Catherine Fisher (born 1957) is a poet and novelist for children and Young Adults. Best known for her internationally bestselling novel Incarceron and its sequel, Sapphique , she has published over 40 novels and 5 volumes of poetry. She has worked as an archaeologist, and as a school and university teacher, is an experienced broadcaster and adjudicator and has taught at the Arvon Foundation and Ty Newydd Writers' Centres . She lives in Wales, UK.
70-778: Fisher was born in Newport, Gwent, Wales. She graduated from the University of Wales with a degree in English Literature and Education. Catherine Fisher has worked as a primary-school teacher and as an archaeologist . She also taught writing for children at the University of South Wales . She has been a full-time writer of fiction and poetry since 2002. Since the late 1980s, Fisher has been writing children's fantasy , both Young Adult and Middle Grade. These novels have been translated into over 30 languages, and many of her works have won or been shortlisted for literary awards. She has twice won
140-457: A Certificate of Higher Education . In 2020 the university entered a strategic alliance with the University of South Wales through a Deed of Association. A joint statement said that the two universities would be "working together on a national mission to strengthen Wales’ innovation capacity, supporting economic regeneration and the renewal of its communities", while retaining their autonomy and distinct identities. The Lampeter campus includes
210-712: A benefactor of the UWL, the Sheikh Khalifa building is the home of the School of Theology, Religious Studies and Islamic Studies, one of the largest Schools of its kind in the United Kingdom. It was opened by Professor Sir Stewart Sutherland . Behind the departmental building is a small mosque and prayer room, used by Islamic students and residents of the town, and also the Rowland Williams Research building. Opened in 2007,
280-430: 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. 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
350-680: A combined higher education and further education institution. In 2015, the university established a second centre in Cardiff with the launch of Canolfan Berfformio Cymru (the Wales Centre for Performance). In 2016, Coleg Ceredigion, another further education college with campuses in Cardigan and Aberystwyth, merged with the university. The university opened a "learning centre" in Birmingham in 2018, offering level 4 (first year undergraduate) courses leading to
420-606: A further report which found " very real problems of leadership and management " at the university. As a direct result, in December 2008, Lampeter announced that it was in merger talks with Trinity with the intention of forming a new university. This was formally announced in April 2009, when the institution's new name, University of Wales, Trinity Saint David , was revealed. The university received its first students in September 2010. The name of
490-464: A growing number of students at the end of the 19th century. The foundation stone was laid by the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1885 and the building was officially opened on 24 June 1887. It contained a physical science laboratory, two lecture rooms and new accommodation. However, structural problems forced the university to demolish the original building in the summer of 1971. The second Canterbury Building
560-462: A number of academic, utility and residential buildings. Charles Robert Cockerell designed the original college building, now called the Saint David's Building (informally known as Old Building or OB by students) in the centre of the grounds, in a Tudor Gothic style based on 17th century Oxford college buildings such as St John's, Brasenose and Oriel. It is a Grade II* listed building built around
630-837: A pamphlet, Folklore (2003), with Smith/Doorstop Books, and many poems in magazines and anthologies, including Poetry Wales, Poetry Now, The Poetry Review and the Forward Book of Poetry. The collection Immrama won the Welsh Arts Council Young Writers' Prize in 1989. She won the Cardiff International Poetry Competition in the same year with her poem 'Marginalia'. (US title: Relic Master series ) The Clockwork Crow series Short Stories. The Red Gloves and Other Stories (2021) Firefly Press. ISBN 9781913102685 University of Wales The University of Wales ( Welsh : Prifysgol Cymru )
700-530: A quadrangle, with student accommodation on three sides and the fourth side having the chapel and hall placed symmetrically. In a break from the Oxford tradition, the college building has a T-shaped protection from the north range, at right angles to the chapel and hall, with a library and lecture rooms. The Old Hall was the college dining hall until the Lloyd Thomas refectory was opened in 1969. It then became part of
770-517: A selection of classrooms, lecture halls and laboratories used by the school of sport, health and outdoor education. The facility is located near the Myrddin Accommodation blocks, and is surrounded by picturesque gardens and ponds. Dafydd Rowlands Building – Named after the author Dafydd Rowlands , a minister and previous lecturer of Trinity College in the Welsh department, the building is home to
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#1732851805871840-568: A variety of BA, MA, MBA and DBA courses in various business and management fields, as well as a BSc in cloud computing. UWTSD opened its Birmingham Learning Centre in March 2018 based in Sparkhill area of Birmingham . In 2020, the operations in Birmingham expanded to a second location in Quay Place close to the city centre. Upon the formation of the new Institute of Inner City Learning, the learning centre
910-572: 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. The university was, prior to the break up of the federation, the second largest university in the UK. A federal university similar to
980-503: Is a large four-storey building named after Carwyn James , a former Welsh rugby player, teacher and lecturer at Trinity College. This facility is home to the Faculty of Education and Training. The Dewi Building was originally built in 1925 as the Dewi Hostel. It was an extension of the original old college and served as an extra wing for student accommodation. An account of the conditions of
1050-710: Is dedicated to past students and professors who served in the first world war. The ante-chapel contains a font and is decorated with student artwork. There is also the university chapel lounge which now houses the university's chaplaincy library and serves as a comfortable, relaxed meeting space for the Chapel community. This room also has a stained glass window installed in 2008 in memory of Norah Isaac , former lecturer and pioneer of Welsh language education. The Swansea-based Faculty of Business and Management has three units (Carmarthen Business School; Sport, Health and Outdoor Education: Carmarthen; Wales Institute for Work-based Learning) on
1120-519: Is the base of two of the university's three faculties. The campus is centred around the original 1848 Old Building of Trinity College. It originally contained all of the original dormitories, common rooms, libraries, an original university quadrangle and teaching spaces. The building today houses several lecture theatres and smaller classrooms often used by the university's School of Justice and Social Inclusion (including psychology) and theology, religious studies and Islamic studies. Another feature of
1190-667: Is the main focus of social life on campus, hosting club nights, socials, pool tournaments and charity events. The Bishop Burgess Hall formerly housed the Departments of Classics and Philosophy. In 2009 it was converted to become a hub for student services. Although its foundation and indeed its speciality lies in education, the campus now also teaches a variety of degrees in subjects such as sport, health and nutrition, religious and Islamic studies, psychology, social inclusion, creative arts, photography, film and drama, business and tourism, and English and creative writing. The Carmarthen campus
1260-556: The Confucius Institute is the home of the university's department of Chinese Studies. The mission of the Confucius Institute has been to build bridges between Wales and China. The Roderic Bowen Library & Archives were completed in 2007, adjoining the main library building. They are named after Roderic Bowen , a former President of the university. The books, manuscripts and archives kept therein were formerly held in
1330-541: The 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 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
1400-565: 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
1470-1060: 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), 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
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#17328518058711540-432: 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, a decision was made to abolish the university as it then existed. From August 2017 it has been functionally integrated with
1610-455: 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. The University of Glamorgan subsequently merged with
1680-410: The University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD), which itself merged with Swansea Metropolitan University 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. As part of
1750-563: 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, but 3,345 students registered on transnational education courses outside the UK. It also collaborated with the University of Malaya in 2013 to establish the International University of Malaya-Wales (IUMW), a private university in Malaysia. The University of Wales
1820-466: The University of Wales, Newport , another former member of the University of Wales, in 2013 to form the University of South Wales A number of institutions were not accredited by the university, but had some of their courses validated by it. There was some publicity and questioning of the quality of these external courses, and in October 2011, in response to changes in higher education in Wales, including
1890-609: The Carmarthen campus. The surrounding campus is a blend of modern buildings surrounded by sweeping lawns and gardens. Opposite the old building is the Halliwell Centre , named after a former principal of Trinity College, Thomas Halliwell , which is primarily used as a conference facility. Attached to the centre is the Merlin restaurant which is the campus' main restaurant and refectory for catered students. The Carwyn James Building
1960-588: The Department of Philosophy. The Cliff Tucker building , on the banks of the River Dulas , was opened by Sir Anthony Hopkins in 1996 on the site of the former archaeology practice trenches and incorporates several teaching rooms and a lecture theatre. It is named in honour of Cliff Tucker , a former student and benefactor of the university. Completed in 1997 and named after Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan ,
2030-847: The Dynevor campus, the Mount Pleasant campus, the Alex Design Exchange, and the Swansea Business Campus (including the Swansea Business School ). The current Swansea Business School building was a part of Swansea Metropolitan University from its formation in 1897 as the Swansea Technical College. In 2018 the university opened a new £350 million campus at the SA1 Swansea Waterfront , housing Yr Athrofa:
2100-583: The HE institutions would merge into another educational group, with both working closely within the region. In December 2010 it was announced that the university would merge with Swansea Metropolitan University . This merger was completed on 1 August 2013. In May 2011 the university announced it would be establishing the Wales International Academy of Voice in Cardiff, opening in June 2011. In October 2011, it
2170-711: The Institute of Education, and the Faculty of Architecture, Computing and Engineering. Staff and students from the city centre Townhill and Mount Pleasant campuses relocated to SA1, with Townhill closing at the end of the 2017–18 academic year although the university has retained a presence at Mount Pleasant. The university's London Campus opened in 2012, originally in Islington, and moved to its current location in Winchester House on Cranmer Road in Lambeth in 2013. The campus offers
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2240-518: The Norah Isaac building and the two are of very similar designs. Originally the front façade of the building, the oldest part, was the broadcast room in 1950. Students' Union – The students' union building was the centre of student social life on the campus. Constructed in 1972 it comprised two main venues: the Attic Bar which served food and drinks and downstairs 'Unity', the main entertainment venue of
2310-532: The St David's Building Founders' Library. The library was opened on 17 October 2008 by the former First Minister for Wales , Rhodri Morgan . It is a resource for teaching, research and scholarship within the university and for the wider academic community. The Students' Union houses the university's main entertainment venue, the Xtension, a bar, television and pool rooms, student shop and offices for union officials. It
2380-482: The Union. This facility hosted club nights as well as other social events. The Union incorporated many societies, ranging from sports such as rugby and hockey to historical societies. Norah Isaac Building – This building is home to the school of social justice and Inclusion and contains the reception for that school. It is named after Norah Isaac , who was responsible for setting up the first ever Welsh drama department, and
2450-567: 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 ). 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
2520-491: 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
2590-687: 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
2660-678: The University of Wales is held by a head of one of its constituent colleges/universities. University of Wales Trinity Saint David 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 came into existence through
2730-506: The University of Wales, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh . It was extended and then reopened by Charles, Prince of Wales on 21 June 1984. The Arts Building was built to house the geography department and was opened by Peter Thomas , Secretary of State for Wales on 4 October 1971. Currently, the Arts Building houses the School of Archaeology, History and Anthropology and the School of Management, VSS, IT, Business and Tourism as well as
2800-720: The Welsh Books Council Tir na n'Og prize for fiction in English, with The Candle Man (2000) and The Clockwork Crow (2015). Her young adult fantasies Incarceron and Sapphique were New York Times bestsellers and Times Book of the Year. The Oracle , the first volume of a trilogy mixing Egyptian and Greek myth, was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize . The Clockwork Crow , first of an acclaimed trilogy for middle grade, an enchanting reworking of Welsh fairylore and Victorian Gothic,
2870-436: The federal university as the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology (UWIST), also in Cardiff. In 1971, 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
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2940-544: 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 . A fourth college, Swansea (now Swansea University ), was added in 1920 and in 1931 the Welsh National School of Medicine was incorporated. In 1967, the Welsh College of Advanced Technology entered
3010-484: The founder of the University Bishop Thomas Burgess , Maurice Jones , Thomas Price , Llewelyn Lewellin , Edward Harold Browne , Keith Robbins and Brian Robert Morris . St David's Chapel was consecrated in 1827. In 1879, soon after the foundation of the 16' Club , it was rebuilt according to the specifications of the architect Thomas Graham Jackson of Cambridge and re-opened on 24 June 1880. It
3080-623: The growing diversity of subjects on the campus and is located opposite the Parry Block. It is dedicated to the poet Raymond Garlick , who was a principal lecturer in Trinity's Welsh department. The Parry Building , named after Albert William Parry (a former principal of the college and psychology lecturer 1909–1940), contains a variety of teaching facilities used largely by the university's School of Creative Arts. These include fairly large classrooms and smaller art studios. The building runs parallel to
3150-464: The hostel survives from a student living in them at the time; "To keep oneself warm in the new wing during the Winter months was a problem for although it had a system of heating, the heat seldom reached even the second floor. To wash we depended on the rain-water caught in the roof of the building and this was always cold". The main library of the university campus was constructed in 1995 to accommodate
3220-529: The institution is a combination of Lampeter's original name (Saint David's College) and the name of Trinity University College. In June 2010, a declaration of intent was announced between Trinity Saint David, Swansea Metropolitan University and three regional further education colleges ( Coleg Ceredigion , Coleg Sir Benfro and Coleg Sir Gâr ) to establish a South-West Wales regional post-16 further education and higher education educational group. The FE colleges were to merge into one educational group, whilst
3290-422: The merger of the two oldest higher education institutions in Wales, the University of Wales, Lampeter (UWL) and Trinity University College (TUC) in 2010, under Lampeter's royal charter of 1828. In 2011, it was announced that the University of Wales would also be merged into Trinity Saint David. On 1 August 2013 the university merged with Swansea Metropolitan University . King Charles III has been patron of
3360-460: 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. 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
3430-611: The old building of Carmarthen is the Archbishop Childs' Hall . Named after Derrick Greenslade Childs , who was Archbishop of Wales , Bishop of Monmouth and director of the Church of Wales. Childs was principal of Trinity in 1965. The hall is of a classical shape and is hung with framed paintings of Childs. On the outside of the building, there is a carved crest of the Bishops of Wales. Cwad – The original 1848 quadrangle, what later became
3500-527: The old college library has been modified into the 'Cwad'. This operates in partnership with the main library. Attached to the main body of the Old Building is the University Chapel . This was built in 1848 and although it has been modified slightly, still retains many original features. Attached to this is the historic ante-chapel, the original chapel the present one being an extension added in 1932, which
3570-468: The same status for Welsh as the OED does for English, was completed in 2002, eighty-two years after it had been started. The University of Wales Press 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. Former colleges and member institutions: In September 2007, three universities applied for
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#17328518058713640-532: 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. In 2010
3710-518: The students' union, used as a venue for meetings and dances. After the opening of a new students' union building, it fell into disuse until 1991 when it was re-opened after much restoration; it is now used as one of the university's principal venues for meetings, dinners and conferences and is often hired out to outside organisations. It is also used for examinations and occasional lectures. The Old Hall also contains paintings of various principals, presidents, benefactors, vice-chancellors et al. including
3780-494: 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. 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. It was announced later in October that the University of Wales would be "effectively abolished", and merged into
3850-515: The university broke its links with a Malaysian 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. In October,
3920-548: The university since 2011. The Chair of the Council is The Venerable Randolph Thomas former Archdeacon of Brecon from 2003 until 2013, and the Vice-Chancellor has been Professor Elwen Evans KC since June 2023. The university also collaborated with the University of Malaya in 2013 to establish International University of Malaya-Wales (IUMW) , a private university in Malaysia. The University of Wales Trinity Saint David
3990-469: The university's department of Film and Visual Media, this space contains laboratories and studios as well as several working spaces for other programmes within the school of creative arts. It also houses office space. UWTSD took over the campuses of Swansea Metropolitan University upon the merger of the two institutions. These now make up part of the Swansea city centre campuses of the university, consisting of
4060-426: 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. The appointment of Vice-Chancellor of
4130-461: The university's special collections; the Founders' Library was not environmentally suitable for such valuable and fragile documents. This extension to the main library was completed and opened in 2008. The former Founders' Library was subsequently refurbished and was reopened by Charles, Prince of Wales to provide outside conference and seminar facilities. The Canterbury Building was built to house
4200-400: 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. The administrative office of the University of Wales is located in 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
4270-408: 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. The first edition of Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru ( The University of Wales Dictionary ), which has
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#17328518058714340-415: Was a founder of the performing arts tradition at Trinity. It has a selection of classrooms and lecture suites. Degrees in English and Creative Writing are also taught in this building, which is also home to the university's foreign office, which deals with international programmes. It is located directly opposite the Parry Building. Robert Hunter Building – Named after Robert Hunter, this building contains
4410-549: Was again refurbished during the 1930s, mainly through the provision of a new reredos (incorporating depictions of St David, Christ and St Deiniol in 1933 and a major overhaul of the organ in 1934. The chapel is provided with a dedicated chaplain and services are held here on Sundays and throughout the week as well as on saints' days and major festivals. These are generally well-attended by a mixture of staff, students and alumni. The Founders' Library, named after its founders — Thomas Burgess , Thomas Bowdler and Thomas Phillips —
4480-471: Was announced that the University of Wales would also be merged into Trinity Saint David. A deed of union signed in 2017 functionally integrated the two universities, although the full constitutional merger has not been completed as of September 2018. A London campus was opened in 2012. In August 2012, it was announced that Coleg Sir Gâr, a further education college with five campuses across Carmarthenshire, would be merged with Trinity Saint David, forming
4550-441: Was formed in July 2010 by the merger of the University of Wales, Lampeter and Trinity University College , via a supplementary charter to Lampeter's 1828 royal charter. In 2008, a QAA report on Lampeter concluded that, although the quality of the university's degrees was satisfactory, they had " limited confidence " in the institution's quality assurance procedures and systems. Further to this assessment, HEFCW commissioned
4620-412: 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 Aberdare Report in 1881. Prior to the foundation of
4690-417: Was opened on 20 October 1973 by the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kent and at various times housed the History, Classics, Foundation, Welsh and English departments. The second Canterbury Building was demolished during 2012, and the third Canterbury Building, opened during the 2012/13 academic year, now houses the Student Services Hub. The Library was opened on 7 July 1966 by the then Chancellor of
4760-531: Was shortlisted for the Blue Peter Prize. Fisher's work mixes myth, legend and folktale, with vibrant characters and language that is precise and evocative. She has written several well-received re-tellings of Welsh myth and legend, including The Cat With Iron Claws , and Culhwch and Olwen . In addition to her writing for children, Fisher has published four poetry collections with Seren Books: Immrama (1988), The Unexplored Ocean (c. 1994), Altered States (1999) and The Bramble King (2019). She has also published
4830-402: Was the college's library until the new library opened in 1966. It later housed the extremely rich collection of the university's oldest printed books (1470–1850) and manuscripts (from the 13th century onwards), as well as the university's archives. In 2005, it was announced that a new £700,000 extension, the Roderic Bowen Library & Archives, was to be built adjoining the Main Library to house
4900-460: Was upgraded to the status of a campus. The Birmingham campus offers a range of undergraduate and post graduate programmes in the fields of Business, Health and social care, and Computing. The university has two learning centres in Cardiff: the Wales International Academy of Voice and the Canolfan Berfformio Cymru (Wales Centre for Performance). The university is organised into a number of academic schools and faculties. The Vice-Chancellor
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