University of Wales, Newport

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University of Wales, Newport
Prifysgol Cymru, Casnewydd
Established: 1975
Type: Public
Chancellor: HRH The Prince of Wales
Vice-Chancellor: Peter Noyes
Students: 9,630 [1]
Undergraduates: 7,525 [1]
Postgraduates: 1,850 [1]
Other students: 250 FE[1]
Location: Newport, United Kingdom
Colours:
                       
Affiliations: Alliance of Non-Aligned Universities
Association of Commonwealth Universities
University of Wales
Campaign for Mainstream Universities
Website: http://www.newport.ac.uk/

The University of Wales, Newport (Welsh: Prifysgol Cymru, Casnewydd) is a university in the city of Newport, Wales in the United Kingdom.

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History and antecedents

Newport has been involved in higher education for more than 80 years, and the institution's roots go back further to the first Mechanics Institute in the city, opened in 1841. The institution was formed as 'Gwent College of Higher Education' by a merger of 'Caerleon College of Education' (the former 'Monmouthshire Training College'), 'Newport College of Art and Design' and 'Gwent College of Technology' in 1975[2]. The college became an affiliated institution of the University of Wales in 1992, becoming admitted as a university college in 1996. It soon adopted the name of University of Wales College, Newport before changing to its current title in 2002 after being awarded full university status.

Today

Today, the university has four academic schools:

The university has two campuses- at Allt-yr-yn, and Caerleon. Student accommodation, most of it comprising en-suite study-bedrooms, is located at Caerleon, and there is a free hourly bus service (provided by the University) for the short journey between two campuses. Work began in April 2007 on a new £17m student accommodation block in the city centre that will eventually contain 441 study-bedrooms[7].

The university is one of the fastest growing universities in the UK [8]. It has had significant increases in the number of applications, contrasting against the national trend which has seen falling numbers.

There are plans for a campus on the banks of the River Usk in the city centre to replace the Allt-yr-yn campus. The first phase of this plan, approved in March 2006, is a new £20m home for the Newport School of Art and Design. It is scheduled to be built next to the new student accommodation block that is under construction [9]. Ground-remediation work began in January 2008[10] and it is anticipated to be ready for the autumn semester of 2009.

Academic rankings

UK
2008
Times Good University Guide 78[11]
Guardian University Guide 106[12]
Sunday Times University Guide 119[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Table 0a - All students by institution, mode of study, level of study, gender and domicile 2005/06". Higher Education Statistics Agency online statistics. Retrieved on 2007-04-06.
  2. ^ The History of the University of Wales, Newport
  3. ^ Art, Media and Design
  4. ^ Newport Business School
  5. ^ Education
  6. ^ Health & Social Sciences
  7. ^ Newport Unlimited - Student accommodation starts on site
  8. ^ Applications to Newport’s University Rise for Third Year Running
  9. ^ City Centre Campus
  10. ^ Latest images of city centre campus
  11. ^ Times Good University Guide 2008
  12. ^ Guardian University Guide 2008
  13. ^ Sunday Times University Guide 2008

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