53-836: UWS may refer to: Education [ edit ] Swansea University , a university in Wales formerly known as the University of Wales, Swansea University of the West of Scotland , a university operating across four campuses in Scotland University of Western States , a university in Portland, Oregon University of Western Sydney , a university in Australia University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, Sheboygan Campus ,
106-579: A 50-metre pool built to FINA standards. The facility, which also has a 25m × 9.5m training pool and 1,200 spectator seats, is HQ of Swim Wales . The pool, one of five of British Swimming 's Intensive Training Centres (ITC), was used to train swimmers for the London 2012 Olympics was built with funding from Sport Wales , Swansea Council and Swansea University. It is home to the Swim Wales National Performance Centre,
159-688: A 65-acre beachfront site between Fabian Way and Jersey Marine beach at Crymlyn Burrows. It houses much of the Faculty of Science and Engineering and the School of Management, a Great Hall seating 800, a library offering views over a Site of Special Scientific Interest, and student accommodation, as well as several research institutes. Aerial drone 360 views of Swansea university campus contracted by Swansea University in 2023 Aerial Drone 360 view of Swansea Campus and Singleton . Source: Aeroviews Swansea Bay Sports Park facilities include, five minutes' walk from
212-863: A campus located at Baglan Energy Park in Port Talbot. The Baglan campus houses a Renewable Hydrogen Research and Development Centre. A separate daily edition of the South Wales Evening Post is published for the Neath Port Talbot area. The paper's publisher, Reach plc , also produces a free weekly paper, the Neath Port Talbot Courier , which is inserted in Thursday's edition of the South Wales Evening Post. The local council publishes
265-641: A centre for Russian and East European studies, while Italian and Spanish joined the Department of French. There were many notable staff members at the university in the period, including the long-serving female professor of botany, Florence Mockeridge. Another was Glanmor Williams (history) who retired in 1982. Other well-known staff members were the author of novels such as Lucky Jim and That Uncertain Feeling , Kingsley Amis , who lectured in English in
318-515: A ceremony including the conferment of an honorary doctorate on Hillary Clinton . The school is situated at the Singleton Campus. Plans to move to purpose-built premises on the university's Bay Campus were shelved in the wake of an internal and police investigation into alleged wrongdoing involving the senior staff. This new development was to house commercial law firms, technology companies, national and international agencies, along with
371-662: A chair in the United Kingdom. This met with some reaction from senior men at the college, one of whom she would later marry. Saunders Lewis , the well-known Welsh language writer and activist, became a member of staff in 1922 although he ran up against controversy in 1936/37 for trying to set fire to a Royal Air Force bombing school on the Llŷn Peninsula . He was tried at the Old Bailey and sent to prison for nine months. When Singleton Abbey and its surrounding land
424-513: A hub for elite and performance swimming in Wales. This has included disability swimming under renowned coach Billy Pye who has trained several Paralympians in Swansea, including Ellie Simmonds and Liz Johnson. University sports science researchers provide back-up to the hub. The centre is also home to Swansea University Swimming and City of Swansea Aquatics. Located in the Taliesin building,
477-676: A leading role in the Welsh Economy Labour Markets Evaluation Research Centre (WELMERC), established in 2002 to research economic data related to Wales Swansea University Medical School is ranked fourth in the UK according to the Guardian University Guide 2022. In the 2014 and 2021 Research Excellence Framework its research impact was considered outstanding in terms of reach and significance. Established in 2004,
530-531: A neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York City, United States Sports [ edit ] United Women's Soccer , a second-division women's soccer league in the United States, founded in 2015 Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title UWS . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
583-830: A quarterly, Community Spirit , produced and funded in conjunction with seven other public sector partners. Community radio station is XS broadcasts to both Neath (97.4) and Port Talbot (107.9). Nation Radio Wales briefly broadcast to the wider South Wales region from studios in Neath, but is now based in Cardiff. The county borough is within the local commercial radio licence areas of Hits Radio South Wales , its sister station Greatest Hits Radio South Wales , Swansea Bay Radio and Heart South Wales . Neath Port Talbot used to be twinned with: In 2015, Neath Port Talbot terminated all its twin city relationships for financial reasons. The following people and military units have received
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#1732782925589636-425: A range of industry partners, including The Bevan Commission, Fujitsu, Greenaway Scott, and AgorIP. The School of Management provides a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses, including accounting and finance, business management, economics, tourism, and marketing. The school ranks in the UK top 30 for business and economics graduate prospects, and top 10 for accounting and finance. Alongside teaching,
689-477: A second or foreign language, and applied linguistics; English literature and creative writing; film and visual culture; history; media, communications, journalism, and public relations; modern languages, translation, and interpreting; and Welsh. In spring 2006, M Wynn Thomas and Dai Smith established the Library of Wales series as an offshoot of the school which has influenced Welsh Government policy to benefit
742-648: A university campus in the United States formerly known as the University of Wisconsin–Sheboygan University of Wisconsin–Stout , a university in the United States University of Wisconsin–Superior , a university in the United States Upper West Success Academy, the former name, renamed Success Academy Upper West, is part of Success Academy Charter Schools United World Schools, a non-profit organisation Places [ edit ] Upper West Side ,
795-517: Is a public research university located in Swansea , Wales , United Kingdom. It 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 title of Swansea University was formally adopted on 1 September 2007 when
848-427: Is also the site for Neath Port Talbot Hospital which is situated on Baglan Way, Port Talbot. The local Neath Port Talbot Council is the education authority in the area which operates primary schools and secondary schools within the county. The local education authority operates 6 infant schools, 6 junior schools, 56 primary schools, 11 secondary schools and 3 special schools. Further Education in Neath Port Talbot
901-415: Is bereft without culture.' Arts subjects were not taught immediately in 1920, but started in the following 'session', 1921–22. The first professors in those initial departments were D. Emrys Evans (classics), W.D. Thomas (English language and literature), Henry Lewis (Welsh), E. Ernest Hughes (History), F.A. Cavenagh (education) and Mary Williams (French). Williams was the first woman to be appointed to
954-407: Is governed by Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council . Neath Port Talbot is a staunch Labour stronghold, who have been in power since the authority's formation in 1996; although after the 2022 local elections, Labour failed to retain control over the council after losing several council seats. The unitary authority contains two whole constituencies which are: In 1991 Neath & Port Talbot
1007-666: Is governed by its constitution that is set out in its statutes and a charter . The governing body of Swansea University is its Council, which is supported by the Senate and the Court. List of vice-chancellors Principal Vice-Chancellor Swansea University's academic departments are organised into three faculties, which include a total of eleven schools: The school offers courses in American studies; classics, ancient history, and Egyptology; English language, teaching English as
1060-605: Is in the top quarter of the British University's sporting leagues. It competes with Cardiff University in the Welsh Varsity tournament, the largest student sports event in Wales. This includes The Welsh Boat Race and the showcase rugby union varsity match which attracted 16,000 students to Swansea's Liberty Stadium in 2015. The Wales National Pool , next to the Singleton Park Campus, is
1113-603: Is located at the Computational Foundry on the Bay Campus, which is situated along the beachfront. This £32.5 million facility offers teaching and research amenities. Neath Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot ( Welsh : Castell-nedd Port Talbot ) is a county borough in the south-west of Wales . Its principal towns are Neath , Port Talbot , Briton Ferry and Pontardawe . The county borough borders Bridgend County Borough and Rhondda Cynon Taf to
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#17327829255891166-624: Is located next to Jersey Marine Beach to the east of Swansea in the Neath Port Talbot area. The annual income of the institution for 2022–23 was £412.3 million of which £67.1 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £348 million. It is the third largest university in Wales in terms of number of students. It offers about 450 undergraduate courses, 280 postgraduate taught and 150 postgraduate research courses to 20,375 undergraduate and postgraduate students. The University College, Swansea, (as it
1219-582: Is provided by a range of institutions. St. Joseph's Catholic School & Sixth Form Centre in Port Talbot and Ysgol Gyfun Ystalyfera have traditional sixth form settings. NPTC Group operates from several sites within the county borough. The largest sites are located in Neath, Port Talbot and Pontardawe. The first dedicated higher education site in Neath Port Talbot opened in 2015 when Swansea University opened its science and innovation campus in Crymlyn Burrows . The University of South Wales has
1272-461: Is the largest law school in Wales and ranks third in the UK for criminology and 22nd in the UK for law (The Times Good University Guide 2019). Swansea University opened its School of Law in 1994, in order to complement its departments in engineering, the sciences, and arts and humanities. Known previously as the College of Law and Criminology, the school's name changed on 14 October 2017, as part of
1325-631: The Fiji national rugby union team in preparation for the 2015 Rugby World Cup . Sports science at the university ranks 13th in the Complete University Guide Sports Science Rankings 2023. The department has links with Swansea City A.F.C. , Ospreys and Welsh Athletics . Former scholars include Wales rugby union player Alun Wyn Jones , Olympic swimmer Georgia Davies , Paralympian swimmer Liz Johnson and Paralympian boccia player David Smith . Swansea
1378-548: The Singleton Park Campus. However, owing to rapid expansion, the university developed a 65-acre, £450 million beachfront science and innovation Bay Campus which opened in September 2015. Since then, Swansea University has operated as a dual-campus university with the 'Park Campus' located in its traditional Singleton Park grounds, and the Bay Campus, at Crymlyn Burrows. The Bay campus has been developed on
1431-414: The 1950s and early 1960s; Rush Rhees , who was a member of staff from 1940 to 1966, an expert on philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein ; and Kenneth O. Morgan (now Lord Morgan of Aberdyfi) who was a junior history lecturer from 1958 to 1966. In 1947, John Fulton , the university principal, had designs on creating the UK's first self-contained university campus. Located in the vast expanse of Singleton Park,
1484-893: The Egypt Centre is open to the public. More than 7,000 items are in its collection. Most were collected by the pharmacist and entrepreneur Sir Henry Wellcome . Others came from the British Museum, the Royal Edinburgh Museum, National Museums and Galleries of Wales Cardiff, the Royal Albert Museum and Art Gallery, and private donors. Staff lecture museum groups and other outside bodies on volunteering, social inclusion and how to widen community participation with university museums. School parties regularly visit for interactive events. Swansea received its royal charter in 1920 and like many universities
1537-693: The Graduate Diploma in Law), the Legal Practice Course and related LLM legal practice and advanced drafting, and LLM professional legal practice. Students are taught in lectures, discussion groups and interactive seminars by academics with extensive industry experience. In the Research Excellence Framework 2021, 87.5% of its research environment was rated internationally excellent and 78% of its research overall
1590-517: The Medical School works closely with government, industry and the NHS, in particular Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board, over teaching, research and innovation. It also has two Institute of Life Science research centres, equipped with clinical trials, medical imaging, research and business development facilities and a Centre for NanoHealth. Its research highlights include DNA damage and
1643-455: The Singleton Park Campus, the 50-metre Wales National Pool Swansea, eight-lane outdoor athletics track, six-lane indoor track and training centre, floodlit playing fields including rugby, football, lacrosse and cricket pitches, artificial hockey pitches, a sports hall, tennis and squash courts, a climbing wall and spin room. Facilities at the Bay Campus include a sports hall, multi-use games area, and gym. The University also owns training pitches in
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1696-722: The UK for Health Studies in the Complete University Guide 2023 and in the top ten for Nursing in The Guardian University Guide 2022. Research centres include: the Centre for Global Burns Injury Policy and Research; Centre for Innovative Ageing; Lactation, Infant Feeding and Translational Research; Swansea Centre for Health Economics; Swansea Centre for Improvement and Innovation; Developing Evidence Enriched Practice (DEEP). The School of Mathematics and Computer Science at Swansea University
1749-424: The University of Wales became a non-membership confederal institution and the former members became universities in their own right. Swansea University has three faculties across its two campuses which are located on the coastline of Swansea Bay . The Singleton Park Campus is set in the grounds of Singleton Park to the west of Swansea city centre . The £450 million Bay Campus, which opened in September 2015,
1802-565: The academics and students of the School. Teaching at the School of Law comprises undergraduate, postgraduate and professional courses. Undergraduate programmes include qualifying law degrees and joint honours programmes. Criminology courses moved to be part of the School of Social Sciences when the move to a Faculty structure took place. Postgraduate law programmes include LLMs in shipping and trade, human rights, legaltech and MA in cyber crime and terrorism and research degrees. Professional courses on offer include LLM law and legal practice (replacing
1855-644: The coast to the border of the Brecon Beacons National Park . The majority of the land is upland or semi-upland and 43% is covered by forestry with major conifer plantations in upland areas. Most of the lower-lying flat land is near the coast around Port Talbot. An extensive dune system stretches along much of the coast, broken by river mouths and areas of development. The upland areas are cut by five valleys: Vale of Neath , Dulais Valley , Afan Valley , Swansea Valley (or Tawe Valley), Upper Amman Valley . Modern settlement patterns reflect
1908-461: The college were the sciences, mathematics, metallurgy and engineering. The professors were A.R. Richardson (mathematics), E.J. Evans (physics), J.E. Coates (chemistry), A.E. Trueman (geology), C.A. Edwards (metallurgy) and F. Bacon (engineering). The university was granted a coat of arms by the College of Heralds in 1921 with the motto Gweddw Crefft Heb Ei Dawn , translated as 'technical skill
1961-601: The county borough compared to under than 14% in Wales as a whole; just under 70% of local jobs are in services compared to a Welsh average of nearly 80%. The Port Talbot Steelworks , operated by Tata , is the largest employer with approximately 3,000 staff (although in 1979 its predecessor employed 12,600); other large employers include General Electric , Hi-Lex Cable Systems Ltd (closing in 2021 ), TRW Steering Systems recently closed, Envases (UK) Ltd, Crown Food UK & Ireland, Toyoda Koki, Sofidel , Cornelius Electronics, Excel Electronics Assemblies, and Tedeco. Port Talbot
2014-403: The creative industries, cultural tourism and education. The School of Management is a leading UK provider of management, finance and accounting education, with 100% of its research rated internationally excellent or world-leading in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework . In 2015, the school relocated to the University's Bay Campus and is home to over 2,000 students, 150 members of staff and
2067-506: The east, Powys and Carmarthenshire to the north; and Swansea to the west. Neath Port Talbot is the eighth-most populous local authority area in Wales and the third most populous county borough. The population at the October 2024 about 141,900. The population in the coastal areas is mainly English-speaking, whereas in the valleys in the north of the borough there are many who are Welsh-speaking. The local authority area stretches from
2120-442: The following day. At the time of the reorganisation, many local people expected that Neath and Port Talbot districts would become separate unitary authorities, and there were protests when the new authority was announced. The whole of the Neath Port Talbot area was once part of the county of West Glamorgan , which in turn is part of the historic county of Glamorgan . Since local government re-organisation in 1996, Neath Port Talbot
2173-463: The industrial history of the area, with urban development along the flatter areas of the valleys and some parts of the coast. Neath with a population of 47,020 is the largest town, followed by Port Talbot (35,633), Briton Ferry (7,186), Pontardawe (5,035), and Glynneath (4,368). The majority of the population live in the coastal plain around Port Talbot and the land around the River Neath in
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2226-418: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=UWS&oldid=1248099679 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Swansea University Swansea University ( Welsh : Prifysgol Abertawe )
2279-723: The north of the city, in Fairwood , which it has developed alongside Swansea City A.F.C. During the 2012 Summer Olympics , the university hosted the training camps for the Mexican and New Zealand paralympic teams and the Ireland triathlon team. In 2014, it hosted the IPC Athletics European Championships . Furthermore, in 2015 it hosted the training camps of the Canada national rugby union team and
2332-413: The notable exception of Bryncoch South and Margam where the population grew by 47.29% and 41.36% respectively. Local council estimates show the population to have grown during the 2000s. On 1 April 1996, Neath Port Talbot was created from the former districts of Neath , Port Talbot and part of Lliw Valley . Originally known as "Neath and Port Talbot" in the legislation, the name change happened on
2385-507: The oldest parts of the university's estate, including Singleton Abbey , a large eighteenth-century mansion which was the ancestral home of the Vivian family , having been bought by the prominent industrialist, John Henry Vivian . Swansea University's foundation stone was laid by King George V in July 1920, welcoming 89 students, of whom eight were female. Subjects taught from the beginning of
2438-459: The safety of nanomaterials, the control of fungal diseases, children and young people's mental health, avoiding unnecessary medical interventions, and cholesterol in human health and disease. Swansea University's School of Health and Social Care offers courses in health and social care, healthcare science, nursing and midwifery, occupational therapy, osteopathy, operating department practice, paramedic science, and social work. It ranks fourth in
2491-458: The school also houses various research centres including The Centre for Visitor Economy Research (CVER), Emerging Markets Research Centre (EMaRC), The Hawkes Centre for Empirical Finance, Swansea iLab, Welsh Economy Labour Markets Evaluation Research Centre (WELMERC), The Bevan Commission, The Centre for Health and Environmental Management Research and Innovation (CHEMRI), Centre for People and Organisation. The Hillary Rodham Clinton School of Law
2544-440: The university only had 2 permanent buildings; Singleton Abbey and the library. The 1960s saw the university embark on a large campus development programme, aiming to fulfill Fulton's plan of becoming a self-contained community within the city. Along with new halls of residence, a Maths and Science Tower was built, with College House – later renamed Fulton House. For most of its history, Swansea University operated exclusively from
2597-504: The vicinity of Neath. Many of the larger towns in the borough lie within the Swansea Urban Area . The population in the region reached its peak in the 1930s. Census figures show a population of 151,563 in 1931. The population has shown a steady decline throughout the rest of the 20th century. The population stood at 134,471 in 2001. In the 1990s, most areas within the region showed a fall or little change in population with
2650-510: Was a distinct travel to work area (albeit with different boundaries to the current county borough), but the 2001-based revision has merged the locality into a wider Swansea Bay travel to work area. In June 2008, the economic activity and employment rates in Neath Port Talbot were below the Welsh average. However, earnings for full-time workers were higher than either the Welsh or British average. Manufacturing accounts for over 22% of jobs in
2703-574: Was handed to the college in 1923, arts subjects were moved there from the college's temporary site in Mount Pleasant. Student numbers remained relatively small until the Second World War. Swansea acquired departments of philosophy in 1925, German in 1931, economics in 1937, social policy in 1947, political theory and government in 1954 – the same year that a civil engineering and a geography department were added. In 1961 Swansea became
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#17327829255892756-400: Was known then), was established in 1920, opening its doors on 5 October. At the time, it was the youngest of the four colleges of the University of Wales. It was established on the recommendations of a Royal Commission set up in 1916. The college was founded on what were perceived as the needs and the wants of the local area, and Swansea's main industries in particular. The Park Campus houses
2809-784: Was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent. This research encompasses the school's numerous research centres including the Centre for Criminal Justice and Criminology, Cyber Threats Research Centre, The Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law, the Observatory on Human Rights of Children, and the Governance and Human Rights Research Group. The school offers courses in Criminology; Sociology and Social Policy, Economics, Education and Childhood Studies, and Politics, Philosophy and International Relations. The School of Social Sciences through its politics course plays
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