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The University of Wales (Welsh: Prifysgol Cymru) is a confederal university based in Cardiff, Wales.Founded by royal charter in 1893 as a federal university with three constituent colleges – Aberystwyth, Bangor and Cardiff – the university was the first university established in Wales, one of the four countries in the United Kingdom.
Cardiff Metropolitan University briefly continued to supply its staff for the University of Wales to use as moderators for their overseas franchised degrees. [ 8 ] From 2004 to 2007, Cardiff Metropolitan University's Vice Chancellor, Tony Chapman , was the Senior Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of the University of Wales, whilst also ...
The University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology (UWIST; Welsh: Athrofa Gwyddoniaeth a Thechnoleg Prifysgol Cymru) was a public university college based in the centre of the city of Cardiff, Wales. In 1988, it merged with the University College Cardiff, which later became Cardiff University. [1] UWIST joined the university sector in ...
Cardiff University. There are currently eight universities operating in Wales, all of which receive funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW). [1] [2] Although university status in Wales only requires taught degree awarding powers (since 2004), [3] most Welsh universities have the power to award both taught and research degrees (research degrees at Wrexham University ...
Lord Aberdare was instrumental in the university's founding.. The foundation of the university college in Cardiff that was to become Cardiff University was part of the Welsh university movement of the second half of the 19th century, which also led to the foundation of the colleges at Aberystwyth and Bangor (now Aberystwyth and Bangor universities) and the federal University of Wales.
The University of South Wales (USW) (Welsh: Prifysgol De Cymru) is a public university in Wales, with campuses in Cardiff, Newport and Pontypridd. It was formed on 11 April 2013 from the merger of the University of Glamorgan and the University of Wales, Newport . [ 5 ]
The University of Wales Registry (Welsh: Cofrestrfa Prifysgol Cymru) is the administrative headquarters of the University of Wales, located in Cathays Park, Cardiff, Wales. [1] The University of Wales was a confederal University founded in 1893. It functioned as the degree-awarding authority for its member institutions and existed to support ...
The Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) was established in May 1992 under the Further and Higher Education Act 1992.HEFCW's responsibilities for initial teacher training (ITT), including the accreditation of ITT providers, are covered under the Education (School Teachers' Qualifications) (Wales) Regulations 2004 and the Education Act 2005.