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The Welsh Joint Education Committee was established as a consortium of Welsh Local Education Authorities in 1948, replacing the Central Welsh Board. [1] It is now a registered charity, and a company limited by guarantee, led by a group trustees drawn from the local authorities in Wales and independents from both England and Wales.
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 ...
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.
One UK credit is equivalent to the learning outcomes of 10 notional hours of study, [2] thus a university course of 150 notional study hours is worth 15 credits, and a university course of 300 notional study hours is worth 30 credits. A full academic year is worth 120 credits and a full calendar year (normally only at postgraduate level) 180 ...
The University of Wales Trinity Saint David (Welsh: Prifysgol Cymru Y Drindod Dewi Sant) is a multi-campus university with three main campuses in South West Wales, in Carmarthen, Lampeter and Swansea, a fourth campus in London, England, and learning centres in Cardiff, Wales, and Birmingham, England.
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 Welsh Baccalaureate (Welsh: Bagloriaeth Cymru), or Welsh Bacc, is an educational qualification delivered in secondary schools and colleges across Wales.The Welsh Government says that it gives broader experiences than traditional learning programmes, developing transferable skills useful for education and employment.
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 ...