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{{Short description|University in Cardiff, Wales}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox university
| name = University of Wales
| native_name = {{native name|cy|Prifysgol Cymru}}
| latin_name = Universitas Cambrensis
| image = File:Escutcheon of the University of Wales.svg
| image_upright = 0.7
| caption = [[Coat of arms]]
| motto = {{langx|cy|Goreu Awen Gwirionedd}}
| mottoeng = The Best Inspiration is Truth
| established = {{start date and age|1893}}|
| type = [[Confederal]], non-membership university<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bangor.ac.uk/ar/ro/important_announce/namechange_jan07.php |title=Registrar's Office |publisher=Bangor.ac.uk |access-date=2012-04-29 |archive-date=6 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206210853/http://www.bangor.ac.uk/ar/ro/important_announce/namechange_jan07.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| endowment =
| staff =
| faculty =
| chancellor = [[Charles III|King Charles III]]
| vice_chancellor = Elwen Evans
| students =
| undergrad =
| postgrad =
| doctoral =
| city = [[Cardiff]]
| country = [[Wales]]
| campus =
| colours = {{scarf|{{cell3|#006}}{{cell2|#900}}{{cell2|#ff0}}{{cell2|#006}}{{cell3|#900}}}}
| mascot =
| nickname =
| affiliations = [[Association of Commonwealth Universities]]
| website = {{URL|https://wales.ac.uk}}
| logo = [[File:University of Wales logo.svg|Logo of the University of Wales|250px]]
}}
The '''University of Wales''' ({{langx|cy|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 within the [[United Kingdom]]. The university was, prior to the break up of the federation, the second largest university in the UK.

A federal university similar to the [[University of London]], the University of Wales was in charge of examining students, while its colleges were in charge of teaching. The University of Wales was the only university in Wales prior to the establishment of the [[University of Glamorgan]] in 1992.

Former colleges under the University of Wales included most of the now independent universities in Wales: [[Aberystwyth University]] (formerly University of Wales, Aberystwyth), [[Bangor University]] (formerly University of Wales, Bangor), [[University of Wales, Lampeter|St David's University College]] (later University of Wales, Lampeter, and now merged with [[University of Wales Trinity Saint David]]), [[Cardiff University]] (formerly University of Wales, Cardiff), [[Swansea University]] (formerly University of Wales, Swansea), [[Cardiff Metropolitan University]] (formerly University of Wales Institute, Cardiff) and [[University of Wales, Newport]] (which merged with [[Glamorgan University]] in April 2013 to form the [[University of South Wales]]).

In 2007, the University of Wales changed from a federal structure to a confederal one, and many of the constituent colleges became independent universities. Following a number of controversies in the late 2000s involving overseas affiliates, cheating and student visas,<ref>{{cite news |title=University of Wales degree and visa scam exposed by BBC |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-15171830 |access-date=25 November 2020 |agency=BBC |date=5 October 2011}}</ref> a decision was made to abolish the university as it then existed.

From August 2017 it has been functionally integrated with the [[University of Wales Trinity Saint David]]. The [[Higher Education Statistics Agency]] recorded zero students registered with the University of Wales in the UK in 2018/19,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-study|title=Where do HE students study?|access-date=15 August 2020|work=HESA}}</ref> but 3,345 students registered on transnational education courses outside the UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-from/transnational|title=Where do HE students come from?: Transnational education|access-date=15 August 2020|work=HESA}}</ref>

It also collaborated with the [[University of Malaya]] in 2013 to establish the [[International University of Malaya-Wales]] (IUMW), a private university in [[Malaysia]].

==History==
=== Origins ===

[[File:Aberystwyth Old University Building.jpg|thumb|right|University College Wales (now [[Aberystwyth University]]) was the oldest founding member of the University of Wales]]
The University of Wales was founded in [[Wales]] in 1893 as a [[federal university]] with three foundation colleges: University College Wales (now [[Aberystwyth University]]), which had been founded in 1872; University College North Wales (now [[Bangor University]]); University College South Wales and [[Monmouthshire]] (now [[Cardiff University]]). The last two had been founded following the [[Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare#Aberdare Report|Aberdare Report]] in 1881. Prior to the foundation of the federal university, these three colleges had prepared students for the examinations of the [[University of London]]. The University of Wales held its first graduation ceremony in 1897, awarding a BSc to [[Maria Dawson]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-06 |title=Meet Maria Dawson, first graduate of the University of Wales – Archives Hub Blog |url=https://blog.archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/2022/01/06/meet-maria-dawson-first-graduate-of-the-university-of-wales/ |access-date=2024-10-14 |language=en-US}}</ref>

A fourth college, Swansea (now [[Swansea University]]), was added in 1920 and in 1931 the [[Cardiff University School of Medicine|Welsh National School of Medicine]] was incorporated. In 1967, the Welsh [[College of advanced technology (United Kingdom)|College of Advanced Technology]] entered the federal university as the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology (UWIST), also in Cardiff. In 1971, [[St David's College, Lampeter|St David's College]] (now part of the [[University of Wales: Trinity Saint David]]), Wales' oldest degree-awarding institution, suspended its own degree-awarding powers and entered the University of Wales.

A financial crisis in the late eighties caused UWIST and University College Cardiff to merge in 1988, forming the University of Wales College Cardiff (UWCC). In 1992, the university lost its position as the only university in Wales when the Polytechnic of Wales became the [[University of Glamorgan]] (now part of the new [[University of South Wales]]).

=== Re-organisation ===

The university was composed of colleges until 1996, when the university was reorganised with a two-tier structure of member institutions in order to absorb the Cardiff Institute of Higher Education (which became the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC), now known as [[Cardiff Metropolitan University]]) and the Gwent College of Higher Education (which became the University of Wales College, Newport (UWCN)). The existing colleges became constituent institutions, and the two new member institutions became university colleges. In 2003, both of these colleges became full constituent institutions and in 2004, UWCN received permission from the [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|Privy Council]] to change its name to the [[University of Wales, Newport]].

Cardiff University (which had been known briefly as the University of Wales, Cardiff, between 1996 and 1999) and the [[Cardiff University School of Medicine|University of Wales College of Medicine (UWCM)]] merged on 1 August 2004. The merged institution, known as [[Cardiff University]], ceased to be a constituent institution and joined a new category of 'Affiliated/Linked Institutions'. While the new institution continued to award University of Wales degrees in medicine and related subjects, students joining Cardiff from 2005 to study other subjects were awarded Cardiff University degrees.{{update inline|date=May 2015}}

At the same time, the university admitted four new institutions. Thus, North East Wales Institute of Higher Education (NEWI), Swansea Institute of Higher Education and Trinity College, Carmarthen (who were all previously Associated Institutions) along with the [[Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama]] (which was previously a Validated Institution) were admitted as full members of the university on 27 July 2004.

The [[Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama]] subsequently left the university in January 2007. More changes followed in September 2007 when the university changed from a federal structure to a confederation of independent institutions, allowing those individual institutions which had gained the status of universities in their own right to use the title of university – these institutions are Aberystwyth University, Bangor University, [[Glyndŵr University]] (formerly the North East Wales Institute of Higher Education (NEWI)), [[Swansea Metropolitan University]] and [[Swansea University]].

In November 2008, Aberystwyth, Bangor and Swansea Universities decided to exercise their right to register students to study for their own awarded degrees.

=== Scandal and merger ===

In 2010 the university broke its links with a [[Malaysia]]n college after it was discovered its director had bogus qualifications, while a Thai institution linked to the university was found to be operating illegally. In June 2011, a report from the [[Quality Assurance Agency]] found that the university had not run the necessary checks on institutes delivering courses it validated, and instructed it to review all of its validation arrangements.<ref>{{cite news|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-13862552|title=Leighton Andrews: University of Wales 'let Wales down'|date=22 June 2011}}</ref> In October, the university announced that it would cease validating courses, just before news broke that one of its affiliated colleges in London was involved in a visa fraud.<ref>{{cite news|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-15157119|title=University of Wales to stop validating other degrees|date=3 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-15171830|title=University of Wales degree and visa scam exposed by BBC|date=5 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/8843200/University-of-Wales-abolished-after-visa-scandal.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/8843200/University-of-Wales-abolished-after-visa-scandal.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=University of Wales abolished after visa scandal|author=Julie Henry|date=22 October 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref> This led to calls from the vice chancellors of the universities of Aberystwyth, Bangor, Cardiff, Glamorgan and Swansea for the University of Wales to be wound up.<ref>{{cite news|work=Wales Online|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/bogus-degree-scandal-prompts-calls-1804048|title=Bogus degree scandal prompts calls to wind up University of Wales|date=6 October 2011}}</ref>

It was announced later in October that the University of Wales would be "effectively abolished", and merged into the [[University of Wales Trinity Saint David]] (UWTSD),<ref name=autogenerated2>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-15410424 University of Wales effectively abolished in merger] - BBC News, 21 October 2011</ref><ref name=autogenerated3>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-15157119 |title=University of Wales to stop validating other degrees - BBC News |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |access-date=2016-07-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Jenkins |first=Ciaran |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-15171830 |title=University of Wales degree and visa scam exposed by BBC - BBC News |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |access-date=2016-07-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-15191954 |title=Scrap University of Wales call by vice-chancellors - BBC News |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |access-date=2016-07-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Warning not to strip University of Wales assets|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-15689167|access-date=17 November 2011|newspaper=BBC News|date=11 November 2011}}</ref> which itself merged with [[Swansea Metropolitan University]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/Uni-merger-goes-ahead-Met-dissolved/story-19511435-detail/story.html#axzz2ZnmhLKAE|title=Uni merger goes ahead after Met is dissolved|work=South Wales Evening Post}}</ref> on 1 August 2013. In August 2017, a ''deed of union'' was approved by the University of Wales and UWTSD, which integrated the two universities into a single functional body prior to a full legal constitutional merger; as of February 2020 this full merger has not been finalised.<ref>{{cite news|title=Academic brands Wales' university mergers 'disgraceful' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-38536974|work=[[BBC News]]|date=6 January 2017|access-date=17 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wales.ac.uk/Resources/Documents/Merger/Merger-FAQs-January2018.pdf|date=January 2018|access-date=11 April 2018|publisher=University of Wales|title=University of Wales Merger – Frequently Asked Questions|archive-date=1 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201064533/https://www.wales.ac.uk/Resources/Documents/Merger/Merger-FAQs-January2018.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://wales.ac.uk/en/AboutUs/Developments/Developments-Merger-and-Reconfiguration.aspx|title=Developments- Merger and Reconfiguration|work=University of Wales|access-date=15 February 2020}}</ref> As part of the work towards merger, custody of the university's [[Gregynog Hall]] and its estate was transferred to the newly created Gregynog Trust in July 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wales.ac.uk/en/NewsandEvents/News/Gregynog-Hall-Trust-established.aspx|title=Gregynog Trust|date=30 July 2019|website=University of Wales|access-date=15 February 2020}}</ref>

==Central services==

[[File:Cardiff 13737 University of Wales Registry 01.JPG|thumb|right|The [[University of Wales Registry|University of Wales registry]] building, Cathays Park]]
The administrative office of the University of Wales is located in [[Cathays Park|Cardiff's Civic Centre]]. In addition to its work with the accredited institutions in Wales, the university also validates schemes of study at some 130 centres in the UK and across the world, though it is currently in the process of bringing this current validation model to a close. It runs a highly rated research centre, the [[Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies]] (incorporating the Welsh Dictionary Unit), which is adjacent to the [[National Library of Wales]] in Aberystwyth.<ref name="Andrew Hawke">{{cite news|last=Wales Online|title=University View: Andrew Hawke, managing editor of Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru, the University of Wales Dictionary of the Welsh Language|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/education-news/2012/06/07/university-view-andrew-hawke-managing-editor-of-geiriadur-prifysgol-cymru-the-university-of-wales-dictionary-of-the-welsh-language-91466-31128857/|date=7 June 2012}}</ref> The first edition of ''[[Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru]]'' (''The University of Wales Dictionary''), which has the same status for Welsh as the [[Oxford English Dictionary|OED]] does for English, was completed in 2002, eighty-two years after it had been started. The [[University of Wales Press]]<ref name="UW Press">{{Cite web|url=https://www.uwp.co.uk/|title=University of Wales Press|website=University of Wales Press|access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref> was founded in 1922 and publishes around seventy books a year in both English and Welsh. The university also has a study and conference centre at Gregynog, near Newtown.<ref>{{cite web |author=Abele Adamu Bouba |url=http://www.wales.ac.uk/en/NewsandEvents/News/Academic/Asenseofhistoryandanewbeginning.aspx |title=A sense of history and a new beginning |website=University of Wales |date=2011-10-21 |access-date=29 April 2012 |archive-date=31 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331225500/https://www.wales.ac.uk/en/NewsandEvents/News/Academic/Asenseofhistoryandanewbeginning.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Former colleges and member institutions==
Former colleges and member institutions:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Current name
! Former names
! Established
!Joined
! Left
! Location
|-
|[[Aberystwyth University]]
|University College Wales; University of Wales, Aberystwyth
|1872<ref name=Aber1>{{cite web|url=http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/about-us/history/timelinepart1/|title=Early Days|publisher=Aberystwyth University|access-date=20 June 2017}}</ref>
|1893<ref name=Aber1/>
|2007<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/about-us/history/timelinepart3/|title=College by the sea to College on the hill|publisher=Aberystwyth University|access-date=20 June 2017}}</ref>
|[[Aberystwyth]]
|-
|[[Bangor University]]
|University College of North Wales; University of Wales, Bangor
|1884<ref name=Bangor>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/bangor-university-new-student-guide-9829380|title=Your essential new student guide to Bangor University|work=Daily Post|author=Blake Welton|date=12 August 2015|access-date=20 June 2017|publisher=[[Trinity Mirror]]}}</ref>
|1893<ref name=Bangor/>
|2007<ref name=Bangor/>
|[[Bangor, Wales|Bangor]]
|-
|rowspan=4|[[Cardiff University]]
|University College South Wales and Monmouthshire; University College Cardiff
|1883<ref name="Cardiff patchwork">{{cite web|url=http://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/cuarm/cardiff-university-a-patchwork-of-predecessors/|title=Cardiff University: a patchwork of predecessors|publisher=Cardiff University|author=Sian Collins|date=29 January 2016|access-date=17 June 2017}}</ref><ref name="Cardiff history">{{cite web|url=https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/about/our-profile/history|title=History|publisher=Cardiff University|access-date=17 June 2017}}</ref>
|1893<ref name="Cardiff patchwork"/><ref name="Cardiff history"/>
|1988 (merger)<ref name="Cardiff patchwork"/><ref name="Cardiff history"/>
|[[Cardiff]]
|-
|Welsh [[College of advanced technology (United Kingdom)|College of Advanced Technology]]; [[University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology]]
|1866<ref name="Cardiff patchwork"/>
|1968<ref name="Cardiff patchwork"/>
|1988 (merger)<ref name="Cardiff patchwork"/><ref name="Cardiff history"/>
|[[Cardiff]]
|-
|University of Wales College of Cardiff; University of Wales, Cardiff
|1988 (merger)<ref name="Cardiff patchwork"/><ref name="Cardiff history"/>
|1988 (merger)<ref name="Cardiff patchwork"/><ref name="Cardiff history"/>
|2004 (merger)<ref name="Cardiff patchwork"/><ref name="Cardiff history"/>
|[[Cardiff]]
|-
|University of Wales College of Medicine
|1931<ref name="Cardiff history"/>
|1931<ref name="Cardiff history"/>
|2004 (merger)<ref name="Cardiff patchwork"/><ref name="Cardiff history"/>
|[[Cardiff]]
|-
|[[Cardiff Metropolitan University]]
|South Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education; Cardiff Institute of Higher Education; University of Wales Institute Cardiff
|1865<ref name="Cardiff Met">{{cite web|url=http://www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/about/CardiffMet150/Pages/The-Origins-of-the-School-of-Art-and-Design.aspx|title=The School of Art: In the Beginning|work=Cardiff Met 150|publisher=Cardiff Metropolitan University|access-date=19 June 2017|date=2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707153138/http://www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/about/CardiffMet150/Pages/The-Origins-of-the-School-of-Art-and-Design.aspx|archive-date=7 July 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|1996<ref name="Highs and Lows">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-15165625|title=Highs and lows of the University of Wales|date= 5 October 2011| work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref>
|2011<ref name="Cardiff Met"/>
|[[Cardiff]]
|-
|rowspan=3|[[University of South Wales]]
|Gwent College of Higher Education; University of Wales College, Newport; [[University of Wales, Newport]]
|1841<ref>{{cite web|title=History of the University|url=http://www.newport.ac.uk/about/history/Pages/default.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103120103/http://www.newport.ac.uk/about/history/Pages/default.aspx|archive-date=3 November 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|1996<ref name="Highs and Lows"/>
|2013<ref name=USW>{{cite web|url=http://www.southwales.ac.uk/about/our-history/|title=Our history|publisher=University of South Wales|access-date=20 June 2017}}</ref>
|[[Newport, Wales|Newport]]
|-
|Cardiff College of Music; Welsh College of Music & Drama; [[Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama]]
|1949<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_east/8648715.stm|title=Welsh college students perform at Buckingham Palace|quote=The college, based in Cardiff, was founded in 1949 in Cardiff Castle.|date= 29 April 2010|work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref>
|2004<ref name="Highs and Lows"/>
|2007<ref name="Highs and Lows"/>
|[[Cardiff]]
|-
|colspan=5|(Also takes in the [[University of Glamorgan]], which was never part of the University of Wales)<ref name=USW/>
|-
|[[Swansea University]]
|University College Swansea; University of Wales, Swansea
|1920
|1920
|2007
|[[Swansea]]
|-
|rowspan=3|[[University of Wales Trinity Saint David]]
|[[St David's College, Lampeter]]; University of Wales, Lampeter
|1822<ref name="UWTSD history">{{cite web|url=https://www.uwtsd.ac.uk/about/history/|title=History and Timeline|publisher=University of Wales Trinity Saint David|access-date=28 December 2020}}</ref>
|1971<ref name="UWTSD history"/>
|2010<ref name="UWTSD history"/>
|[[Lampeter]]
|-
|Trinity College, Carmarthen; [[Trinity University College]]
|1848<ref name="UWTSD history"/>
|2004<ref name="Highs and Lows"/>
|2010<ref name="UWTSD history"/>
|[[Carmarthen]]
|-
|West Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education; Swansea Institute of Higher Education; [[Swansea Metropolitan University]]
|1853<ref name="UWTSD history"/>
|2004<ref name="Highs and Lows"/>
|2008<ref name="UWTSD history"/>
|[[Swansea]]
|-
|[[Wrexham University]]
|Wrexham School of Science and Art; North East Wales Institute; Glyndŵr University; Wrexham Glyndŵr University
|1887<ref name=Glyndwr>{{cite news| url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/north_east/7507908.stm | work=[[BBC News]] | title=University's medieval rebel name | date=15 July 2008 | access-date=20 June 2017}}</ref>
|2004<ref name=Glyndwr/>
|2008<ref name=Glyndwr/>
|[[Wrexham]]
|}

In September 2007, three universities applied for a change to their royal charters to give them the power to award their own degrees, instead of University of Wales degrees. [[Aberystwyth University]], [[Bangor University]], and [[Swansea University]] now all award their own degrees.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.swan.ac.uk/news_centre/WhatsHappening/Headline,47564,en.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100728102419/http://www.swan.ac.uk/news_centre/WhatsHappening/Headline,47564,en.php|url-status=dead|website=Swansea University|title=3,000 Students Celebrate Graduation Week 2010|date=19 July 2010|archive-date=28 July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/north_west/7741122.stm |title=Second uni to award own degrees – |publisher=BBC News |date=2008-11-21 |access-date=2012-04-29}}</ref>

The [[University of Wales Trinity Saint David]] (UWTSD) already had its own degree awarding powers, inherited from [[Saint David's College, Lampeter]], which were put into abeyance when Lampeter joined the University of Wales in 1971. From then on, Lampeter awarded Wales degrees but its own licences and diplomas. When the merger between UWTSD and the University of Wales is complete, the new unified institution will award degrees under the historic 1828 royal charter of Saint David's College.

[[Cardiff University]] and the [[University of Wales College of Medicine]] were full members of the University of Wales but left following their merger in 2004. The merged institute awarded its own degrees to students admitted since 2005, except in medicine and related subjects which continued to be awarded University of Wales degrees until 2011. Cardiff University had previously merged with the [[University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology]], another college of the University of Wales, in 1988.

The [[Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama]] became a full member of the University of Wales in 2004 having awarded degrees validated by the university since the 1970s, but left in 2007, when it merged with the [[University of Glamorgan]], although retaining its separate identity.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/merger-deal-signals-13m-windfall-2279573|title=Merger deal signals £13m windfall|date=6 January 2007|access-date=17 June 2017|work=Wales Online}}</ref> The [[University of Glamorgan]] subsequently merged with the [[University of Wales, Newport]], another former member of the University of Wales, in 2013 to form the [[University of South Wales]]

===Former validated institutions===
A number of institutions were not accredited by the university, but had some of their courses validated by it.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wales.ac.uk/en/InstitutionsAndCourses/Institutions.aspx |title=Institution Search – University of Wales |publisher=Wales.ac.uk |access-date=2012-04-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506151642/http://wales.ac.uk/en/InstitutionsAndCourses/Institutions.aspx |archive-date=6 May 2012}}</ref> There was some publicity and questioning of the quality of these external courses,<ref>{{cite AV media |title=University Challenged |series=Week in, Week Out |publisher=BBC |type=Television programme |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vt165 |date=9 November 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Scandal of the University of Wales and the Quality Assurance Agency |url=http://www.dcscience.net/?p=3675 |website= dcscience.net}}</ref> and in October 2011, in response to changes in higher education in Wales, including the university's merger, the university announced that it would launch a new academic strategy which would see the institution only award degrees to students on courses designed and fully controlled by the university. All existing students at validated institutions are able to continue the remainder of their studies for a University of Wales award and will have continuous support.<ref name="BBC-15157119">{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-15157119 |work= BBC News |title= University of Wales to stop validating other degrees |date=3 October 2011}}</ref><ref name=THE>{{cite news |last= Times Higher Education |title= University of Wales pulls in its tentacles|url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=417649|date=4 October 2011}}</ref><ref name=UWWebsite>{{cite news|last=UW Website|title=University of Wales announces new academic strategy|url=http://www.wales.ac.uk/en/NewsandEvents/News/General/UniversityofWalesannouncesnewacademicstrategy.aspx|date=6 October 2011}}</ref>

==List of vice-chancellors of the University of Wales==
{{incomplete list|date=July 2017}}
{{See also|Category: Vice-chancellors of the University of Wales}}
The appointment of Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales is held by a head of one of its constituent colleges/universities.

* 1895 to 1896: [[John Viriamu Jones]], first Principal of the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire; first incumbent; first term<ref>{{cite web|title=Statue of John Viriamu Jones|url=http://www.pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/11437/|website=National Recording Project|publisher=Public Monuments and Sculpture Association|access-date=3 July 2017}}{{dead link|date=September 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite DWB |id=s-JONE-VIR-1856 |date=1959|access-date=4 July 2017|title=JONES, JOHN VIRIAMU (1856–1901)|first=Edgar William|last=Jones}}</ref>
* 1896 to 1897: [[Henry Reichel]], first Principal of the University College of North Wales;<ref>{{cite DWB |id=s-REIC-HAR-1856 |date=1959|access-date=4 July 2017|title=REICHEL, Sir HARRY (HENRY RUDOLF) (1856–1931)|first=David Emrys|last=Evans|author-link=Emrys Evans |fewer-links=yes}}</ref> first term<ref name=Reichel>{{cite web|url=https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/sir-henry-rudolf-reichel-18561931-first-principal-of-the-college-18841927-vice-chancellor-of-the-university-of-wales-18961897-19001901-19051907-19111913-19171921-19261927-177852|title=Sir Henry Rudolf Reichel (1856–1931)|publisher=ArtUK|access-date=5 July 2017}}</ref>
* 1897 to 1898: [[Thomas Francis Roberts]], Principal of the University College of Wales; first term<ref>{{cite news|url=http://newspapers.library.wales/view/3816634/3816636/10/|title=The University of Wales|date=30 October 1897|work=North Wales Times}}</ref>
* 1898 to 1900: John Viriamu Jones; second term<ref>{{cite news|url=http://newspapers.library.wales/view/3862294/3862297/6/|title=University Court at Shrewsbury|date=29 October 1898|work=The Montgomery County Times and Shropshire and Mid-Wales Advertiser}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://newspapers.library.wales/view/4339605/4339611/129/|title=University of Wales|date=3 November 1899|work=The Western Mail}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://newspapers.library.wales/view/3713702/3713704/2/|title=The University of Wales|date=10 May 1900|work=Towyn-on-Sea and Merioneth County Times}}</ref>
* 1900 to 1901: Henry Reichel; second term<ref name=Reichel/>
* 1901 to 1903: Thomas Francis Roberts; second term<ref>{{cite news|url=http://newspapers.library.wales/view/3714170/3714172/7/|title=Welsh University Court|work=Towyn-on-Sea and Merioneth County Times|date=16 May 1901}}</ref>
* 1903 to 1905: [[Ernest Howard Griffiths]], Principal of University College, Cardiff; first term<ref>{{cite news|url=http://newspapers.library.wales/view/4136340/4136343/43/|title=University of Wales|date=24 August 1903|work=Evening Express}}</ref>
* 1905 to 1907: Henry Reichel; third term<ref name=Reichel/>
* 1907 to 1909: Thomas Francis Roberts; third term<ref name=Roberts>{{cite news|url=http://newspapers.library.wales/view/3411477/3411485/68/|title=Aberystwyth|date=3 September 1909|work=Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard}}</ref>
* 1909 to 1911: Ernest Howard Griffiths; second term<ref name=Roberts/>
* 1911 to 1913: Henry Reichel; fourth term<ref name=Reichel/>
* 1913 to 1915: Thomas Francis Roberts; fourth term
* 1915 to 1917: Ernest Howard Griffiths; third term
* 1917 to 1921: Henry Reichel; fifth term<ref name=Reichel/>
* 1925 to 1926: [[Franklin Sibly]], Principal of University College, Swansea
* 1926 to 1927: Henry Reichel; sixth term<ref name=Reichel/>
* 1929 to 1931: [[Henry Stuart Jones]], Principal of the University College of Wales<ref>{{cite DWB |id=s-JONE-STU-1867 |date=1959|access-date=4 July 2017|title= JONES, Sir HENRY STUART (1867–1939)|first=Harold Idris |last=Bell |author-link=Idris Bell |fewer-links=yes}}</ref>
* 1933 to 1935: [[Emrys Evans]], Principal of the University College of North Wales; first term
* 1935 to 1937: [[Frederick Rees]], Principal of University College Cardiff; first term<ref name="Frederick Rees">{{cite DWB |id=s2-REES-FRE-1883 |date=2001|access-date=4 July 2017|title= REES, Sir JAMES FREDERICK (1883–1967)|first=Evan David |last=Jones |author-link=E. D. Jones |fewer-links=yes}}</ref>
* 1937 to 1939: [[Ifor Leslie Evans]], Principal of the University College of Wales; first term<ref name="Ifor Leslie Evans">{{cite DWB |id=s2-EVAN-LES-1897 |date=2001|access-date=4 July 2017|title= EVANS, IFOR (IVOR) LESLIE (1897–1952)|first=Edward Lewis |last=Ellis |fewer-links=yes}}</ref>
* 1941 to 1944: Emrys Evans; second term
* 1944 to 1946: Frederick Rees; second term<ref name="Frederick Rees"/>
* 1946 to 1948: Ifor Leslie Evans; second term<ref name="Ifor Leslie Evans"/>
* 1948 to 1950: Emrys Evans; third term
* 1950 to 1952: Ifor Leslie Evans; third term<ref name="Ifor Leslie Evans"/>
* 1952 to 1954: [[John Fulton, Baron Fulton|John Fulton]], Principal of University College, Swansea; first term
* 1954 to 1956: Emrys Evans; fourth term
* 1958 to 1959: John Fulton; second term
* 1961 to 1963: [[Thomas Parry (author)|Thomas Parry]], Principal of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth
* 1969 to 1971: [[Frank Llewellyn Jones]], Principal of University College of Swansea<ref>{{cite news|last1=Dutton|first1=Jack|title=Obituary: Professor Frank Llewellyn Jones|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/incoming/obituary-professor-frank-llewellyn-jones-5574848.html|access-date=3 July 2017|work=The Independent|date=27 March 1997}}</ref>
* 1973 to 1975: [[C. W. L. Bevan]], Principal of University College, Cardiff; first term
* 1975 to 1977: [[Aubrey Trotman-Dickenson]], Principal of the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology; first term
* 1979 to 1981: [[Robert Walter Steel]], Principal of the University College of Swansea
* 1981 to 1983: C. W. L. Bevan; second term
* 1983 to 1985: Aubrey Trotman-Dickenson; second term
* 1985 to 1987: [[Gareth Owen (academic)|Gareth Owen]], Principal of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth
* 1989 to 1991: [[Eric Sunderland]], Principal of the University College of North Wales/Vice-Chancellor the University of Wales, Bangor<ref>{{cite DWB |id=s10-SUND-ERI-1930 |date=28 October 2015|access-date=4 July 2017|title= SUNDERLAND, ERIC (1930–2010)|author=Keith Robbins |fewer-links=yes}}</ref>
* 1991 to 1993: Aubrey Trotman-Dickenson; third term
* 1993 to 1995: [[Kenneth O. Morgan]], Principal/Vice-Chancellor of University College of Wales, Aberystwyth
* 2007 to 2011: [[Marc Clement]], Chief Executive of the University of Wales<ref>'CLEMENT, Prof. (Robert) Marc', [[Who's Who 2017]], A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U247287 accessed 3 July 2017]</ref>
* 2011 to present: [[Medwin Hughes]], Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David

==Notable alumni==
{{See also|Category:Alumni of the University of Wales}}

==See also==
{{Portal|Wales}}
* [[Academic dress of the University of Wales]]
* [[List of modern universities in Europe (1801–1945)]]
* [[International University of Malaya-Wales]]

==References==
{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}

==Bibliography==

===Official histories of the University===
* ''The University of Wales: A Historical Sketch'' D. Emrys Evans, University of Wales Press, Cardiff, 1953. Published to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the University of Wales. It is illustrated with black-and-white photographic plates, and contains appendices listing 'Authorities and Officers of the {{not a typo|University}}' and 'Professors and Other Heads of Departments' since 1873.
* ''The University of Wales: An Illustrated History'' Geraint H. Jenkins, University of Wales Press, Cardiff. 1993. Published to mark the centenary of the University of Wales.

==External links==
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*{{Official website|https://www.wales.ac.uk}}

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University of Wales, Newport

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{{Short description|Former university in Wales}}
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| name = University of Wales, Newport
| native_name = Prifysgol Cymru, Casnewydd
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| caption = Coat of Arms of the University of Wales, including the University of Wales, Newport
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| former_name = Gwent College of Higher Education
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| established = 1841
| closed = 10 April 2013
| type = [[Public university|Public]]
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| students = 9520 (2012)<ref name="Office of the Independent Adjudicator">{{cite web|url=http://oiahe.org.uk/media/90187/university-of-wales,-newport.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925120621/https://oiahe.org.uk/media/90187/university-of-wales,-newport.pdf|archivedate=2015-09-25|title=Letter from the Independent Adjudicator to the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales, Newport|date=24 September 2013|publisher= Office of the Independent Adjudicator}}</ref>
| undergrad =
| postgrad =
| doctoral =
| other =
| city = [[Newport, Wales|Newport]]
| state =
| country = Wales
| address = Caerleon Campus, Lodge Road, Caerleon, NP18 3QT
| campus =
| affiliations = [[Alliance of Non-Aligned Universities]]<br /> [[Association of Commonwealth Universities|ACU]]<br /> [[University of Wales]]<br /> [[Campaign for Mainstream Universities]]
| website =
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[[File:Caerleon in Snow.JPG|thumb|alt=A photograph of the front of a large, wide, three-storey building made from light brown bricks. There are approximately thirty windows on each floor, all equally spaced out. There is a clock tower in the centre of the front of the building, which has a flagpole and flag on the top.|[[Caerleon]] campus]]

The '''University of Wales, Newport''' ({{langx|cy|Prifysgol Cymru, Casnewydd}}), was a [[public university]] based in [[Newport, Wales|Newport]], [[South Wales]], before the merger that formed the [[University of South Wales]] in April 2013. The university was founded as a [[mechanics' institute]] in 1841 and became an affiliated institution of the [[University of Wales]] in 1992. It had two campuses in Newport, [[Caerleon]] on the northern outskirts of the city, and a campus on the east bank of the [[River Usk]] in [[Newport city centre]].<ref name="newport1">{{cite web |url=http://www3.newport.ac.uk/displayPage.aspx?object_id=7916&type=PAG |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117201905/http://www3.newport.ac.uk/displayPage.aspx?object_id=7916&type=PAG |archivedate=2010-01-17 |title=Our New City Campus |publisher=University of Wales, Newport}}</ref>

In 2012 the university was ranked 111th out of 120 UK universities in the Guardian League Table for university rankings,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/table/2012/may/21/university-league-table-2013 |title=University guide 2013: University league table|newspaper=The Guardian|date=21 May 2012|access-date=14 April 2013}}</ref> 105th out of 116 in [[The Complete University Guide]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings |title=Top UK University League Tables and Rankings 2013|publisher=Complete University Guide|access-date=14 April 2013}}</ref> and 104th out of 116 UK universities in the [[Times Good University Guide]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aeitw.com/billboard/2012%20The%20Times%20Good%20University%20Guide.pdf|title=University Guide|publisher=AEITW|access-date=14 April 2013|archive-date=12 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812185055/http://aeitw.com/billboard/2012%20The%20Times%20Good%20University%20Guide.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==History==
Newport had been involved in higher education since 1841. Originally a [[mechanics' institute]], set up to provide further education for workers and tradesmen, it was based in Newport's Town Hall on [[Commercial Street, Newport|Commercial Street]]. Working men and women were able to attend a variety of lectures for two [[Shilling (British coin)|shillings]] per quarter to study subjects including "The Pursuit of Attainment and Knowledge" and "Popular Superstition".<ref>{{cite book|last=Brown|first=Peter|title=No More Worlds to Conquer: The Story of Newport's University|year=2009|publisher=University of Wales|location=Swansea|isbn=978-1-899274-41-3}}</ref>

The institution was later formed as ''Gwent College of Higher Education'' by a merger of the Caerleon College of Education (the former Monmouthshire Training College), the Newport College of Art and Design and the Gwent College of Technology in 1975. All three former institutions had established regional and national reputations, most notably the College of Art with many of its students gaining commissions from the [[BBC]] and other major organisations in light of the college being among a select number of art colleges in the country awarded Diploma in Art and Design status.

The college became an affiliated institution of the [[University of Wales]] in 1992, being admitted as a university college in 1996 where there was a ceremony at which trumpeters of the [[Prince of Wales's Division]] played a fanfare from the top of the university clocktower and balloons were released in the faculty colours.

In May 2004, the University of Wales College, Newport secured [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|Privy Council]] approval to use the title University of Wales, Newport, as a full constituent of the federal university.

On 1 August 2011, the university was restructured, creating two new faculties, each containing three schools:

'''The Faculty of Arts and Business'''
* School of Design, Engineering, Fashion and Technology
* School of Film, Photography and Digital Media
* Newport Business School

'''The Faculty of Education and Social Sciences'''
* School of Education
* School of Humanities and Lifelong Learning
* School of Sport, Health and Applied Social Sciences

The Centre for Community and Lifelong Learning (CCLL) continued to be based in Tredegar and focused on the university's work to widen participation within the Heads of the Valleys and the wider Gwent region. CCLL was also a key deliverer of the UHOVI (Universities, Heads of the Valleys Institute) project in partnership with the [[University of Glamorgan]] and Further Education Colleges.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newport.ac.uk/ABOUT/SCHOOLS/Pages/default.aspx|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130326213459/http://www.newport.ac.uk/ABOUT/SCHOOLS/Pages/default.aspx|archivedate=2013-03-26|title=Academic Structure|website=University of Wales, Newport}}</ref>

===Notable dates===
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* 1841 Opening of Mechanics' Institute, Newport
* 1872 Classes in Art and Science begin under the Free Library Committee
* 1882 New building opened in Dock Street, Newport
* 1886 Teacher training classes begin
* 1891 Newport Technical School opened
* 1898 New premises opened at 24 Bridge Street. Separation of Art Department and Science, Technology & Commerce. Two Heads appointed.
* 1899 Clarence Place land bought from [[Baron Tredegar|Lord Tredegar]]
* 1909 Foundation stone laid at Clarence Place
* 1910 Newport Technical Institute opened at Clarence Place
* 1912 Foundation stone laid at Caerleon Training College
* 1915 Schools of Art and Science, Technology and Commerce combined under a single principal
* 1919 Newport Technical Institute renamed "The County Borough of Newport Technical College and Institute"
* 1923 Ordinary National Certificates offered for the first time
* 1934 Name changed to "Newport Technical College"
* 1938 [[Higher National Certificate]]s offered for the first time
* 1939 – 45 Second World War: college used for troop lectures and evacuees. 19 Caerleon students killed in the war.
* 1940 – 41 Classes run by [[Ministry of Labour (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Labour]]
* 1950 Board of Governors given more power to run Caerleon College of Education
* 1958 Opening of Newport and Monmouthshire College of Technology which later became the Allt-yr-ynn campus. Closure of Newport Technical College. Clarence Place continued as Newport and Monmouthshire College of Art.
* 1962 Female students admitted to Caerleon College of Education for the first time
* 1975 Colleges merge to become "Gwent College of Higher Education". Four new faculties created.
* 1985 New Art and Design building opens at Caerleon campus
* 1987 First degree ceremony is held at Newport.
* 1992 Fire at Caerleon campus
* 1992 GCHE leaves Gwent County Council control.
* 1994 Student Village opens at Caerleon campus
* 1995 GCHE granted taught degree awarding powers
* 1996 GCHE formally changes to University of Wales College, Newport
* 2003 Becomes a full Constituent Institution of the University of Wales and is renamed the University of Wales, Newport.
* 2007 Kegie building opens on the Caerleon campus.
* 2011 Newport City campus opens after a £35 million investment.
* 2011 Allt-yr-ynn campus closes.
* 2012 Vice-chancellor, [[Peter Noyes]], resigns his post<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/10072355.Merger____looks_like_takeover______ex_chief_of_Newport_s_university/|title = Merger 'looks like takeover' – ex-chief of Newport's university, Dr Peter Noyes |date=27 November 2012|website=South Wales Argus}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.itv.com/news/wales/update/2012-05-05/newport-vice-chancellor-to-resign/|title = Newport vice chancellor to resign|date=5 May 2012|website=ITV News}}</ref><ref name="southwalesargus.co.uk">{{Cite news|url=https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/9740281.tribute-paid-to-newport-vice-chancellor/|title = Tribute paid to Newport vice-chancellor|date=1 June 2012|website=South Wales Argus}}</ref> and was replaced by Stephen Hagen, who was appointed as Acting Vice-Chancellor,<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite news| url = https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/new-vice-chancellor-appointed-university-wales-2028459| title = New vice-chancellor appointed at University of Wales, Newport |date=1 June 2012|website=Wales Online}}</ref> to lead merger talks.
* 2013 Merger with the University of Glamorgan to form the [[University of South Wales]] on 11 April 2013.
* 2016 Caerleon campus closes.

===Proposed merger===
Along with the [[University of Glamorgan]] and [[Cardiff Metropolitan University]], it was proposed by the [[Welsh Government]] that the University of Wales, Newport merge to create a single post-92 university in South East Wales.

The plans proved to be highly controversial, with Cardiff Metropolitan opposing any merger, citing the lack of a business case, concerns that the new institution would simply be too big to manage properly, and the 'predatory' attitude of Glamorgan.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/newport/2011/10/12/uwic-attacks-university-of-glamorgan-for-predatory-attitude-over-merger-91466-29578971/|title=UWIC attacks University of Glamorgan for 'predatory attitude' over merger|newspaper=Wales Online|date=12 October 2011|access-date=14 April 2013}}</ref> Newport, however, welcomed the plans, providing they created a genuinely new institution.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-15097058 |title=University of Wales Newport's plan for new institution|publisher=BBC|date=29 September 2011|access-date=14 April 2013}}</ref>

Stephen Hagen, appointed Acting Vice-Chancellor by the Newport Board from 1 June 2012 to lead the merger upon the sudden resignation of Peter Noyes,<ref name="ReferenceA" /> circulated a proposal for the new university to focus on entrepreneurialism,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unialliance.ac.uk/2012/12/10/university-of-wales-newport/|title = University of Wales, Newport|date = 10 December 2012|website=University Alliance}}</ref> generating start-ups, equipping students with entrepreneurial skills<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ncee.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/From-Concept-To-Action.pdf|title=THE ENTREPRENEURIAL UNIVERSITY: FROM CONCEPT TO ACTION|date=December 2013|website=National Centre for Entrepreneurship in Education}}</ref> and supporting the industries of South Wales,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.unialliance.ac.uk/blog/2012/12/10/creating-the-entrepreneurial-university-the-educational-rationale|title=Creating the Entrepreneurial University: The Educational Rationale|date=10 December 2012| website=University Alliance}}</ref> a concept which was initially well received by the Minister's Office.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/ministers-office-finds-entrepreneurial-university-2029082|title=Minister's office finds entrepreneurial university proposals 'compelling'|date=13 June 2012|website=WalesOnline}}</ref>

In July 2012, Newport and Glamorgan announced talks to create a new University for South Wales, citing the opportunity to: "build on their respective strengths to develop a new, entrepreneurial model of higher education across south Wales".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/education-news/2012/07/04/super-university-merger-plans-unveiled-for-glamorgan-and-newport-91466-31317251/|title=Super-university merger plans unveiled for Glamorgan and Newport|newspaper=Wales Online|date=4 July 2012|access-date=14 April 2013}}</ref> The university was dissolved on 11 April 2013 absorbed into [[University of Glamorgan]] and renamed [[University of South Wales]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/10305191.university-of-wales-newport-to-be-dissolved-in-april/|title=University of Wales, Newport to be dissolved in April|website=South Wales Argus}}</ref>

In response to Cardiff Metropolitan's opposition to its involvement in any merger plans, [[Leighton Andrews]] (a strong proponent of mergers<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-11911375|title = Universities in Wales told to 'adapt or die'|publisher = BBC News|date = 3 December 2010}}</ref>) threatened to forcibly dissolve Cardiff Metropolitan and hand its assets over to the new university formed by Glamorgan.<ref>{{cite web|last=Matthews|first=David|url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=420609 |title=Merge or dissolve – Andrews plays his cards in Cardiff Met row|publisher=Times Higher Education|date=17 July 2012|access-date=14 April 2013}}</ref> Cardiff Metropolitan still demanded more evidence before committing to further talks and, in November 2012, Leighton Andrews withdrew a consultation on plans to force a merger.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-20225572|title=Cardiff Met reprieve on south east Wales uni merger|publisher=BBC|date=6 November 2012|access-date=14 April 2013}}</ref>

==Campuses==
[[File:University of South Wales, Newport city centre campus.jpg|thumb|[[Newport city centre]] campus]]
The university opened a new £35 million campus in Newport's city centre formally on 10 January 2011. The project was a collaboration between the university, [[Newport City Council]] and the [[Welsh Assembly Government]] operating through [[Newport Unlimited]], the urban regeneration company for the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newport.ac.uk/news/newsstories/Pages/UniversityreturnstoCityCentre.aspx|title=Newport celebrates historic day as University returns to City Centre|publisher=University of Wales, Newport|date=10 January 2011|access-date=29 January 2011|archive-date=21 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721054531/http://www.newport.ac.uk/news/newsstories/Pages/UniversityreturnstoCityCentre.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The campus is situated on the western side of the River Usk in the city centre and it was the first phase of an intended £50m development for the university. It housed the Faculty of Arts and Business whilst the Caerleon campus housed the Faculty of Education and Social Sciences. The campus was part of a major redevelopment of Newport city centre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newport.gov.uk/_dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=regeneration.homepage&contentid=CONT061300|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030210931/http://www.newport.gov.uk/_dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=regeneration.homepage&contentid=CONT061300|archivedate=2012-10-30|title=Regeneration – City Centre Campus|website=Newport City Council}}</ref> The old city campus at [[Allt-yr-yn]] was closed and demolished.<ref name="newport1"/>

==Reputation==
The university had been involved in higher education since 1841. In 2009, it was rated the number one university in Wales for enterprise education by the Knowledge Exploitation Fund.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/good_university_guide/article2166890.ece| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906222201/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/good_university_guide/article2166890.ece| url-status=dead| archive-date=6 September 2008|location=London|newspaper=The Times| title=Profile Newport University of Wales|date=27 May 2009}}</ref>

The School of Film, Photography and Digital Media taught a documentary photography degree programme as well as housing the Newport Film School,<ref name=filmschool>{{cite web|url=http://www.newport.ac.uk/artmediadesign/newportfilmschool/Pages/History.aspx|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721054422/http://www.newport.ac.uk/artmediadesign/newportfilmschool/Pages/History.aspx|archivedate=2011-07-21|title=Film School History| publisher= University of Wales, Newport }}</ref> founded by [[John Grierson]] in 1966 and producing many award-winning film-makers since then.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newport.ac.uk/Film-Photography-and-Digital-Media/Pages/Home.aspx|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130411003347/http://www.newport.ac.uk:80/Film-Photography-and-Digital-Media/Pages/Home.aspx|archivedate=2013-04-11|title=Film, Photography and Digital Media|publisher= University of Wales, Newport|access-date=14 April 2013}}</ref>

The 2010 [[CILECT]] Congress (the international association for film and television schools) unanimously voted in Newport Film School as a full member – only two of the ten new applicant schools for full membership were given this accolade.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/8689811.newport-film-school-joins-international-elite/|title=Newport film school joins international elite|website=South Wales Argus}}</ref>

==Students' Union==
Newport Students' Union was the [[students' union]] representing all students at the university. The union was run day-to-day by a team of [[Sabbatical officer|sabbatical officers]]. Alongside this sabbatical team, full-time and part-time staff were employed to assist in the operation of the union and part-time officers, team captains, society presidents and student managers who all worked alongside their studies to assist the union.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newportunion.com/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616171802/http://newportunion.com/|archivedate=2013-06-16|title=Newport Students' Union|website= newportunion.com}}</ref>

Newport Students' Union provided a range of sports teams, societies and entertainment for students to get involved in. The union also housed a newspaper (''NewsPort''), magazine (''newtwo''), TV station (NTV) and radio station (Radio Noize). As well as weekly social events and club nights, the union organised Freshers' Fortnight, Freshers' Fayre, Re: Freshers Week, [[Rag (student society)|RAG]] (Raising and Giving Week) and the May Ball.

==Notable alumni==
(View [[University of South Wales]] for further alumni ) <ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.southwales.ac.uk/about/our-history/| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141113012158/http://www.southwales.ac.uk/about/our-history| archive-date = 2014-11-13| title = History of the University of South Wales |publisher= University of South Wales}}</ref>
*[[Christopher Chung (politician)|Christopher Chung Shu-kun]], a member of [[Hong Kong Legislative Council]]
*[[Roger Cecil]], artist<ref>{{Cite news |last=Morris |first=Steven |date=2015-02-25 |title=Body believed to be that of missing artist Roger Cecil found in field |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/feb/25/body-missing-artist-roger-cecil-dementia |access-date=2025-08-19 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
*[[Ken Elias]], artist<ref>{{Cite web |title=Elias, Ken, b.1944 {{!}} Art UK |url=https://artuk.org/discover/artists/elias-ken-b-1944 |access-date=2025-08-20 |website=artuk.org |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Green Gartside]], the frontman of the band [[Scritti Politti]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Green Gartside biography |url=https://www.last.fm/music/Green+Gartside/+wiki |access-date=2025-08-20 |website=Last.fm |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Harry Greene (television personality)|Harry Greene]], television personality<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-03-13 |title=Harry Greene |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9928299/Harry-Greene.html |access-date=2025-08-20 |website=The Telegraph |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Paul Groves (poet)|Paul Groves]], poet<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paul Groves (poet) - Spouse, Children, Birthday & More |url=https://playback.fm/person/paul-groves-(poet) |access-date=2025-08-20 |website=Playback.fm |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Philip John]], director and screenwriter<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.philipjohn.net/| title = Philip John / Director & Writer|website=philipjohn.net}}</ref>
*[[Kirk Jones (director)|Kirk Jones]], director<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harding |first=Oscar |date=2013-01-16 |title=Exclusive Interview: Kirk Jones, Director of What To Expect When You're Expecting |url=https://whatculture.com/film/exclusive-interview-kirk-jones-director-of-what-to-expect-when-youre-expecting |access-date=2025-08-20 |website=WhatCulture.com |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Natasha Rhodes]], science fiction author<ref>{{cite web| url = https://natasharhodes.com/| title = Natasha Rhodes / Author|publisher=Natasha Rhodes/}}</ref>
*[[Asif Kapadia]], film director<ref>{{Cite web |title=Filmmaker Focus: Asif Kapadia |url=https://archive.ica.art/whats-on/filmmaker-focus-asif-kapadia/index.html |access-date=2025-08-20 |website=archive.ica.art |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Scott Barley]], filmmaker and artist<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-28 |title=Scott Barley |url=https://www.falmouth.ac.uk/staff/scott-barley |access-date=2025-08-20 |website=www.falmouth.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Justin Kerrigan]], writer and film director<ref>{{cite web |url=http://documentarynewport.com/history/ |title=History | documentary newport |access-date=2015-05-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527163708/http://documentarynewport.com/history/ |archive-date=27 May 2015 }}</ref>
*[[Tracey Moberly]], artist, author and radio presenter<ref>{{Cite web |last=Administrator |first=walesonline |date=2013-03-22 |title=The joy of TXT |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/the-joy-of-txt-1941065 |access-date=2025-08-21 |website=Wales Online |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Ian Watkins (Lostprophets singer)|Ian Watkins]], former singer in the [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Lostprophets]]; convicted sex offender<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pyke |first=Chris |date=2013-11-26 |title=Ian Watkins: From first-class graduate and homegrown hero to infamous depraved paedophile |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/ian-watkins-first-class-graduate-global-6344220 |access-date=2025-08-21 |website=Wales Online |language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Newport Technical Institute]], the landmark former Newport Art College building

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cite web|url= http://www.newport.ac.uk|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060518155831/http://www.newport.ac.uk/|archivedate=2006-05-18|title=University of Wales, Newport}}
*{{YouTube|user=NPORTTV}}

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