- Sir Kingsley William Amis, CBE
- Annabelle ApsionAnnabelle ApsionAnnabelle Apsion is an English actress, best known for playing Monica Gallagher in the hit television comedy-drama Shameless, which she played intermittently between 2004 and 2006, before becoming a regular cast member for the show's fourth series in 2007. She left the show in 2008 in order to...
television and film actress - Richey Edwards and Nicky WireNicky WireNicholas Allen Jones, known as Nicky Wire, is the lyricist, bassist and occasional vocalist with the Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers.-Early life:...
of rock group Manic Street PreachersManic Street PreachersManic Street Preachers are a Welsh alternative rock band, formed in 1986. They are James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire, Richey Edwards and Sean Moore. The band are part of the Cardiff music scene, and were at their most prominent during the 1990s... - Jonathan Hill, Presenter Wales TonightWales TonightWales Tonight is a national television news and current affairs programme, also including local sports news and local features of interest, produced by ITV Wales at its studios in the western outskirts of Cardiff....
on ITV Wales - Paul MoorcraftPaul MoorcraftPaul Leslie Moorcraft is the Director of the Centre for Foreign Policy Analysis in London and visiting professor at Cardiff University's School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies.-Personal life:...
(writer) - Stuart ForsterStuart ForsterStuart Forster is a photojournalist, photographer and writer from North-East England.In May 2009 one of his images, photographed during a demonstration in Delhi, India, was selected for inclusion in the National Union of Journalists Photography Matters exhibition of fifty of the strongest news...
, Travel journalist and photographer - Chris RobertsChris Roberts (author)Chris Roberts is a librarian in South London, England, and sometime walking tour guide, as he is the proprietor of F and M Walking Tours in London. The stories that Roberts incorporated into his walking tours became the inspiration for his book Heavy Words Lightly Thrown: The Reason Behind the...
, author of Heavy Words Lightly Thrown: The Reason Behind the Rhyme - Charlie WilliamsCharlie Williams (UK writer)Charlie Williams is an English writer born in 1971 who has published three novels and a number of short stories. Williams grew up in the town of Worcester on the borders of Western England, and was educated at Swansea University...
, author of The Mangel Trilogy - Liam Dutton, weather forecaster
- Sarah Hendy, television presenter on Price-drop tvPrice-drop tvPrice Drop is a British television shopping channel based in the UK, that runs daily live reversed auctions. It was the first reverse auction channel of its kind in the world. The channel first launched as Price-Drop.TV. The channel is owned by Bid Shopping....
and E4 Music - Mavis NicholsonMavis NicholsonMavis Nicholson is a British writer and TV broadcaster.She was born Mavis Mainwaring and spent her childhood in Briton Ferry. She became a student at Swansea University...
Television Broadcaster - Urien WiliamUrien WiliamUrien Wiliam , was a Welsh language novelist and dramatist.He was born in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, the son of Professor Stephen J. Williams, an academic at Swansea University...
Welsh language novelist and Playwright - Nicholas D. CooperNicholas D. CooperNicholas D. Cooper is an English actor.Cooper was born in Doncaster, South Yorkshire to Daud Cooper and Consuelas Heel. He has a younger brother, Wimancini. Cooper is a third-generation Englishman. He attended Swansea University in Swansea, Wales...
English actor - Jason MohammadJason MohammadJason Mohammad , is a British radio and television presenter.-Biography:Mohammad was born and raised in Cardiff, going to school at Glyn Derw High School...
Television/Radio presenter for BBC Wales
See also=
- Academic dress of the University of WalesAcademic dress of the University of WalesThe academic dress of the former University of Wales was designed for the first graduations in 1893, and has as its main identifying feature a faculty colour scheme involving 'shot silks'.- Gowns :...
- List of educational establishments in Swansea
- List of universities in Wales
- Singleton AbbeySingleton AbbeySingleton Abbey is a large, mainly 19th century mansion in Swansea, Wales. Today, the buildings are used to house administration offices for Swansea University...
- SwanseaSwanseaSwansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...
- Swansea University Students' UnionSwansea University Students' UnionSwansea University Students' Union is the students' union for Swansea University and is part of the part of National Union of Students of the United Kingdom. The Student Union aims to promote the interests of its students...
- The Welsh Boat RaceThe Welsh Boat RaceThe Welsh Boat Race, also known as the Welsh University Boat Race and The Welsh Varsity Boat Race, is an annual rowing race in Wales between the Swansea University Rowing Club and the Cardiff University Boat Club, rowed between competing eights each spring on the River Tawe or River Taff in South...
- University of WalesUniversity of WalesThe University of Wales was a confederal university founded in 1893. It had accredited institutions throughout Wales, and formerly accredited courses in Britain and abroad, with over 100,000 students, but in October 2011, after a number of scandals, it withdrew all accreditation, and it was...
- Welsh VarsityWelsh VarsityThe Welsh Varsity takes place every year between Cardiff University and Swansea University. The many sports represented at this event include rugby union, hockey, squash, badminton, lacrosse, rowing, golf, basketball, football, netball, fencing and an array of other sports including many martial...
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