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, established = 2011 – Cardiff Metropolitan University
1996 – University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC)
1990 - Cardiff Institute of Higher Education (CIHE)
1976 – South Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education
1865 – Cardiff School of Art
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Cardiff
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Llandaff
Llandaff (; cy, Llandaf ; from 'church' and '' Taf'') is a district, community and coterminous electoral ward in the north of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It was incorporated into the city in 1922. It is the seat of the Bishop of Llandaff, whose ...
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Cyncoed
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Association of Commonwealth Universities
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Wallace Group
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Cardiff Metropolitan University ( cy, Prifysgol Metropolitan Caerdydd), formerly University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC), (PACC) and commonly referred to as Cardiff Met, is a
university
A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, t ...
located in the city of Cardiff.
The university offers degree courses in a variety of disciplines. Study is available at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, full-time and part-time, and research opportunities are offered. In the 2021/22 academic year, the university has 11,500 students from over 140 countries studying on two campuses in Cardiff, and more than 10,000 at 17 partner institutions in 15 countries around the world.
In November 2021, Cardiff Met was awarded the title of UK and Ireland University of the Year 2021 by the
Times Higher Education
''Times Higher Education'' (''THE''), formerly ''The Times Higher Education Supplement'' (''The Thes''), is a British magazine reporting specifically on news and issues related to higher education.
Ownership
TPG Capital acquired TSL Education ...
.
In September 2020 Cardiff Met was named the
''Times'' and ''Sunday Times'' Welsh University of the Year.
Cardiff Met was deemed to be the most financially sustainable university in Wales by the
Wales Governance Centre
The Wales Governance Centre (WGC) () is a research centre and think-tank based Cardiff, Wales, which specialises in research into the law, politics, government and political economy of Wales, as well the wider territorial governance of the UK an ...
in 2020
History
Predecessor institutions
In 1865 the
Cardiff School of Art opened in the
Old Free Library Building,
St Mary Street. The School of Art moved to the Technical Buildings in Dumfries Place in 1900, then The Friary in 1949, then to a new campus in Howard Gardens in 1965.
In 1940, Cardiff College of Food Technology and Commerce opened at Crwys Road. The Cardiff College of Food Technology and Commerce moved to a new Colchester Avenue Campus in 1966, home to management, business, leisure, hospitality, tourism and food students.
In 1950 Cardiff Teacher Training College opened at Heath Park. Llandaff Technical College opened in 1954 at Western Avenue, home to health sciences, design and engineering students. In 1962 the college moved to Cyncoed, now home to the Schools of Education and Sport.
Merging of the colleges
In 1976, the four colleges merged to form South Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education. The name changed to Cardiff Institute of Higher Education in 1990, in preparation for Incorporation. In 1992, the Institute joined the University of Wales as an autonomous body. The first Teaching Degree Awarding Powers were granted by the Privy Council in 1993. The institute was given the power to award its own degrees in August but placed the powers in abeyance, choosing instead to strengthen their links with the University of Wales. In 1996, it was granted University College status within the University of Wales and named the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC).
In 2003, UWIC became a constituent institution of the University of Wales, and considered merging with the
University of Glamorgan
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. 2004 saw the launch of the FE2HE-UWIC Consortium: a partnership between further and higher education institutions established with Barry, Bridgend, Coleg Glan Hafren and Ystrad Mynach further education colleges, with
St David's College joining in 2009. Tony Chapman became Senior Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of the University of Wales.
In 2005 the university entered into and then ended merger talks with the
University of Wales, Newport
The University of Wales, Newport ( cy, Prifysgol Cymru, Casnewydd), was a university based in Newport, South Wales, before the merger that formed the University of South Wales in April 2013. The university had two campuses in Newport, Caerleon ...
. A vote of no confidence was passed by the staff in the Vice Chancellor Tony Chapman.
London School of Commerce became an Associate College in 2006.
![Colchester Ave campus, Cardiff](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Colchester_Ave_campus%2C_Cardiff.jpg)
In October 2010, the new building for the Cardiff School of Management opened in Llandaff with the closure of the Colchester Avenue campus. In June 2011, the new Learning Centre on the Llandaff campus was officially opened. Merger talks with Swansea Metropolitan and Trinity St David universities were discussed.
Split from University of Wales
UWIC formally ended its association with the University of Wales, and was renamed Cardiff Metropolitan University in November 2011.
The university now awards all of its degrees in its own name. Despite this 'withdrawal' from the
University of Wales
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, the new Cardiff Metropolitan University retains close formal links with it. Until summer 2012 they shared the same Pro Vice Chancellor of Research. Cardiff Metropolitan University briefly continued to supply its staff for the University of Wales to use as moderators for their overseas franchised degrees.
From 2004 to 2007, Cardiff Metropolitan University's Vice Chancellor,
Tony Chapman
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, was the Senior Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of the University of Wales, whilst also holding the post of Vice Chancellor at UWIC.
Pressure to merge with other HE institutions
In December 2003, UWIC withdrew from merger talks with the
University of Glamorgan
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, stating that it was not in the 'best interests of UWIC and the students'. In December 2004, UWIC announced merger talks with
University of Wales, Newport
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, but withdrew from merger talks in July 2005 when the
Higher Education Funding Council for Wales
The Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) is the Welsh Government Sponsored Body responsible for funding the higher education sector.
Functions
HEFCW distributes funds for education, research and related activities at Wales's hi ...
stated they indicated that any proposed merger must also include the University of Glamorgan.
On 4 July 2011, UWIC pulled out of merger talks with both
Swansea Metropolitan University and the
University of Wales Trinity Saint David
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, for a new University of Wales citing the fact that it was 'dissatisfied with a lack of attention to good governance, due process and administration (in the University of Wales)'. This was despite the fact that its own Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research, Professor Robert Brown, was also one of the most senior figures in the University of Wales, serving as a member of the University of Wales Council. In December 2011 the newly established Cardiff Metropolitan University rejected the plans of the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales for the future structure of Wales' universities which proposed merging it with the universities of Glamorgan and Newport to form the UK's largest higher education institution.
Pressure on Cardiff Met to merge continued to mount throughout 2011 and 2012, however, in line with
Leighton Andrews
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' controversial Higher Education agenda. This included a plan to create a new super-university of 45,000 students in the Welsh Valleys, involving the
University of Glamorgan
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, the
University of Wales, Newport
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, and Cardiff Metropolitan. Newport had already agreed to merger plans put forward by Glamorgan, although it was described as a 'bilateral arrangement' with neither institution technically taking precedence. This merger plan left open the possibility of a third university becoming involved, which was recognised as a reference to Cardiff Met's position.
Cardiff Metropolitan continued to oppose a merger with its neighbours, citing the lack of a business case, concerns that the new institution (which would be the largest campus university in Britain) would simply be too big to manage properly. In response to their efforts, Leighton Andrews (a strong supporter of the mergers on any terms) threatened to forcibly dissolve Cardiff Metropolitan and hand its assets over to the university formed by Glamorgan and Newport's merger. , more time had been granted to consider a three-way merger, but Cardiff Metropolitan still demanded more evidence before committing to further talks. Cardiff Metropolitan has described the existing plans as high cost and high risk, and have threatened to refer the matter to spending watchdogs, including the
Auditor General
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Freq ...
. However, Cardiff Metropolitan stressed that it retained an 'open mind' on the subject of a merger, and has ruled out moving to the private sector.
On 6 November 2012, the threat of dissolution was removed when the Education Minister made a statement to the
Senedd
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that he had taken the decision to cancel the previous consultation on the proposed dissolutions because of a request from the chairs of the University of Glamorgan and the University of Wales, Newport.
Campuses
![Cardiff Metropolitan University Llandaff Campus (1) 01](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Cardiff_Metropolitan_University_Llandaff_Campus_%281%29_01.jpg)
Cardiff Met has two campus – one at Llandaff and the other Cyncoed.
Llandaff
Llandaff is the home of the Cardiff School of Sport & Health Sciences (Llandaff), Cardiff School of Management, Cardiff School of Technologies and the Cardiff School of Art & Design.
The campus is located approximately two miles from the city centre, surrounded by numerous parks, playing fields and the historic village of Llandaff.
This campus is also located near Cardiff Met's Plas Gwyn residential campus.
Cyncoed
Cyncoed is home to the Cardiff School of Education & Social Policy and the Cardiff School of Sport & Health Sciences (Cyncoed).
It offers on-site accommodation and a new purpose-built Campus Centre. The campus offers excellent sporting facilities, on-site shop, coffee bars and refectory. The campus also acts as the head office for the Students' and Athletics Union.
![TD Student Union](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/TD_Student_Union.jpg)
The Student I-Zone opened in October 2010, to provide information to students from one location.
Organisation
Cardiff Metropolitan University is made up of five academic schools:
*
Cardiff School of Art & Design
* Cardiff School of Education
* Cardiff School of Management
*
Cardiff School of Sport
The Cardiff School of Sport is a department of the ''Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences'' at Cardiff Metropolitan University, that provides sport, physical education and dance degrees and courses in Wales and the UK.
The school was o ...
and Health Sciences
* Cardiff School of Technologies
Cardiff School of Art & Design
Cardiff School of Art & Design opened in 1865 as the Cardiff School of Art and is the oldest constituent part of the university. From September 2012 onwards CSAD's learning & teaching, research and enterprise activities are focused in thirteen 'subjects': Artist Designer: Maker, Architectural Design and Technology, Architecture, Animation, Ceramics, Fashion Design; Fine Art; Interior Design; Illustration; Textiles; Graphic Communication; Photography and Product Design. The school is housed in a modern building on the Llandaff Campus. The School houses a FabLab and Perceptual Experience Laboratory that are open to both the public and the student body. Workshop facilities for all subject areas are open to students on a cross disciplinary basis and include access to digital and manual processes including 3D scanning, chemical photographic developing, foundry casting and printmaking on and with ceramic, plastics and paper including one Columbia Press which is as old as the School itself.
The school was assessed as number 39 of the top 80 destinations to study art and design in the UK by the
Guardian
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's University Guide in 2010.
Cardiff School of Education
The School of Education has over 2000 students and over 100 academic and administrative staff. The School was established in 1951 to provide Initial Teacher Education Training (ITET) provision in Cardiff, and it remains the largest in Wales.
Cardiff School of Management
![Management building May10](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Management_building_May10.jpg)
The School of Management is based at the Llandaff Campus. It moved to a new building in October 2010 following the closure of the Colchester Avenue campus. Research activities at the School are organised into five broad themes within business and management and six Research Centres in specific areas.
Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences
In September 2017, the
Cardiff School of Sport
The Cardiff School of Sport is a department of the ''Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences'' at Cardiff Metropolitan University, that provides sport, physical education and dance degrees and courses in Wales and the UK.
The school was o ...
merged with the Cardiff School of Health Sciences creating the Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences.
The school is currently split between the university's two campuses, with sports at based at Cyncoed and health sciences at Llandaff; however, the university plans to unite the school at the Cyncoed campus following investment in new facilities.
''School of Health Sciences''
The School of Health Sciences is made up of 9 areas and provides applied research and consultancy services. These include: the Centre for Biomedical Research, the Centre for Health, Safety & the Environment, the Food Research & Consultancy Unit, the Zero2Five Food Industry Centre, the Wales Centre for Podiatric Studies and the Department of Applied Psychology.
''School of Sport''
![National Indoor Athletic Centre](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/National_Indoor_Athletic_Centre.jpg)
The School of Sport is based at the Cyncoed Campus, Cardiff.
The
National Indoor Athletics Centre
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is an indoor athletics centre housed at the university's Cyncoed campus and was opened in January 2000 by
Colin Jackson
Colin Ray Jackson, (born 18 February 1967) is a Welsh former sprint and hurdling athlete who specialised in the 110 metres hurdles. During a career in which he represented Great Britain and Wales, he won an Olympic silver medal, became wo ...
. The centre offers multi-sport provision and includes a sports injuries clinic and biomechanics laboratory. It is the only designated 'High Performance Centre' in Wales.
Cardiff School of Technologies
The Cardiff School of Technologies was created in 2018 and intends to work closely with employers across the tech industry to be at the cutting edge of meeting both student demand and employer need in a sector with an increasing number of highly-paid graduate level careers.
Research & Enterprise Centres
Cardiff Metropolitan University's research includes a number of research centres, offering applied research and consultancy to business and industry, and to local and national government across the UK and abroad. This includes the
ZERO2FIVE Food Industry Centre and th
National Centre for Product Design & Development Research(PDR).
Academic profile
Reputation and rankings
the university is ranked as the top 'new' university in Wales by the major university guides –
The Guardian
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University Guide 2013, the Complete University Guide 2013 published in
The Independent
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and the Times Good University Guide 2013.
Cardiff Metropolitan University has been independently acclaimed for its academic standards, with an old Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education Institutional Report (2008)
stating that 'confidence can be placed in the soundness of the institution's current and likely future management of the quality of its programmes and of the academic standards of the associated awards.'
In 2021, The university won the
Times Higher Education
''Times Higher Education'' (''THE''), formerly ''The Times Higher Education Supplement'' (''The Thes''), is a British magazine reporting specifically on news and issues related to higher education.
Ownership
TPG Capital acquired TSL Education ...
University of the Year award.
Student life
Accommodation
Cardiff Metropolitan University has student accommodation available close to its campuses in Cyncoed and at Plas Gwyn. The university also has agreements with private residences such as
Tŷ Pont Haearn
Tŷ Pont Haearn (meaning: 'Iron Bridge House') is a residential building and is also seventh tallest building in Cardiff, Wales. The building is currently managed by Unite Students. A previous management company temporarily renamed the building ...
in the
city centre
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, which has 179 beds reserved for students and
Victoria Hall which is located near to the Llandaff Campus and has 198 beds reserved for students.
Sport
;Sports teams
![Archers Team](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Archers_Team.JPG)
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Cardiff Metropolitan University RFC
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Notable former players
''Inclusion criteria: Attained int ...
*
Cardiff Metropolitan University F.C.
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* Cardiff Metropolitan University Archers
* Cardiff Metropolitan Universityuwic Gaelic Football Club
National Indoor Athletics Centre
This large indoor sporting facility is a venue for many sporting events such as the Welsh Open
Taekwon-Do
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Championships hosted there each year by the United Kingdom Taekwon-Do Association. The UK Open Taekwon-Do Championships is often held there too.
Notable alumni
Cardiff Metropolitan University (formerly UWIC) has alumni in the fields of sport, art, education, design, nutrition, business, healthcare and media.
;Arts
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Phil Carradice
Phil Carradice (born 1947), is a Welsh writer and broadcaster.
Carradice was born in Pembroke Dock. He was educated at Cardiff College of Education and Cardiff University, and became a teacher and social worker. After several years as head of ...
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Ken Elias
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David Emanuel
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Neil Jackson
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Julian Kostov
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Julien Macdonald
;Media
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Michael Buerk
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Jill Dando
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Simon Fowler
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John Inverdale
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During his radio career, he has presented coverage of many major sporting events including the Olympic Games, Wimbledon, the Grand Nationa ...
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Sue Lawley
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Jane Moore
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Rick O'Shea
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Roy Noble
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Phil Steele
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Rhodri Williams
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Rory Burns
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– international cricketer
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Gareth Cooper
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Career
Cooper started playing rugby with Pencoed before moving to Bath in the West Country.
Cooper made his i ...
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Kieran Crawford
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Ellie Curson
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Background
Curson was born in Newport, and grew up in nearby Griffithstown, Pontypool ...
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Lynn Davies
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– Olympic Gold Medallist
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John Devereux
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Alex Dombrandt
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Early years and education
Dombrandt began playing rugby at the age of six for War ...
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Gareth Edwards
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In 2003, in a poll of international ru ...
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Ben Evans
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Non Evans
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Gable Garenamotse
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In 1999 Garenamotse won the triple jump at the African Southern Region Championships, and parti ...
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Helen Glover – Olympic Gold Medallist
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Greg Holmes, cricketer
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Alex Jones
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, cricketer
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Ryan Jones
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Ieuan Lloyd
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Born just outside Cardiff in 1993, Lloyd found his enthusiasm for swimming early o ...
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Hugh Morris
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Brett Morse – Olympic Discus thrower
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Elli Norkett
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Nicky Piper
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David Richards
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Steve Tomlinson
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Ben Simons Ben Simons may refer to:
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*Ben Simmons (born 1996), Au ...
– Olympic Bobsleigh Athlete
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Colin Smart
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J. J. Williams
;Businesspeople and entrepreneurs
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Blandina Khondowe
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Brian Hancock
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Background
Born in Cardiff in 1950, H ...
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Alun Michael
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;Politics
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Chris Elmore, Member of the UK Parliament
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Gareth Bennett
See also
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Armorial of UK universities
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Education in Wales
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List of UK universities
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List of universities in Wales
There are currently eight universities operating in Wales, all of which receive funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW). Although university status in Wales only requires taught degree awarding powers (since 2004), ...
References
External links
Cardiff Metropolitan University– Official website
Cardiff Metropolitan University Students' Union– Official website
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