University of Wales, Aberystwyth
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Aberystwyth University is a university located in Aberystwyth
, Wales. Aberystwyth was a founding Member Institution of the former federal University of Wales
. As of late 2006, the university had over 12,000 students spread across seventeen academic departments.
The university was founded in 1872 as University College Wales. In 1894, the university became a founder member of the University of Wales and changed its name to the University College of Wales Aberystwyth. In the mid 1990s, the university again changed its name to the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. On 1 September 2007, the University of Wales ceased to be a federal university and Aberystwyth became an independent university in its own right once again. However, students who now enroll with Aberystwyth from the academic year 2009/2010 onwards (or have studied their 1st year in the academic year 2008/2009) have the choice to receive a University of Wales degree or an Aberystwyth University degree.
The National Student Survey
named Aberystwyth fifth in the UK in 2006 and tenth in 2007, for overall student satisfaction. The Times
Good University Guide 2008 ranked Aberystwyth joint first in the UK for student satisfaction. In the League table Aberystwyth is ranked 2nd in Wales
after Cardiff University and 39th out of 113 institutions in the United Kingdom overall. Aberystwyth was also short-listed for a best student experience award by the Times in 2007.
The University was founded in 1872 as University College Wales. The first Principal was Thomas Charles Edwards
and initially there were just 26 students. In 1894, the college joined the University of Wales as a founder member (prior to this students had been submitted for examinations to the University of London
).
One of the newest departments in the University is the Department of Sports and Exercise Science, which was established in 2000. Joint honours Psychology degrees were launched in September 2007.
The university's coat of arms was awarded in the 1880s. The shield features two red dragons, the red dragon
being a common symbol of Wales, and an open book, symbolising learning. The crest is an eagle or phoenix above a flaming tower; it possibly symbolises the rebirth of the College after the fire of 1885. The motto is "Nid Byd, Byd Heb Wybodaeth": "A World Without Knowledge, is No World At All".
The Times Good University Guide 2011 ranks Aberystwyth 40th overall out of 114 institutions in the UK. In the same guide, the School of Law came 34th overall out of 87 Law Schools across the UK.
Aberystwyth was given 6th place in the 2008 Times Higher Education Supplement's "Student Experience Rankings", a large survey of student satisfaction in their University ranging from teaching standards to social life.
The computer science department has been ranked 17th in the United Kingdom, and first in Wales according to the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE 2008) with a 100% research quality profile.
As of February 2011 the School of Management and Business is one of only 28 departments in the world to have its Masters degrees, including the MBM, accredited by the AMBA
. It is similar to the AACSB in the U.S. and EQUIS
in Europe. Its MBA is also accredited by the same organisation.
The Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences was the first British university department to offer single honours degrees in human geography and physical geography, a course which has since been adopted by many other universities in the UK. Aberystwyth was ranked 11th of 60 UK universities for Geography and Environmental Studies in the 2009 Guardian
University Guide and, according to the 2009 Times Good University Guide, ranked the department at number 12 from 76 university geography and environmental science related departments.
The Department for International Politics was founded in 1919 and is the oldest such department in the world.
The university came under criticism in 2007 for its record on sustainability
, with a ranking of 97th out of 106 UK higher education institutions in the "Green League 2007". However, the University has managed to climb up to 76th in Ranking for the revised Green League Table for 2009.
The Department of History and Welsh History, and the Institute of Mathematics and Physics can trace their beginnings back to the formation of the University in 1872. The Department of Law was established in 1901 and, as such, is one of the oldest law schools in the UK. The School of Art has a history stretching back to 1917 when it was part of the only British university concerned with the Art and Crafts Movement. In 1936, it became a sub-department within the Education Department where, in 1965, the Joint Honours Art scheme was established. Single Honours Art and Masters degree schemes were introduced in 1974, one year after the subject had once again been given autonomy as a university department. Modern languages has been taught at Aberystwyth since c. 1874, making the current Department of European Languages one of the oldest departments in the UK to teach the subject. The Department of Information & Library Studies was founded in 1989 following the merger of the University with the College of Librarianship Wales. The Institute of Biological Sciences was formed in 1993 from the Department of Biological Sciences, the Department of Biochemistry and the Genetics Group of the Department of Agricultural Botany. These former departments, in turn, can trace their beginnings to the foundation of the University. In 1993, budgetary considerations caused the University to permanently close its department of philosophy. The efforts of some student philosophy organizations have so far failed to restore any funding for a philosophy department at Aberystwyth although there are a number of political philosophy related modules covered by the Department of International Politics.
and Robotics
In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise
(RAE 2008) the department ranked 20th in the United Kingdom for Computer Science
and Informatics.
The RAE 2008 results highlighted the Department of Computer Science
, with 70% of its research activity rated as world leading or internationally excellent and the remaining 30% rated as internationally recognised. The Department is the only such department in Wales that has been awarded a quality profile with 100% of its research being of international quality.
AberMUD
, the first popular internet-based MUD, was written in this department of the university by then-student Alan Cox
.
Aberystwyth was the first department to offer students single honours degrees in human geography and physical geography.
In the most recent Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) in 2008, where the Institute was ranked in the top 12 departments in Britain for Geography, with 20% of research classed as "world leading" and 45% classed as either "world leading " or "internationally excellent".
in 1964 in response to a recommendation for the training of bilingual librarians made in the Bourdillon Report on Standards of public library service in England, (H.M.S.O., 1962). The College grew rapidly and became the largest institution for the training of librarians in Europe. The independent College merged with the University in August 1989. The new department has since introduced courses by open, part-time and distance learning
to supplement full-time student numbers.
Since 1956 the university has also offered professional training in archive
administration and records management
, first as a Diploma course and since 1995 as a modular Master's course. The course is run in partnership with the National Library of Wales
and the Ceredigion Record Office, who contribute to the taught courses, support the practical work of the students and assist with research projects.
The Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth was founded in 1919, and as such claims to be the first such department in the world. The purpose of the founding of the department and start of the study of international relations
itself shortly after the first world war
was stated to be to further political understanding of the world in the hope of avoiding future conflicts. This goal led to the creation of the Woodrow Wilson
chair of International Politics.
It has 500 undergraduate students and 120 postgraduates studying at Masters Degree and PhD level. Of all Aberystwyth's submissions to the 2008 RAE, it had the highest proportion of research that was regarded as world-leading in terms of originality, significance and rigour.
The department has had various academic staff in the field including E. H. Carr, Leopold Kohr
, Andrew Linklater
, Ken Booth, Steve Smith
and Michael Cox
. In 2006, a new building for the Department of International Politics was completed and opened on the main Penglais Campus.
The department is also home to a number of journals. These include "Intelligence & National Security", "International Relations" and "Critical Studies on Terrorism"
scheme to graduates in a discipline other than law. Information published in 2006 indicates a progression rate from first year to second year of about 93.5% on the LLB courses.
In 2006 the Department of Law & Criminology started a Legal Practice Course
. The LPC is a requirement for anyone who wishes to practice as a solicitor in England and Wales. The Times Good University Guide 2009 ranks its School of Law 34th overall out of 87 Law Schools across the UK.
studio built in 2001.
on Llanbadarn Campus was formed by the merger of the Welsh Agricultural College, which had hitherto been independent, and the University's Department of Agriculture in 1995.
programme at Aberystwyth was established in 1985 and is accredited by the AMBA
; it was the first business school in Wales to achieve this. The school's postgraduate programmes in Management and International Business Management are both MBM (Masters in Business Management) accredited by the Association of MBAs. Only 28 business schools throughout the world, as at February 2011, have achieved this programme accreditation and Aberystwyth is one of only 9 in the UK. Recently the school has been ranked 16th in Europe for accounting research by the Journal Accounting and Business Research and 22nd in Europe for Finance and Financial Economics by the Journal of Business Finance & Accounting. In the most recent subject specific teaching quality reviews the Accounting and Finance degrees schemes and the Economics degree schemes at Aberystwyth were both judged to be excellent, this is the highest category that can be awarded. The research training masters are also ESRC
1+3 recognised.
The Department has seen much success in its short history, including academic success for students and staff/researchers. For example recently students have won the 2007 and 2008 British Psychological Society (BPS) Division of Sport & Exercise Psychology H.T.A. Whiting Undergraduate Dissertation Prize and there is a history of success (undergraduate and postgraduate prizes) for communications at the annual student conference of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES).
The main campus of the university is situated on Penglais Hill, overlooking the town of Aberystwyth
and Cardigan Bay
. The Penglais Campus is the site of 12 of the University's 17 departments, as well as most of the student halls of residence. Just below the Penglais Campus is the National Library of Wales
, one of Britain's five legal deposit
libraries. A BBC
article suggests the library is "considered to be one of the world's greatest libraries, and its international reputation is certainly something that all Welsh men and women are intensely ... proud of". The original university building, next to the sea, known as "Old College", is the site of most of the University's administration as well as the Departments of Welsh and Education. The Llanbadarn Campus is located approximately one mile to the east of the Penglais Campus, and hosts the Institute of Rural Sciences and the Department of Information Studies. Additionally, the Llanbadarn Campus is the site of the Aberystwyth branch of Coleg Ceredigion
, a further education college, and not part of the University. The School of Art is located between the Penglais Campus and the centre of Aberystwyth, in what was originally the Edward Davies Chemical Laboratory, site of the now-defunct Department of Chemistry.
Penglais Campus:
Llanbadarn Campus:
Pentre Jane Morgan (the Student Village):
Town:
Aberystwyth
Aberystwyth is a historic market town, administrative centre and holiday resort within Ceredigion, Wales. Often colloquially known as Aber, it is located at the confluence of the rivers Ystwyth and Rheidol....
, Wales. Aberystwyth was a founding Member Institution of the former federal University of Wales
University of Wales
The University of Wales was a confederal university founded in 1893. It had accredited institutions throughout Wales, and formerly accredited courses in Britain and abroad, with over 100,000 students, but in October 2011, after a number of scandals, it withdrew all accreditation, and it was...
. As of late 2006, the university had over 12,000 students spread across seventeen academic departments.
The university was founded in 1872 as University College Wales. In 1894, the university became a founder member of the University of Wales and changed its name to the University College of Wales Aberystwyth. In the mid 1990s, the university again changed its name to the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. On 1 September 2007, the University of Wales ceased to be a federal university and Aberystwyth became an independent university in its own right once again. However, students who now enroll with Aberystwyth from the academic year 2009/2010 onwards (or have studied their 1st year in the academic year 2008/2009) have the choice to receive a University of Wales degree or an Aberystwyth University degree.
The National Student Survey
National student survey
The National Student Survey is a survey, launched in 2005, of all final year degree students at institutions in England, Wales and Northern Ireland...
named Aberystwyth fifth in the UK in 2006 and tenth in 2007, for overall student satisfaction. The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
Good University Guide 2008 ranked Aberystwyth joint first in the UK for student satisfaction. In the League table Aberystwyth is ranked 2nd in Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
after Cardiff University and 39th out of 113 institutions in the United Kingdom overall. Aberystwyth was also short-listed for a best student experience award by the Times in 2007.
History
Thomas Charles Edwards
Thomas Charles-Edwards was a Welsh minister, writer and academic who was the first Principal of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth....
and initially there were just 26 students. In 1894, the college joined the University of Wales as a founder member (prior to this students had been submitted for examinations to the University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
).
One of the newest departments in the University is the Department of Sports and Exercise Science, which was established in 2000. Joint honours Psychology degrees were launched in September 2007.
The university's coat of arms was awarded in the 1880s. The shield features two red dragons, the red dragon
Y Ddraig Goch
The Welsh Dragon appears on the national flag of Wales . The oldest recorded use of the dragon to symbolise Wales is from the Historia Brittonum, written around 820, but it is popularly supposed to have been the battle standard of King Arthur and other ancient Celtic leaders...
being a common symbol of Wales, and an open book, symbolising learning. The crest is an eagle or phoenix above a flaming tower; it possibly symbolises the rebirth of the College after the fire of 1885. The motto is "Nid Byd, Byd Heb Wybodaeth": "A World Without Knowledge, is No World At All".
Reputation and academic rankings
Aberystwyth was given 6th place in the 2008 Times Higher Education Supplement's "Student Experience Rankings", a large survey of student satisfaction in their University ranging from teaching standards to social life.
The computer science department has been ranked 17th in the United Kingdom, and first in Wales according to the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE 2008) with a 100% research quality profile.
As of February 2011 the School of Management and Business is one of only 28 departments in the world to have its Masters degrees, including the MBM, accredited by the AMBA
Association of MBAs
The Association of MBAs is a London-based international organization that accredits postgraduate business programs at business schools worldwide. The Association is one of the three main global accreditation bodies in business education and styles itself "the world's impartial authority on...
. It is similar to the AACSB in the U.S. and EQUIS
Equis
Equis may refer to:*European Quality Improvement System an international system of assessment and accreditation of higher education institutions in management and business administration run by the European Foundation for Management Development....
in Europe. Its MBA is also accredited by the same organisation.
The Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences was the first British university department to offer single honours degrees in human geography and physical geography, a course which has since been adopted by many other universities in the UK. Aberystwyth was ranked 11th of 60 UK universities for Geography and Environmental Studies in the 2009 Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
University Guide and, according to the 2009 Times Good University Guide, ranked the department at number 12 from 76 university geography and environmental science related departments.
The Department for International Politics was founded in 1919 and is the oldest such department in the world.
The university came under criticism in 2007 for its record on sustainability
Sustainability
Sustainability is the capacity to endure. For humans, sustainability is the long-term maintenance of well being, which has environmental, economic, and social dimensions, and encompasses the concept of union, an interdependent relationship and mutual responsible position with all living and non...
, with a ranking of 97th out of 106 UK higher education institutions in the "Green League 2007". However, the University has managed to climb up to 76th in Ranking for the revised Green League Table for 2009.
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| Times Good University Guide | 40th | 46th | 43rd | 39th | 46th | 50th | 49th | 43rd | 43rd | 49th | 34th | 47th | 47th | 48th | 48th | 48th | 42nd= | 54th | 48th= | 52nd |
| Guardian University Guide | 49th | 71st | 69th | 67th | – | 92nd | 70th | 71st | 65th | |||||||||||
| Sunday Times University Guide | 43rd | 43rd | 49th | 47th | 49th | 49th | 50th | 47th | 37th | 41st | 37th | 46th | 43rd | |||||||
| The Complete University Guide | 47th= | 55th | 45th | 43rd | ||||||||||||||||
| The Daily Telegraph | 43rd | 53rd= | ||||||||||||||||||
| FT | 42nd | 44th | 42nd | 43rd |
Departments
Aberystwyth university was ranked 40th overall in the UK in the 2011 Times Good University guide.List of Departments and Institutes
- Art
- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences
- Computer Science
- School of Education and Lifelong Learning
- English and Creative Writing
- European Languages
- Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences
- History and Welsh History
- Information Studies
- International Politics
- Law and Criminology
- School of Management and Business
- Institute of Mathematics and Physics
- Psychology
- Sport and Exercise Science
- Theatre, Film and Television Studies
- Welsh
Department of Computer Science
The Department of Computer Science at Aberystwyth was founded in 1970. The department is known for its research in Computational BiologyComputational biology
Computational biology involves the development and application of data-analytical and theoretical methods, mathematical modeling and computational simulation techniques to the study of biological, behavioral, and social systems...
and Robotics
Robotics
Robotics is the branch of technology that deals with the design, construction, operation, structural disposition, manufacture and application of robots...
In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise
Research Assessment Exercise
The Research Assessment Exercise is an exercise undertaken approximately every 5 years on behalf of the four UK higher education funding councils to evaluate the quality of research undertaken by British higher education institutions...
(RAE 2008) the department ranked 20th in the United Kingdom for Computer Science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
and Informatics.
The RAE 2008 results highlighted the Department of Computer Science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
, with 70% of its research activity rated as world leading or internationally excellent and the remaining 30% rated as internationally recognised. The Department is the only such department in Wales that has been awarded a quality profile with 100% of its research being of international quality.
AberMUD
AberMUD
AberMUD, pronounced , was the first popular open source MUD, named after the town in which it was written, Aberystwyth. The first version was written in B by Alan Cox, Richard Acott, Jim Finnis, and Leon Thrane based at University of Wales, Aberystwyth for an old Honeywell mainframe and opened in...
, the first popular internet-based MUD, was written in this department of the university by then-student Alan Cox
Alan Cox
Alan Cox is a British computer programmer who formerly maintained the 2.2 branch of the Linux kernel and continues to be heavily involved in the development of the Linux kernel, an association that dates back to 1991...
.
Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences
The Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences was formed in 1989 from the former Departments of Geography (established in 1917) and Geology. This department contains the E.G. Bowen map library, containing 80000 maps and 500 atlases.Aberystwyth was the first department to offer students single honours degrees in human geography and physical geography.
In the most recent Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) in 2008, where the Institute was ranked in the top 12 departments in Britain for Geography, with 20% of research classed as "world leading" and 45% classed as either "world leading " or "internationally excellent".
Department of Information Studies
The College of Librarianship Wales (CLW) was established at Llanbadarn FawrLlanbadarn Fawr
Llanbadarn Fawr is an urbanised village and community in Ceredigion, Wales. It is located on the outskirts of Aberystwyth situated next to Penparcau and Southgate. It forms the eastern part of the continually built-up area of Aberystwyth...
in 1964 in response to a recommendation for the training of bilingual librarians made in the Bourdillon Report on Standards of public library service in England, (H.M.S.O., 1962). The College grew rapidly and became the largest institution for the training of librarians in Europe. The independent College merged with the University in August 1989. The new department has since introduced courses by open, part-time and distance learning
Distance education
Distance education or distance learning is a field of education that focuses on teaching methods and technology with the aim of delivering teaching, often on an individual basis, to students who are not physically present in a traditional educational setting such as a classroom...
to supplement full-time student numbers.
Since 1956 the university has also offered professional training in archive
Archive
An archive is a collection of historical records, or the physical place they are located. Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or organization's lifetime, and are kept to show the function of an organization...
administration and records management
Records management
Records management, or RM, is the practice of maintaining the records of an organization from the time they are created up to their eventual disposal...
, first as a Diploma course and since 1995 as a modular Master's course. The course is run in partnership with the National Library of Wales
National Library of Wales
The National Library of Wales , Aberystwyth, is the national legal deposit library of Wales; one of the Welsh Government sponsored bodies.Welsh is its main medium of communication...
and the Ceredigion Record Office, who contribute to the taught courses, support the practical work of the students and assist with research projects.
Department of International Politics
International relations
International relations is the study of relationships between countries, including the roles of states, inter-governmental organizations , international nongovernmental organizations , non-governmental organizations and multinational corporations...
itself shortly after the first world war
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
was stated to be to further political understanding of the world in the hope of avoiding future conflicts. This goal led to the creation of the Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913...
chair of International Politics.
It has 500 undergraduate students and 120 postgraduates studying at Masters Degree and PhD level. Of all Aberystwyth's submissions to the 2008 RAE, it had the highest proportion of research that was regarded as world-leading in terms of originality, significance and rigour.
The department has had various academic staff in the field including E. H. Carr, Leopold Kohr
Leopold Kohr
Leopold Kohr was an economist, jurist and political scientist known both for his opposition to the "cult of bigness" in social organization and as one of those who inspired the small is beautiful movement...
, Andrew Linklater
Andrew Linklater
Andrew Linklater is a renowned international relations academic, and is the current Woodrow Wilson Professor of International Politics at Aberystwyth University...
, Ken Booth, Steve Smith
Steve Smith (academic)
Sir Steven Murray Smith, AcSS is an international relations theorist, academic, and senior university manager.In October 2002 he succeeded Geoffrey Holland as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Exeter, and from 2009-2011 was the President of Universities UK.-Early life:He attended the City of...
and Michael Cox
Michael Cox (academic)
Michael E. Cox is a British academic and international relations scholar. He is currently a professor of international relations at the London School of Economics , where he is Co-Director of LSE IDEAS...
. In 2006, a new building for the Department of International Politics was completed and opened on the main Penglais Campus.
The department is also home to a number of journals. These include "Intelligence & National Security", "International Relations" and "Critical Studies on Terrorism"
Department of Law and Criminology
The Department of Law and Criminology is housed in the Hugh Owen Building, which is located on the main campus. This department was founded in 1901. Ranked within the top twenty institutions for Law in the United Kingdom, it is the oldest law school in Wales. Furthermore, the Department is home to the specialist research centre, the Centre for Welsh Legal Affairs. All lecturers in the Department are engaged in research and the International Journal of Biosciences and the Law, and the Cambrian Law Review are edited in the Department. Over the years a large number of well-known legal academics, practitioners and politicians have taught in the Department. Recently the Department has worked closely with the Quality Assurance Agency in testing new processes for teaching quality assessment. The Department is one of only a few universities in the United Kingdom which offers the two-year LL.BBachelor of Laws
The Bachelor of Laws is an undergraduate, or bachelor, degree in law originating in England and offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree...
scheme to graduates in a discipline other than law. Information published in 2006 indicates a progression rate from first year to second year of about 93.5% on the LLB courses.
In 2006 the Department of Law & Criminology started a Legal Practice Course
Legal Practice Course
The Legal Practice Course also known as the Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practiceis the vocational stage for becoming a solicitor in England and Wales. The course is the successor to Law Society Finals and is more vocational in its syllabus. The LPC can be taken in many different formats including...
. The LPC is a requirement for anyone who wishes to practice as a solicitor in England and Wales. The Times Good University Guide 2009 ranks its School of Law 34th overall out of 87 Law Schools across the UK.
Department of Psychology
In 2007, Aberystwyth added Psychology as a subject to its portfolio of module schemes by establishing a Centre for Applied Psychology within the Department of International Politics. This allowed the university to establish several new joint honours degrees schemes and lead to the establishment of a new independent Psychology Department in 2008; the first time Psychology has been offered as a study course at Aberystwyth for 50 years. The department is now aiming for full British Psychological accreditation by 2012.Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies
The Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies is one of the largest departments in the university in terms of numbers of undergraduate students and was established in the late 1970s. The department incorporates a BBCBBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
studio built in 2001.
Institute of Rural Sciences
The Institute of Rural SciencesInstitute of Rural Sciences
The Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences is a department of Aberystwyth University , and is located in the town of Aberystwyth on the west coast of Wales, on Cardigan Bay. It has a remit for teaching, research as well as business innovation in the area of land use and the...
on Llanbadarn Campus was formed by the merger of the Welsh Agricultural College, which had hitherto been independent, and the University's Department of Agriculture in 1995.
School of Management and Business
In 1998 the Department of Economics (founded 1912), the Department of Accounting and Finance (founded 1979) and the Centre for Business Studies merged to create the School of Management and Business. The MBAMaster of Business Administration
The Master of Business Administration is a :master's degree in business administration, which attracts people from a wide range of academic disciplines. The MBA designation originated in the United States, emerging from the late 19th century as the country industrialized and companies sought out...
programme at Aberystwyth was established in 1985 and is accredited by the AMBA
Association of MBAs
The Association of MBAs is a London-based international organization that accredits postgraduate business programs at business schools worldwide. The Association is one of the three main global accreditation bodies in business education and styles itself "the world's impartial authority on...
; it was the first business school in Wales to achieve this. The school's postgraduate programmes in Management and International Business Management are both MBM (Masters in Business Management) accredited by the Association of MBAs. Only 28 business schools throughout the world, as at February 2011, have achieved this programme accreditation and Aberystwyth is one of only 9 in the UK. Recently the school has been ranked 16th in Europe for accounting research by the Journal Accounting and Business Research and 22nd in Europe for Finance and Financial Economics by the Journal of Business Finance & Accounting. In the most recent subject specific teaching quality reviews the Accounting and Finance degrees schemes and the Economics degree schemes at Aberystwyth were both judged to be excellent, this is the highest category that can be awarded. The research training masters are also ESRC
Economic and Social Research Council
The Economic and Social Research Council is one of the seven Research Councils in the United Kingdom. It receives most of its funding from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, and provides funding and support for research and training work in social and economic issues, such as...
1+3 recognised.
Department of Sport and Exercise Science
In 2001 the Department of Sport and Exercise Science was established under Prof. Jo Doust, the department was then taken over by Prof. David Lavallee in 2007. The department delivers undergraduate programmes in sport and exercise science, performs research in the sport and exercise sciences, and provides consultancy services to individuals and organisations in Wales and the rest of the UK.The Department has seen much success in its short history, including academic success for students and staff/researchers. For example recently students have won the 2007 and 2008 British Psychological Society (BPS) Division of Sport & Exercise Psychology H.T.A. Whiting Undergraduate Dissertation Prize and there is a history of success (undergraduate and postgraduate prizes) for communications at the annual student conference of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES).
Research
The department is active in research, and members of staff are involved in various projects including collaborative work with other Universities and organisations. The department has made contributions to respiratory and endurance physiology, and the role of exercise in mental health and well-being. Members of academic staff have an established record of publications in scientific journals, as well as contributing to book chapters, popular magazine articles and television and radio broadcasts on issues related to their research work. In the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2008, the Department of Sport and Exercise Science, which was returned for the first time since its formation in 2001, had 65% of research submitted rated as being recognised internationally and 15% being of international excellence.Geography of the university campuses
Aberystwyth
Aberystwyth is a historic market town, administrative centre and holiday resort within Ceredigion, Wales. Often colloquially known as Aber, it is located at the confluence of the rivers Ystwyth and Rheidol....
and Cardigan Bay
Cardigan Bay
Cardigan Bay is a large inlet of the Irish Sea, indenting the west coast of Wales between Bardsey Island, Gwynedd in the north, and Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire at its southern end. It is the largest bay in Wales....
. The Penglais Campus is the site of 12 of the University's 17 departments, as well as most of the student halls of residence. Just below the Penglais Campus is the National Library of Wales
National Library of Wales
The National Library of Wales , Aberystwyth, is the national legal deposit library of Wales; one of the Welsh Government sponsored bodies.Welsh is its main medium of communication...
, one of Britain's five legal deposit
Legal deposit
Legal deposit is a legal requirement that a person or group submit copies of their publications to a repository, usually a library. The requirement is mostly limited to books and periodicals. The number of copies varies and can range from one to 19 . Typically, the national library is one of the...
libraries. A BBC
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article suggests the library is "considered to be one of the world's greatest libraries, and its international reputation is certainly something that all Welsh men and women are intensely ... proud of". The original university building, next to the sea, known as "Old College", is the site of most of the University's administration as well as the Departments of Welsh and Education. The Llanbadarn Campus is located approximately one mile to the east of the Penglais Campus, and hosts the Institute of Rural Sciences and the Department of Information Studies. Additionally, the Llanbadarn Campus is the site of the Aberystwyth branch of Coleg Ceredigion
Coleg Ceredigion
Coleg Ceredigion is a bilingual further education college in Ceredigion. It has two campuses in the two largest towns in Ceredigion, namely Aberystwyth and Cardigan The college's principal is Jacqui Weatherburn...
, a further education college, and not part of the University. The School of Art is located between the Penglais Campus and the centre of Aberystwyth, in what was originally the Edward Davies Chemical Laboratory, site of the now-defunct Department of Chemistry.
Student residences
The various student residences owned, leased or managed by the university offer over 3,500 bed-spaces in total. All feature wired access to the University's computer network and a support network of wardening staff.Penglais Campus:
- Cwrt Mawr (self-catered flats, capacity 485)
- Pantycelyn (traditional catered Welsh speaking hall, capacity 260)
- Penbryn (traditional catered hall, capacity 525)
- Rendel (Blocks 1, 2 & 3)
- Davies Bryan (Block 4)
- Alban Davies (Block 5) (Now being remodelled into academic space)
- Ifor Evans (Block 7)
- Thomas Charles Edwards (Blocks 8 & 9)
- Trefloyne (self-catered flats, capacity 146)
- Rosser (self-catered en-suite flats, capacity 332)
Llanbadarn Campus:
- Aeron, Cletwr, Dyfi, Einion and Leri – 5 residences that housed a total of 298 catered students (closed in June 2007 and since demolished)
Pentre Jane Morgan (the Student Village):
- 178 self-contained houses accommodating typically 5 or 6 students each
- Pentre Jane Morgan is due to be expanded over the next 5 years to accommodate for the closing of Llanbadarn (2007), Pantycelyn (2011) and some Sea Front (2011) halls. In total the site will expand to reach the boundary of Aberystwyth Golf Club and accommodate an estimated 900 students. However, due to the previously mentioned closing halls, the expansion will only see total of 300 additional rooms to the campus in total.
Town:
- Brynderw (self-catered flats, capacity 146)
- Seafront Residences (self-catered flats located on the seafront and Queen's Road, overall capacity 720–800 including the redeveloped Alexandra Hall and Clarendon House Postgraduate residence). The original Seafront residences (Plyn' and Caerleon) were destroyed by fire in 1998.
List of Presidents of the University
- 1872–1895, Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare, GCBOrder of the BathThe Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
PC DCI FRS. - 1895–1913, Stuart Rendel, 1st Baron Rendel of Hatchlands, PC.
- 1913–1926, Sir John Williams, 1st Baronet, of the City of London, GCVO DSC MD LLD.
- 1926–1944, Edmund Davies, Baron Edmund-DaviesEdmund Davies, Baron Edmund-DaviesHerbert Edmund Edmund-Davies, Baron Edmund-Davies, PC was a British judge.Born Herbert Edmund Davies at Mountain Ash in Mid Glamorgan, he was the third son of Morgan John Davies and Elizabeth Maud Edmunds...
, PC MA LLD. - 1944–1954, Thomas Jones (T. J.), CHOrder of the Companions of HonourThe Order of the Companions of Honour is an order of the Commonwealth realms. It was founded by King George V in June 1917, as a reward for outstanding achievements in the arts, literature, music, science, politics, industry or religion....
MA LLD. - 1955–1964, Sir David Hughes Parry, QC MA DCL Hon LLD.
- 1964–1976, Sir Ben Bowen ThomasBen Bowen ThomasSir Ben Bowen Thomas was a Welsh civil servant and university President. He served as Permanent Secretary to the Welsh Department of the Ministry of Education from 1945 to 1963, and was President of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth from 1964 to 1975...
, MA LLD. - 1977–1985, Cledwyn HughesCledwyn HughesCledwyn Hughes, Baron Cledwyn of Penrhos, CH, PC, , was a Welsh Labour politician.Born in Holyhead and educated at the Holyhead Grammar School and at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, he served in the RAFVR in the Second World War. He became a solicitor and a town clerk of Holyhead...
, Baron Cledwyn of Penrhos, CHOrder of the Companions of HonourThe Order of the Companions of Honour is an order of the Commonwealth realms. It was founded by King George V in June 1917, as a reward for outstanding achievements in the arts, literature, music, science, politics, industry or religion....
PC. - 1985–1997, Sir Melvyn Rosser, Hon LLD FCA.
- 1997–2007, Elystan Morgan, Baron Elystan-Morgan, LLD.
- 2007–present, Sir Emyr Jones ParryEmyr Jones ParrySir Emyr Jones Parry, GCMG, FInstP is a retired British diplomat. He is a former British Permanent Representative to the United Nations and former UK Permanent Representative on the North Atlantic Council .-Education:...
, GCMG PhD FInstP .
List of Principals and Vice-Chancellors of the University
- 1872–1891 Thomas Charles EdwardsThomas Charles EdwardsThomas Charles-Edwards was a Welsh minister, writer and academic who was the first Principal of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth....
- 1891–1919 Thomas Francis RobertsThomas Francis RobertsThomas Robert Francis was a Welsh academic and second Principal of the University College of Wales Aberystwyth.Born at Aberdyfi, he received his education at Towyn and the UCWA before taking a scholarship to St John's College, Oxford, where he took a first in Classical honour moderations in 1881...
- 1919–1926 John Humphreys DaviesJohn Humphreys DaviesJohn Humphreys Davies was a Welsh lawyer, bibliographer and educator.Born at Llangeitho, Ceredigion, he received his education at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth and Lincoln College, Oxford, before being called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn. His interest in Welsh literature is...
- 1927–1934 Sir Henry Stuart-Jones
- 1934–1952 Ifor Leslie EvansIfor Leslie EvansIfor Leslie Evans was a Welsh academic and Principal of the University College of Wales Aberystwyth from 1934 until 1952.The son of Welsh musician William John Evans, Ivor Leslie Evans received his education at Wycliffe College, Stonehouse before going on to study in France and Germany...
- 1953–1957 Goronwy ReesGoronwy ReesGoronwy Rees was a Welsh journalist, academic and writer. He was educated at the University of Oxford.He was during the 1930s a Marxist intellectual, and in contact with the Cambridge Five spy ring through Guy Burgess. Right at the end of his life he admitted spying for the USSR for a short time,...
- 1958–1969 Sir Thomas ParryThomas Parry (author)Sir Thomas Parry was a Welsh author and Academic. He was Librarian of the National Library of Wales from 1953 to 1958, and Principal of the University College of Wales Aberystwyth from 1958 to 1969. The Thomas Parry Library located on Aberystwyth University's Llanbadarn Campus was named in his...
- 1969–1979 Sir Goronwy DanielGoronwy DanielSir Goronwy Hopkin Daniel KCVO was a Welsh academic and civil servant.Born at Ystradgynlais, Powys, Wales, Daniel was educated at University of Wales, Aberystwyth, where he gained a first-class degree, and obtained a D.Phil. from Jesus College, Oxford...
, KCVO. - 1979–1989 Dr Gareth Owen
- 1989–1994 Prof Kenneth O. Morgan, Baron Morgan of AberdyfiAberdyfiAberdyfi , or Aberdovey is a village on the north side of the estuary of the River Dyfi in Gwynedd, on the west coast of Wales....
- 1994–2004 Prof Derec Llwyd MorganDerec Llwyd MorganDerec Llwyd Morgan is a Welsh academic who is a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.-Life:Morgan was educated at Amman Valley Grammar School, Carmarthenshire, Wales before studying at the University College of North Wales, Bangor for a Bachelor of Arts degree...
- 2004–2011 Prof Noel Lloyd
- 2011 – present Prof April McMahon
Notable staff
- Henry BirdHenry Bird (artist)thumb|220px|right|[[Conversion of St Paul]], a mural by Henry Bird painted in 1973, in [[Denton, Northamptonshire|St Margaret's Church, Denton]]Henry Bird was a British artist from Northampton who painted murals and female nudes. He went to the Royal College of Art and then designed sets at the...
, lecturer in art history (1936–1941) - Ken Booth, professor of International Politics
- Edward Carr, Historian & Woodrow Wilson Professor of International Politics
- Henry Walford DaviesHenry Walford DaviesSir Henry Walford Davies KCVO OBE was a British composer, who held the title Master of the King's Musick from 1934 until 1941.-Early life and education:...
, first Gregynog Professor of Music, composer, broadcaster, Master of the King's Music - John DaviesJohn Davies (historian)John Davies is a Welsh historian, and a television and radio broadcaster.Davies was born in the Rhondda, Wales, and studied at both University College, Cardiff, and Trinity College, Cambridge. He is married with four children...
, Welsh historian - R. Geraint GruffyddR. Geraint GruffyddProfessor Emeritus R. Geraint Gruffydd , MA DPhil DLitt FLSW FBA is a scholar of Welsh language and literature. He is a graduate of Bangor University and Jesus College, Oxford He commenced his studies at Oxford in 1948...
, Chair of Welsh language and literature (1970–1979) - David Russell HulmeDavid Russell HulmeDavid Russell Hulme is a Welsh conductor and musicologist known for his research and publications on the music of Sir Arthur Sullivan, the Victorian era composer who, with Sir W. S...
, Director of Music (from 1992), conductor and musicologist - Robert Maynard JonesBobi JonesEmeritus Professor Robert Maynard Jones , generally known as Bobi Jones, is a Welsh Christian academic, one of the most prolific writers in the history of the Welsh language. A versatile master of poetry, fictional prose and criticism, he is now in his seventies and still producing work of a high...
, Chair of Welsh language (1980– until retirement) - D. Gwenallt Jones, poet, Welsh lecturer
- Leopold KohrLeopold KohrLeopold Kohr was an economist, jurist and political scientist known both for his opposition to the "cult of bigness" in social organization and as one of those who inspired the small is beautiful movement...
, economist and political scientist - Dennis LindleyDennis LindleyDennis Victor Lindley is a British statistician, decision theorist and leading advocate of Bayesian statistics.Dennis Lindley grew up in the south-west London suburb of Surbiton. He was an only child and his father was a local building contractor...
, Professor of Statistics 1960–1967 - David John de LloydDavid John de LloydDr David John de Lloyd was a Welsh musician and composer.Born in Skewen, de Lloyd grew up in Aberystwyth, where he attended both school and university. In 1905, he became the college's first B.Mus. graduate. He also studied in Leipzig and Dublin. In 1926, he replaced Sir Walford Davies as...
, Gregynog Professor of Music, composer - Richard Marggraf TurleyRichard Marggraf TurleyRichard Marggraf Turley is a British poet and literary critic, and is a professor in the Department of English and Creative Writing at Aberystwyth University.-Life:...
, poet, Professor in Department of English and Creative Writing - Ian ParrottIan ParrottIan Parrott , who retired from the Gregynog Chair of Music at Aberystwyth in 1983, is a prolific Anglo-Welsh composer and writer on music. His distinctions include the first prize of the Royal Philharmonic Society for his symphonic poem Luxor, and commissions by the BBC and Yale University, and for...
, Gregynog Professor of Music (1950–1983, composer and musicologist - Joseph ParryJoseph ParryJoseph Parry , was a Welsh composer and musician. Born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, he is best known as the composer of Myfanwy and Aberystwyth used in Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika the National anthem of South Africa.The cottage at 4 Chapel Row, Merthyr Tydfil, where Parry was born, is now open to the...
, Professor of Music, composer and conductor - Sir T. H. Parry-WilliamsT. H. Parry-WilliamsSir Thomas Herbert Parry-Williams was a Welsh poet, author and academic.Parry-Williams was born at Rhyd Ddu, Caernarfonshire. He was educated at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, Jesus College, Oxford , the University of Freiburg and the Sorbonne...
, poet and author; Professor of Welsh 1920–1952 - F. Gwendolen ReesF. Gwendolen ReesFlorence Gwendolen Rees, FRS was a British zoologist and parasitologist. Her career was at the Zoology Department of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, where she held positions of Assistant Lecturer , Lecturer , Senior Lecturer , Reader and Professor , becoming Professor Emeritus in...
, F.R.S., professor of Zoology - William Rubinstein, professor of history
- Evan James Williams, F.R.S. professor of Physics 1938-1945
- Michael WoodsMichael WoodsMichael Woods is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician, who served in a wide range of cabinet positions, most notably as Minister for Agriculture and Food, Minister for Education and Science and Minister for Health.-Life:...
, professor of Geography (current IGES head) - Marie Breen SmythMarie Breen SmythMarie Breen Smyth is an academic author, teacher and researcher originally from Northern Ireland. She has published on topics such as the Northern Ireland conflict, particularly the human impact, trauma, victim politics, children and armed conflict, research ethics and methods, religion and...
, a reader in political violence in the International Politics Department. - Alex Maltman, professor of Geography
Royal and Establishment alumni
- HRH Charles, Prince of WalesCharles, Prince of WalesPrince Charles, Prince of Wales is the heir apparent and eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Since 1958 his major title has been His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales. In Scotland he is additionally known as The Duke of Rothesay...
, KG KT GCB OM etc. - HRH Tunku MuhrizTunku MuhrizDuli Yang Maha Mulia Tuanku Muhriz ibni Almarhum Tuanku Munawir is the eleventh Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.-Early life:...
Ibni Almarhum Tunku Munawir, the 11th Yang Di Pertuan Besar of Negeri SembilanNegeri SembilanNegeri Sembilan, one of the 13 states that constitutes Malaysia, lies on the western coast of Peninsular Malaysia, just south of Kuala Lumpur and borders Selangor on the north, Pahang in the east, and Malacca and Johor to the south.... - HRH Tunku NaquiyuddinTunku NaquiyuddinYang Amat Mulia Tunku Laxamana Tunku Dato' Seri Utama Naquiyuddin Tuanku Ja'afar DK, DKYR, SPNS, SPMP, PPT, is the eldest son of Tuanku Jaafar ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman, the Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan, who was also a former Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia...
, Tunku Laxamana (Regent) of Negeri SembilanNegeri SembilanNegeri Sembilan, one of the 13 states that constitutes Malaysia, lies on the western coast of Peninsular Malaysia, just south of Kuala Lumpur and borders Selangor on the north, Pahang in the east, and Malacca and Johor to the south.... - HE Ahmad Tejan KabbahAhmad Tejan KabbahAlhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabbah served as President of Sierra Leone from 1996 to 1997 and again from 1998 to 2007.He worked for the United Nations Development Programme and returned to Sierra Leone in 1992...
, former president of Sierra LeoneSierra LeoneSierra Leone , officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea to the north and east, Liberia to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and southwest. Sierra Leone covers a total area of and has an estimated population between 5.4 and 6.4...
Academic alumni
- Ian BanksIan BanksIan Banks may refer to:* Iain Banks , Scottish writer* Ian Banks , fictional character on the American television series One Tree Hill* Ian Banks , former footballer and current manager of A.F.C. Emley...
, author, Professor of Men's Health, President of The Men's Health Forum, BMA - Ken Booth, E H Carr Professor of International Politics and Fellow of the British Academy
- Emrys G. BowenEmrys G. BowenProfessor Emrys George Bowen FRGS, FSA, BA, MA, LLD, DUniv, , was an internationally renowned Geographer with a particular interest in the physical geography and social geography of his native Wales...
FRGS, FSA, BA, MA, LLD, DUniv, Geographer - E. H. Carr, historian, journalist and international relations theorist
- Sir Edward CollingwoodEdward CollingwoodSir Edward Foyle Collingwood CBE FRS FRSE DL was an English mathematician and scientist.He was a member of the Eglingham branch of a prominent Northumbrian family, the son of Col. Cuthbert Collingwood of the Lancashire Fusiliers, whose family seat was at Lilburn Tower, near Wooler, Northumberland...
FRS CBE DL, mathematician and scientist - Alan CoxAlan CoxAlan Cox is a British computer programmer who formerly maintained the 2.2 branch of the Linux kernel and continues to be heavily involved in the development of the Linux kernel, an association that dates back to 1991...
, Programmer (major contributor to the Linux kernelLinux kernelThe Linux kernel is an operating system kernel used by the Linux family of Unix-like operating systems. It is one of the most prominent examples of free and open source software....
) (1980s) - D.J. DaviesDavid James DaviesDr. D.J. Davies , was a Welsh economist, industrialist, prize winning essayist, author, political activist, pilot, and an internationalist...
(1893–1956), Economist, Socialist Plaid CymruPlaid Cymru' is a political party in Wales. It advocates the establishment of an independent Welsh state within the European Union. was formed in 1925 and won its first seat in 1966...
Activist, Constitutional Monarchist. - Sir Henry Walford DaviesHenry Walford DaviesSir Henry Walford Davies KCVO OBE was a British composer, who held the title Master of the King's Musick from 1934 until 1941.-Early life and education:...
KCVO OBE, Gregynog Professor of Music, composer, broadcaster, Master of the King's Music 1(1934–1941) - Dr. Peter Dennis, Lecturer and Researcher in Ecology
- Rev Prof Samuel Ifor EnochSamuel Ifor EnochThe Rev. Professor Samuel Ifor Enoch MA , was Professor of New Testament Studies and Principal of the Presbyterian United Theological College Aberystwyth in Wales.-Early life:...
, Theologian - Andrew GordonAndrew Gordon (naval historian)Andrew Gordon is a British naval historian.Dr. Gordon has a BSc in Economics from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth and a PhD in War Studies from King's College London, University of London. Gordon is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and worked as consultant during the drafting of...
Naval historian - Sir Deian HopkinDeian HopkinSir Deian Rhys Hopkin was from 2001 until 2009 Vice Chancellor and Chief Executive of London South Bank University, England. He is an historian, originally from Wales and a fluent Welsh speaker. Born and educated in Llanelli, he attended the first ever Welsh-medium school to be established by a...
, Historian - David Russell HulmeDavid Russell HulmeDavid Russell Hulme is a Welsh conductor and musicologist known for his research and publications on the music of Sir Arthur Sullivan, the Victorian era composer who, with Sir W. S...
, Director of Music (from 1992), conductor and musical historian - Emrys JonesEmrys JonesEmrys Jones FBA, FRGS was Professor of Geography at the London School of Economics and a renowned author and consultant in the fields of geography and urban planning.-Youth:...
, Professor of Geography at the LSELondon School of EconomicsThe London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London... - Dr. Rhys D. Jones, Doctor of Geography at Aberystwyth University.
- T. Harri JonesT. Harri JonesThomas Henry "Harri" Jones was a Welsh poet and university lecturer.Jones was born in Llanafan-Fawr, Brecknockshire . He served in the Royal Navy from 1941–1946 during World War II. He attended University of Wales, Aberystwyth, graduating in English in 1947 and gaining a Master of Arts in 1949...
, Poet - Roy KiftRoy KiftRoy Kift in Bideford, Devon, is an English writer.- Life :Roy Kift read French and Romance studies at the University of Wales in Aberystwyth, graduating with a B.A. in 1964. Between 1965 and 1968 he followed an acting course at the Drama Centre London. This was followed by acting seasons in...
, Dramatist and writer - Mary KingMary King (professor)Mary Elizabeth King is a professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University for Peace.Dr. King was awarded the Jamnalal Bajaj International Award for promotion of Gandhian values outside India in November...
, Political Scientist - Leopold KohrLeopold KohrLeopold Kohr was an economist, jurist and political scientist known both for his opposition to the "cult of bigness" in social organization and as one of those who inspired the small is beautiful movement...
, economist, jurist, political scientist and philosopher - Andrew LinklaterAndrew LinklaterAndrew Linklater is a renowned international relations academic, and is the current Woodrow Wilson Professor of International Politics at Aberystwyth University...
, Woodrow Wilson Professor of International Politics - Paul MaddrellPaul MaddrellDr Paul Maddrell lectures on Intelligence and Strategic Studies at Aberystwyth University in the International Politics department. He was educated at The University of Cambridge and obtained an MA, LL. M., M. Phil and Ph. D Degrees...
, political scientist - Carl R May, sociologist
- Sir Mungo William MacCallumMungo William MacCallumSir Mungo William MacCallum KCMG was Chancellor of the University of Sydney from 1934 to 1936, and a noted literary critic....
, noted literary critic on English and German literature - Kenneth O. Morgan Baron Morgan of Aberdyfi, historian and author
- Mihangel MorganMihangel MorganMihangel Morgan is a Welsh author.-Background and career:...
, leading Welsh language writer - Twm MorysTwm Morys-Biography:Morys was born in 1961 in Oxford, a son to the author Jan Morris. He was brought up in Llanystumdwy and attended Ysgol y Llan, before attending boarding school in Shrewsbury at the age of seven...
, poet - Tavi MurrayTavi MurrayTavi Murray is a glaciologist, one of only 8 women to have won the Polar Medal.-Education:After school in Twickenham Murray gained a First Class Honours degree in Physics and Computer Science from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth...
, noted glaciologist, received the Polar Medal. - Ernest Charles NelsonErnest Charles NelsonErnest Charles Nelson is a botanist who specialises in the Proteaceae family, especially the Adenanthos genus; and the Ericaceae, especially Erica. He is the author of over 20 books and more than 150 research papers...
, noted botanist - Sir Hugh Owen, educator
- Sir T. H. Parry-WilliamsT. H. Parry-WilliamsSir Thomas Herbert Parry-Williams was a Welsh poet, author and academic.Parry-Williams was born at Rhyd Ddu, Caernarfonshire. He was educated at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, Jesus College, Oxford , the University of Freiburg and the Sorbonne...
, poet, author and academic - Jan PinkavaJan PinkavaDr. Jan Jaroslav Pinkava, Ph.D. is the director and writer of the Pixar Oscar-winning 1997 short film Geri's Game and the originator and co-director of Pixar's Oscar-winning 2007 film Ratatouille....
, Oscar winning animator, Pixar, (1981–1985) - F. Gwendolen ReesF. Gwendolen ReesFlorence Gwendolen Rees, FRS was a British zoologist and parasitologist. Her career was at the Zoology Department of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, where she held positions of Assistant Lecturer , Lecturer , Senior Lecturer , Reader and Professor , becoming Professor Emeritus in...
FRS, Emeritus Professor, zoologist and parasitologist - Lewis Fry RichardsonLewis Fry RichardsonLewis Fry Richardson, FRS was an English mathematician, physicist, meteorologist, psychologist and pacifist who pioneered modern mathematical techniques of weather forecasting, and the application of similar techniques to studying the causes of wars and how to prevent them...
D.Sc FRS, mathematician, physicist, meteorologist, psychologist and pacifist - H. J. RoseH. J. RoseHerbert Jennings Rose is remembered as the author of A Handbook of Greek Mythology, originally published in 1928, which for many years became the standard student reference book on the subject, reaching a sixth edition by 1958...
, Emeritus Professor, Classics scholar and Fellow of the British Academy - Frederick SoddyFrederick SoddyFrederick Soddy was an English radiochemist who explained, with Ernest Rutherford, that radioactivity is due to the transmutation of elements, now known to involve nuclear reactions. He also proved the existence of isotopes of certain radioactive elements...
, Nobel Prize Winner in chemistry (1921) - Sir John Meurig ThomasJohn Meurig ThomasSir John Meurig Thomas FRS is a leading British chemist and educator primarily known for his work on heterogeneous catalysis, solid-state chemistry, and surface and materials science. He has authored over one thousand scientific articles and several books, including Principles and Practice of...
FRS, Chemist, Professor, Author - Nigel ThriftNigel ThriftNigel John Thrift is the current Vice Chancellor of the University of Warwick and a leading academic in the field of human geography.-Early life and career:...
, Geographic Scholar and Vice Chancellor of Warwick University - Steve SmithSteve Smith (academic)Sir Steven Murray Smith, AcSS is an international relations theorist, academic, and senior university manager.In October 2002 he succeeded Geoffrey Holland as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Exeter, and from 2009-2011 was the President of Universities UK.-Early life:He attended the City of...
, MSc PhD AcSS, international relations theorist - Sir Charles Webster KCMG, historian, diplomat and former President of the British Academy
- David John Williams, Writer
- Sir Glanmor WilliamsGlanmor WilliamsSir Glanmor Williams was one of Wales's most eminent historians.Sir Glanmor was born in Dowlais, into a working-class family, and was educated at Cyfarthfa Castle School. He studied at Aberystwyth alongside Alun Lewis and Emyr Humphreys, becoming a specialist in the early modern period of Welsh...
, eminent Historian - Rev Prof John Tudno WilliamsJohn Tudno WilliamsRev. Professor Dr. John Tudno Williams was the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Wales 2006–7.-Early career:John Tudno Williams was born in 1938 in Flint and educated in Liverpool and London. Williams studied Theology at Jesus College, Oxford, graduating in 1960...
, Theologian - Waldo WilliamsWaldo WilliamsWaldo Williams was one of the leading Welsh language poets of the twentieth century. He was also a notable pacifist, anti-war campaigner, and Welsh nationalist.-Life:...
, Poet - Rev Prof William Richard WilliamsWilliam Richard Williams (theologian)Reverend Professor William Richard Williams was the Principal of the United Theological College Aberystwyth, the first Secretary of the Council of Churches of Wales, and later its President.-Biography:...
, Theologian - Dame Marjorie WilliamsonMarjorie WilliamsonDame Elsie Marjorie Williamson, DBE was a British academic, educator, physicist and university administrator.-Education:...
DBE, academic, educator, physicist - Sir Alfred Eckhard ZimmernAlfred Eckhard ZimmernSir Alfred Eckhard Zimmern was a British classical scholar and historian, and political scientist writing on international relations....
, classical scholar, historian, political scientist and Woodrow Wilson Professor of International Politics.
Military alumni
- Brigadier-General Lewis Pugh EvansLewis Pugh EvansBrigadier General Lewis Pugh Evans VC, CB, CMG, DSO & Bar, DL was a Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.-Early years:Lewis Pugh Evans was born at Abermadd to Sir...
VC CB CMG DSO & Bar JP DL. - Colonel Bob StewartBob Stewart (British Army officer)Colonel Robert Alexander "Bob" Stewart DSO is a former British Army officer, former United Nations commander in Bosnia, commentator, author, public speaker and Conservative Party politician...
DSO, Former British United Nations commander in Bosnia, broadcaster and author.
Legal alumni
- Tun Salleh AbasSalleh AbasTun Haji Mohamed Salleh bin Abas is a former Lord President of the Federal Court of Malaysia. He was dismissed from his post during the 1988 Malaysian constitutional crisis...
, Lord President of the Federal CourtLord President of the Federal CourtThe title of Lord President of the Supreme Court was formerly the title of the head of the judiciary in Malaysia, until 1994 when the office was renamed "Chief Justice of the Federal Court"....
of Malaysia (1984–1988). The Lord President of the Federal Court of Malaysia was the title of the head of the judiciary (now Chief Justice) of Malaysia until 1994. - Sarah CaudwellSarah CaudwellSarah Caudwell was the pseudonym of Sarah Cockburn , a British barrister and writer of detective stories.She is best known for a series of four murder stories written between 1980 and 1999, centred around the lives of a group of young barristers practicing in Lincoln’s Inn and narrated by a Hilary...
, former lecturer in law. She was a barristerBarristerA barrister is a member of one of the two classes of lawyer found in many common law jurisdictions with split legal professions. Barristers specialise in courtroom advocacy, drafting legal pleadings and giving expert legal opinions...
and writer of detective stories. - Sir Ellis Jones Ellis-Griffith, 1st Baronet PC KC, former barrister and Liberal politician.
- Elwyn Jones, Baron Elwyn-JonesElwyn Jones, Baron Elwyn-JonesFrederick Elwyn Jones, Baron Elwyn-Jones CH, PC was a Welsh barrister and Labour politician.-Background and education:...
CH PC , Attorney General for England and WalesAttorney General for England and WalesHer Majesty's Attorney General for England and Wales, usually known simply as the Attorney General, is one of the Law Officers of the Crown. Along with the subordinate Solicitor General for England and Wales, the Attorney General serves as the chief legal adviser of the Crown and its government in...
(1966–1970) and Lord ChancellorLord ChancellorThe Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor, is a senior and important functionary in the government of the United Kingdom. He is the second highest ranking of the Great Officers of State, ranking only after the Lord High Steward. The Lord Chancellor is appointed by the Sovereign...
(1974–1979) - Sir Samuel Thomas EvansSamuel Thomas EvansSir Samuel Thomas Evans GCB PC QC , was a Welsh barrister, judge and Liberal politician.-Background and education:...
GCB PC QC, barrister, judge, Liberal politician and last QC under Queen Victoria. - John Morris, Baron Morris of AberavonJohn Morris, Baron Morris of AberavonJohn Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon, KG, PC, QC is a retired British politician. He was a Labour Member of Parliament from 1959 to 2001 and Secretary of State for Wales from 1974 to 1979.-Background and education:...
KG PC QC, Chancellor of the University of GlamorganUniversity of GlamorganThe University of Glamorgan is a university based in Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales with campuses in Treforest, Glyntaff, Merthyr Tydfil, Tyn y Wern and Cardiff...
and Attorney General for England and WalesAttorney General for England and WalesHer Majesty's Attorney General for England and Wales, usually known simply as the Attorney General, is one of the Law Officers of the Crown. Along with the subordinate Solicitor General for England and Wales, the Attorney General serves as the chief legal adviser of the Crown and its government in...
(1997–1999) - Sir Alun Talfan DaviesAlun Talfan DaviesSir Alun Talfan Davies QC was a Welsh lawyer, writer and publisher, the brother of Aneirin Talfan Davies.He was born at Gorseinon near Swansea, brought up a Presbyterian, and educated at Gowerton grammar school. He read Law at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and at Gonville and Caius...
, former lawyer, writer and publisher.
Civil Service alumni
- Dr Timothy Brain QPM BA PhD FRSA, former Chief Constable for Gloucestershire
- Sir Goronwy DanielGoronwy DanielSir Goronwy Hopkin Daniel KCVO was a Welsh academic and civil servant.Born at Ystradgynlais, Powys, Wales, Daniel was educated at University of Wales, Aberystwyth, where he gained a first-class degree, and obtained a D.Phil. from Jesus College, Oxford...
, KCVO PhD, former civil servant and academic - Tan Sri Musa HassanMusa HassanTan Sri Musa Hassan is former Malaysia's Inspector-General of Police. He has served with the Royal Malaysian Police for 41 years.- Inspector-General of Police :...
, former Inspector-General of Police, Royal Malaysian PoliceRoyal Malaysian PoliceThe Royal Malaysia Police is a part of the security forces structure in Malaysia. The force is a centralised organization with responsibilities ranging from traffic control to intelligence gathering. Its headquarters is located at Bukit Aman, Kuala Lumpur. The police force is led by an...
- Thomas Jones (T. J.), CH, civil servant and educationalist
Political alumni
- Joe BorgJoe BorgJoseph Borg is a Maltese politician and diplomat. Prior to taking up the post of Commissioner for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malta and led Malta's EU-accession negotiations....
, European UnionEuropean UnionThe European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
Fisheries and Maritime affairs Commissioner - Captain Roderic BowenRoderic BowenEvan Roderic Bowen KC was a Welsh Liberal Party politician.Bowen was educated at Cardigan County School, University College, Aberystwyth, St John's College, Cambridge, Brussels and the Inns of Court. He served in the Army for five years during World War II, reaching the rank of Captain...
KC, former Liberal MP and Deputy Commons Speaker - Nick BourneNick BourneNicholas Henry Bourne is a Welsh Conservative politician. He served as the Leader of the Welsh Conservative Party and as a member of the National Assembly for Wales for the Mid and West Wales electoral region from August 1999 until May 2011...
former Welsh Assembly Member and Leader of the Welsh Conservatives - David Davies, 1st Baron DaviesDavid Davies, 1st Baron DaviesDavid Davies, 1st Baron Davies , was a politician and public benefactor, the grandson of the famous industrialist, David Davies "Llandinam"....
, Liberal politician and philanthropist - Glyn DaviesGlyn Davies (Welsh politician)Glyn Davies is a Welsh Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament for Montgomeryshire since May 2010, and is a former member of the National Assembly for Wales in the Mid and West Wales region .-Background:Educated at Castle Caereinion...
, Conservative MP for Montgomeryshire - John Hugh EdwardsJohn Hugh EdwardsHugh Edwards was a British Liberal Party politician.Aberystwyth-born Edwards was an author, having written a history of Wales and three biographies of David Lloyd George. He was a governor of University College Aberystwyth and University College Cardiff...
, former Liberal politician - Gwynfor EvansGwynfor EvansDr Richard Gwynfor Evans , was a Welsh politician, lawyer and author. President of Plaid Cymru for thirty six years, he was the first Member of Parliament to represent Plaid Cymru at Westminster ....
MP, first Member of Parliament for Plaid Cymru - Stephen GilbertStephen Gilbert (UK politician)Stephen David John "Steve" Gilbert is a British Liberal Democrat politician, who was elected the Member of Parliament for the new constituency of St Austell and Newquay at the 2010 general election.-Background:...
Liberal Democrat MP for St Austell and Newquay - Neil HamiltonNeil Hamilton (politician)Mostyn Neil Hamilton is a former British barrister, teacher and Conservative MP. Since losing his seat in 1997 and leaving politics, Hamilton and his wife Christine have become media celebrities...
, former Conservative MP, barrister - Lady Sylvia HermonSylvia HermonSylvia Eileen Hermon, Lady Hermon is a Northern Irish politician. Since 2001, she has been the Member of Parliament for the constituency of North Down, first elected for the Ulster Unionist Party , but now an independent...
MP, Ulster Unionist politician - Emlyn Hooson, Baron HoosonEmlyn Hooson, Baron HoosonHugh Emlyn Hooson, Baron Hooson QC is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Member of Parliament for Montgomeryshire from 1962 until 1979....
QC, former Liberal politician - Cledwyn HughesCledwyn HughesCledwyn Hughes, Baron Cledwyn of Penrhos, CH, PC, , was a Welsh Labour politician.Born in Holyhead and educated at the Holyhead Grammar School and at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, he served in the RAFVR in the Second World War. He became a solicitor and a town clerk of Holyhead...
CH PC, Baron Cledwyn of Penrhos, former Labour MP and parliamentarian - Dato' Seri Hishammuddin HusseinHishammuddin HusseinDatuk Seri Panglima Hishammuddin bin Tun Hussein is a Malaysian politician and member of the United Malays National Organisation . He is the current Malaysian Minister of Home Affairs. He is the former Minister of Education, having served from 2004 to 2009. He has been mentioned as a likely...
, Malaysian Home Minister - Dan JarvisDan JarvisDaniel Owen Woolgar Jarvis MBE is a British Labour Party politician and former British Army officer. After a career in the Parachute Regiment including most of the regiment's major deployments, he went into politics and has been the Member of Parliament for Barnsley Central since a by-election...
MP, Labour MP for Barnsley Central - Carwyn JonesCarwyn JonesCarwyn Howell Jones is a Welsh politician and the First Minister of Wales. The third official to lead the Welsh Government, Jones has been Assembly Member for Bridgend since 1999. In the coalition government of Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru, he was appointed Counsel General for Wales and Leader of...
AM, First Minister of Wales, Assembly Member for BridgendBridgendBridgend is a town in the Bridgend County Borough in Wales, west of the capital, Cardiff. The river crossed by the original bridge, which gave the town its name, is the River Ogmore but the River Ewenny also passes to the south of the town... - Mustafa Kamal, Mayor of the City of KarachiKarachiKarachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
- Gerry MacLochlainnGerry MacLochlainnGerry MacLochlainn is a Sinn Féin politician from Derry, Northern Ireland. A councillor in Derry, he has chaired several of the council's major committees including regional and cross border committees...
Sinn FéinSinn FéinSinn Féin is a left wing, Irish republican political party in Ireland. The name is Irish for "ourselves" or "we ourselves", although it is frequently mistranslated as "ourselves alone". Originating in the Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, it took its current form in 1970...
politician - John Morris, Baron Morris of AberavonJohn Morris, Baron Morris of AberavonJohn Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon, KG, PC, QC is a retired British politician. He was a Labour Member of Parliament from 1959 to 2001 and Secretary of State for Wales from 1974 to 1979.-Background and education:...
KG, PC, QC, Labour politician - Elystan Morgan, Baron Elystan-Morgan, former Labour MP for Ceredigion and Home Office Minister.
- Roland MoyleRoland MoyleRoland Dunstan Moyle is a British Labour politician.Moyle's father, Arthur Moyle, became a Labour Member of Parliament and served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Clement Attlee...
, Labour politician, Parliamentary Private Secretary to Clement Attlee. - Caroline PidgeonCaroline PidgeonCaroline Pidgeon is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom and the leader of the Liberal Democrats in the London Assembly.-Political career:...
, Liberal Democrat politician in the London AssemblyLondon AssemblyThe London Assembly is an elected body, part of the Greater London Authority, that scrutinises the activities of the Mayor of London and has the power, with a two-thirds majority, to amend the mayor's annual budget. The assembly was established in 2000 and is headquartered at City Hall on the south...
- Gwilym Prys Prys-Davies, Baron Prys-Davies, Labour politician and candidate in by-election won by Gwynfor Evans (see above)
- Goronwy Roberts, Baron Goronwy-Roberts PC MA, former Labour MP
- Dan RogersonDan RogersonDaniel John Rogerson is a Cornish Liberal Democrat politician. He has been the Member of Parliament for North Cornwall since the 2005 General election.-Early life:...
MP, Liberal Democrat politician - Dr Ahmed ShaheedAhmed ShaheedAhmed Shaheed is a Maldivian politician. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from November 2008 to December 2010; previously, he had served as Minister of Foreign Affairs for two years, from 14 July 2005 until August 20, 2007....
PhD, Maldivian politician. - Gareth ThomasGareth Thomas (Welsh politician)Gareth Thomas is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament for Clwyd West 1997-2005.-Early life:...
, former Labour MP - Gareth ThomasGareth Thomas (English politician)Gareth Richard Thomas is a British Labour Co-operative politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Harrow West since 1997...
, Labour MP for Harrow West - Mark WilliamsMark Williams (politician)Mark Fraser Williams is a British Welsh Liberal Democrat politician and the Member of Parliament for the Ceredigion constituency, a seat he gained from Plaid Cymru in 2005...
MP, Liberal Democrat member of Parliament for Ceredigion (2005 - present)
Business/finance alumni
- Belinda EarlBelinda EarlBelinda Earl is businesswoman and current chief executive of Jaeger clothing line.She was born in Plymouth and attended St Dunstan's Abbey School for Girls...
, former CEO of DebenhamsDebenhamsDebenhams plc is a British retailer operating under a department store format in the UK, Ireland and Denmark, and franchise stores in other countries. The Company was founded in the eighteenth century as a single store in London and has now grown to around 160 shops...
was appointed CEO of Jaeger in 2004 - Tom SinghTom SinghTom Singh OBE is the founder of the New Look chain of high street fashion stores in the United Kingdom. He is the eldest brother of author and broadcaster Dr Simon Singh. He is a graduate of the University of Wales....
OBE, owner and CEO of New Look (store)New Look (store)New Look is a British global fashion retailer with a chain of high street shops in Britain, Belgium, France, The Netherlands, Republic of Ireland, Malta, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates.-History:...
Sports alumni
- Cath BishopCath BishopCatherine Bishop is a former British rower.She was educated at Westcliff High School for Girls. Bishop has a BA in modern languages from Pembroke College, Cambridge, a master's in international politics from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth and a Ph.D...
PhD, former professional British rower, turned civil servant - John DawesJohn DawesSydney John Dawes OBE is a former Welsh rugby union player, playing at centre, and later coach. He captained London Welsh, Wales, the Barbarians and the British Lions...
, RugbyRugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
player, who captained Wales and the British Lions. - Carwyn JamesCarwyn JamesCarwyn Rees James was a Welsh rugby union player and coach. He won two Welsh international caps but is most famous for his coaching achievements for both Llanelli and the British Lions.-Personal history:...
, Welsh and British and Irish Lions rugby coach (1949?–1951) - Leigh Richmond RooseLeigh Richmond RooseLeigh Richmond "Dick" Roose, MM, was a Welsh international footballer who kept goal for a number of professional clubs in the Football League between 1901 and 1912. A celebrated amateur at a time when the game was played largely by professionals, Roose was renowned as one of the best players in...
, MMMilitary MedalThe Military Medal was a military decoration awarded to personnel of the British Army and other services, and formerly also to personnel of other Commonwealth countries, below commissioned rank, for bravery in battle on land....
, International footballer - Berwyn PriceBerwyn PriceBerwyn Price is a former Welsh international athlete. Price was born in Tredegar, Monmouthshire, and studied at Lewis School, Pengam and the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth....
, International 110m hurdles athlete, Commonwealth Games & World Student Games gold medallist. - Jonathan SprattJonathan SprattJonathan Spratt is a Welsh international rugby union player. A centre, he made his debut for the Wales national rugby union team 30 May 2009 versus Canada as a second-half substitute...
, professional Rugby Union player for Ospreys. - Angela Tooby, Five Time Winner of Welsh Cross Cross Country Championships, English Cross-country champion 1985, UK Cross-country Champion 1988, silver medal World Cross-country Championships, Auckland.
Arts alumni
- Neil BrandNeil BrandNeil Brand , is a British dramatist, composer and author. In addition to being regular silent film accompanist at London's National Film Theatre, Brand has composed new scores for two recently restored films from the 1920s, namely The Wrecker and Anthony Asquith's Underground. Brand has also acted...
, writer, composer, and a silent film accompanist - Shân CothiShân CothiShân Cothi is a Welsh classical singer, presenter and actress. She was born and raised the daughter of a blacksmith in the tiny village of Ffarmers inCarmarthenshire. She graduated in Music and Drama from the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth...
, operatic singer and actress - Jane GreenJane Green (author)Jane Green , is the pen name of Jane Green Warburg, an English author of women's novels. Together with Helen Fielding she is considered a founder of the genre known as chick lit....
, best-selling fiction writer (1987) - Sarah HallSarah Hall (writer)Sarah Hall is an English novelist, and poet. Her critically acclaimed second novel, The Electric Michelangelo, was nominated for the 2004 Man Booker Prize and achieved considerable international commercial success...
, writer and poet - David Russell HulmeDavid Russell HulmeDavid Russell Hulme is a Welsh conductor and musicologist known for his research and publications on the music of Sir Arthur Sullivan, the Victorian era composer who, with Sir W. S...
, conductor and musicologist - Aneirin HughesAneirin HughesAneirin Hughes born , is a Welsh television and film actor and a singer.Born in Aberystwyth in Wales as Aneurin Hughes, Hughes studied music at the University College of Wales Aberystwyth under Professor Ian Parrott. As a student Hughes's first acting experience was gained when he appeared in...
, actor - Emrys JamesEmrys JamesEmrys James , was a Welsh Shakespearean actor. He also performed in many theatre and TV parts between 1960 and 1989, and was an Associate Artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company...
, actor - Alex JonesAlex Jones (presenter)Charlotte Alexandra "Alex" Jones is a Welsh television presenter, from Ammanford, best known for co-presenting BBC's The One Show since August 2010.-Early life:...
, presenter of the BBC tevevision programme The One ShowThe One ShowThe One Show is a topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One and BBC One HD, hosted by Alex Jones and Matt Baker. Chris Evans joins Jones to present the programme on Friday... - Melih KibarMelih KibarMelih Kibar was a Turkish composer.-Biography:Born in Istanbul, he graduated from the German High School Istanbul and studied chemical engineering at Bosphorus University. He received a Master's degree from the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth.At the age of eight, Kibar enrolled at the...
, former Turkish composer - Alun LewisAlun LewisAlun Lewis , was a poet of the Anglo-Welsh school, and is regarded by many as Britain's finest Second World War poet.- Education :...
, Second World War writer and poet - Hayley LongHayley LongHayley Long is an English author of adult and teen fiction.She studied English at Aberystwyth University before travelling abroad and then working in London and Cardiff as an English teacher. Hayley now teaches English at Paston College in Norfolk...
, fiction writer - Sharon MaguireSharon MaguireSharon Maguire made her name as a film director when she landed the job of directing Bridget Jones's Diary. The film was based on the book by her close friend Helen Fielding, and one of the main characters - Shazzer - is actually based on Maguire.Raised as a Roman Catholic, Maguire studied English...
, film director of Bridget Jones's Diary - William MathiasWilliam MathiasWilliam Mathias CBE was a Welsh composer.-Brief biography:Mathias was born in Whitland, Carmarthenshire. A child prodigy, he started playing the piano at the age of three and composing at the age of five. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music under Lennox Berkeley, where he was elected a fellow...
, composer - Robert MinhinnickRobert MinhinnickRobert Minhinnick is a Welsh poet, essayist, novelist and translator.Minhinnick was born in Neath, and now lives in Porthcawl. He studied at University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and University of Wales, Cardiff. An environmental campaigner, he co-founded the charities Friends of the Earth and...
, poet, essayist, novelist and translator - Rachel RobertsRachel RobertsRachel Roberts may refer to:*Rachel Roberts *Rachel Victoria Roberts, British actress sometimes credited as Rachel Roberts*Rachel Roberts *Rachel Roberts, author of the Avalon: Web of Magic series...
, actress - Lisa Surihani, Malaysian actress
See also
- Aberystwyth Guild of StudentsAberystwyth Guild of StudentsAberystwyth Guild of Students is the students' union of Aberystwyth University. It is affiliated to the National Union of Students of the United Kingdom and NUS Wales/UCM Cymru....
- Aberystwyth University Debating Union
- List of universities in Wales
Further reading
- Iwan Morgan (ed.), The College by the Sea (Aberystwyth, 1928)
- E.L. Ellis, The University College of Wales, Aberystwyth: 1872–1972, University of Wales Press ISBN 978-0-7083-1930-7 (2004)
- Ben Bowen Thomas, "Aber" 1872–1972 (University of Wales Press, 1972)
- J Roger Webster, Old College Aberystwyth: The Evolution of a High Victorian Building (University of Wales Press, 1995)
- Emrys Wynn Jones, Fair may your future be: the story of the Aberystwyth Old Students’ Association 1892–1992 (Aberystwyth Old Students’ Association, 1992)
External links
- Aberystwyth University – Official website
- Aberystwyth University Profile
- Aberystwyth University page on the HE Map
- Aberystwyth Guild of Students – Students' Union