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'''Aberystwyth University''' (Prifysgol Aberystwyth) is a [[public research university]] in [[Aberystwyth]], Wales. Aberystwyth was a founding member institution of the former federal [[University of Wales]]. The university has over 8,000 students studying across 3 academic faculties and 17 departments.
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Founded in 1872 as '''University College Wales, Aberystwyth''', it became a founder member of the University of Wales in 1894 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 independent again.<ref name="Three universities go independent">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6972832.stm|title = BBC Mid Wales News – Three universities go independent|access-date =3 September 2007|publisher=BBC  | date=1 September 2007}}</ref>
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In 2019, it became the first university to be named "University of the year for teaching quality" by ''The Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide'' for two consecutive years.<ref name="http://www.machynlleth-today.co.uk"> Aberystwyth University scoops teaching award for second year running|url = http://www.machynlleth-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=124054|website = Cambrian News|access-date = 2018-10-31}}</ref> It is the first university in the world to be awarded Plastic Free University status (for single-use plastic items).<ref>hhttps://www.aber.ac.uk/en/news/archive/2018/08/title-215968-en.html</ref>
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===Notable alumni===
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====Royalty====
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* HRH [[Charles, Prince of Wales]]
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* HRH [[Tunku Muhriz]] Ibni Almarhum Tunku Munawir, the 11th Yang Di Pertuan Besar of [[Negeri Sembilan]]
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* HRH [[Tunku Naquiyuddin]], Tunku Laxamana (Regent) of [[Negeri Sembilan]]
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* HE [[Ahmad Tejan Kabbah]], former president of [[Sierra Leone]]
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====Academics====
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*[[E. G. Bowen]], geographer
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*[[Edward Collingwood]], mathematician, scientist
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*[[Alan Cox]], Programmer (major contributor to the [[Linux kernel]]) (1980s)
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*[[David James Davies|D. J. Davies]] (1893–1956), economist, socialist [[Plaid Cymru]] activist
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*[[Natasha Devon]], writer, mental health activist
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*[[Andrew Gordon (naval historian)|Andrew Gordon]] naval historian
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*[[Deian Hopkin]], historian
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*[[David Russell Hulme]], Director of Music (from 1992), conductor, musical historian
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*[[David Gwilym James]] Vice-Chancellor, [[University of Southampton]] 1952–1965
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*[[Emrys Jones (geographer)|Emrys Jones]], Professor of Geography at the [[London School of Economics|LSE]]
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*[[T. Harri Jones]], poet
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*[[Roy Kift]], dramatist, writer
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*[[Mary King (professor)|Mary King]], political scientist
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*[[Michael MccGwire]], international relations specialist and Naval Commander
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*[[Twm Morys]], poet
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*[[Tavi Murray]], glaciologist, received the Polar Medal
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*[[Ernest Charles Nelson]], botanist
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*[[David Hughes Parry]] (1893–1973) [[Vice-Chancellor]], [[London University]] (1945–1948)
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*[[T. H. Parry-Williams]], poet, author, academic
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*[[Frederick Soddy]], Nobel Prize Winner in chemistry (1921)
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*[[John Meurig Thomas]] FRS, chemist, professor, author
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*[[Paul Thomas (academic)|Paul Thomas]], founding Vice-Chancellor of [[University of the Sunshine Coast]]
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*[[Nigel Thrift]], geographic scholar, Vice Chancellor of [[Warwick University]]
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*[[David John Williams]], writer
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*[[Glanmor Williams]], historian
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*Rev. [[John Tudno Williams]], theologian
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*[[Waldo Williams]], poet
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*Rev. [[William Richard Williams (theologian)|William Richard Williams]], theologian
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*[[Christine James]], first female Archdruid of Wales
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* Gethin Glyn- Zoology
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* Aron Dafydd - UMCA Leader
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====Lawyers====
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*[[Malay titles#Tun|Tun]] [[Salleh Abas]], [[Lord President of the Federal Court]] of Malaysia (1984–1988)
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*[[Belinda Ang]], judge of the [[Supreme Court of Singapore]]
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*[[Alun Talfan Davies]], judge and publisher
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*[[Sir Ellis Ellis-Griffith, 1st Baronet|Ellis Ellis-Griffith, 1st Baronet]], former barrister and Liberal politician
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*[[Iris de Freitas Brazao]] - First female prosecuting lawyer in the Caribbean
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*[[Samuel Thomas Evans]], barrister, judge, Liberal politician
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*[[Elwyn Jones, Baron Elwyn-Jones]], [[Attorney General for England and Wales]] (1966–1970) and [[Lord Chancellor]] (1974–1979)
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*[[John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon]], Chancellor of the [[University of Glamorgan]] and [[Attorney General for England and Wales]] (1997–1999)
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====Civil servants====
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*[[Timothy Brain]], former Chief Constable for Gloucestershire
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*[[Goronwy Daniel]], former civil servant and academic
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====Politicians====
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* [[Joe Borg]], [[European Union]] Fisheries and Maritime affairs Commissioner <ref>Perraton |first=Hilary |date=1 October 2015 |title=Learning Abroad: A History of the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CijXCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA168 |publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing |page=168 |isbn=978-1443880633 }}</ref>
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* Captain [[Roderic Bowen]], former Liberal MP and Deputy Commons Speaker
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* [[Nick Bourne]] former Welsh Assembly Member and Leader of the [[Welsh Conservatives]]
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* [[Rehman Chishti]], Conservative MP for Gillingham and Rainham (2010-) and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief (September 2019-)
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* Dr. [http://www.orkney.gov.uk/Council/Councillors/stephen-clackson.htm Stephen Clackson] [[Independent politician|Independent]] councillor on [[Orkney Islands Council]] <ref>Stephen Clackson – Politician, Polymath and Playwright | work=[[Living Orkney]] | author=Lorraine Shearer | date=February 2016 }}</ref>
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* [[David Davies, 1st Baron Davies]], Liberal politician and philanthropist <ref>title= Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood|publisher=Burke's Peerage & Gentry |editor= Mosley, Charles |editor-link=Charles Mosley (genealogist) |edition=107 |year= 2003 |pages=1049–1050 |ref=Burke |isbn=0-9711966-2-1|title-link=Burke's Peerage }}</ref>
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* [[Glyn Davies (British politician)|Glyn Davies]], Conservative MP for Montgomeryshire
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* [[Gwilym Prys Davies, Baron Prys-Davies|Gwilym Prys Davies]], Labour member of the House of Lords, 1982-2015
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* [[Gwynfor Evans]], first Member of Parliament for Plaid Cymru
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* [[Steve Gilbert]], former Liberal Democrat MP for St Austell and Newquay 2010–15
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* [[Siân Gwenllian]], Plaid Cymru AM for Arfon
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* [[Neil Hamilton (politician)|Neil Hamilton]], former Conservative MP and current AM, barrister
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* Lady [[Sylvia Hermon]], Ulster Unionist politician
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* [[Emlyn Hooson, Baron Hooson]], former Liberal politician
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* [[Cledwyn Hughes]], Baron Cledwyn of Penrhos,  former Labour MP and parliamentarian
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* [[Malay titles#Dato'|Dato' Seri]] [[Hishammuddin Hussein]], Malaysian Home Minister
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* [[Dan Jarvis]], Labour MP for Barnsley Central
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* [[Bethan Jenkins]], Plaid Cymru AM for South Wales West
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* [[Carwyn Jones]], [[First Minister of Wales]], Assembly Member for [[Bridgend]]
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* [[Gerry MacLochlainn]] [[Sinn Féin]] politician
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* [[John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon]], Labour politician
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* [[Elystan Morgan, Baron Elystan-Morgan]], former Labour MP for Ceredigion
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* [[Roland Moyle]], Labour politician, Parliamentary Private Secretary to [[Clement Attlee]]
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* [[Will Quince]], Conservative MP for Colchester
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* [[Dan Rogerson]], former Liberal Democrat MP
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* [[Liz Saville Roberts]], Plaid Cymru MP for [[Dwyfor Meirionydd]]
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* [[Molly Scott Cato]], Green Party MEP
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* [[Ahmed Shaheed]], [[Republic of the Maldives|Maldivian]] politician
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* [[Virginijus Sinkevičius]], chairman of the Economics committee of the [[Lithuanian parliament]]<ref>http://www.vrk.lt/2016-seimo/rezultatai?srcUrl=/rinkimai/102/rnk426/kandidatai/lrsKandidatasBiografija_rkndId-1102434.html|publisher=The Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Lithuania|access-date=10 October 2017|language=lt}}</ref>
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* [[Bob Stewart (politician)|Bob Stewart]], Conservative MP for Beckenham
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* [[Gareth Thomas (Welsh politician)|Gareth Thomas]], former Labour MP
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* [[Gareth Thomas (English politician)|Gareth Thomas]], Labour MP for Harrow West
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* [[Mark Williams (politician)|Mark Williams]], former Liberal Democrat member of Parliament for Ceredigion
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* [[Mike Wood (Conservative politician)|Mike Wood]], Conservative MP for Dudley South
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* [[Steven Woolfe]], UK Independence Party MEP
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====Business people====
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*[[Lance Batchelor]], former CEO of [[Domino's Pizza Group]], currently serving as CEO of [[Saga Group]]
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*[[Geoff Drabble]], CEO of [[Ashtead Group]]
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*[[Belinda Earl]], former CEO of [[Debenhams]] was appointed CEO of [[Jaeger (clothing)|Jaeger]] in 2004
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*[[David Prosser (businessman)|David Prosser]], former CEO of [[Legal & General]]<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4080758.stm</ref>
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*[[Tom Singh]], owner and CEO of [[New Look (store)]]
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====Sports people====
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*[[Cath Bishop]], former professional British rower, turned civil servant
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*[[John Dawes]], [[Rugby union|Rugby]] player, who captained Wales and the British Lions
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*[[Carwyn James]], Welsh and British and Irish Lions rugby coach (1949?–1951)
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*[[Leigh Richmond Roose]], International footballer
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*[[Berwyn Price]], International 110m hurdles athlete, Commonwealth Games & World Student Games gold medallist
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*[[Angela Tooby]], Silver medal World Cross-country Championships, Auckland
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====Artists, entertainers and authors====
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*[[Dorothy Bonarjee]], Indian poet and artist awarded a Bardic chair while a student in Wales
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*[[Neil Brand]], writer, composer, and a silent film accompanist
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* [[Seth Clabough]] – American novelist, English professor
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*[[Shân Cothi]], operatic singer and actress
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*[[Jane Green (author)|Jane Green]], best-selling fiction writer (1987)
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*[[Sarah Hall (writer)|Sarah Hall]], writer and poet
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*[[David Russell Hulme]], conductor and musicologist
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*[[Aneirin Hughes]], actor
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*[[Emrys James]], actor
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*[[Eveline Annie Jenkins]] (1893–1976), botanical artist
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*[[Alex Jones (Welsh presenter)|Alex Jones]], presenter of the BBC television programme ''[[The One Show]]''
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*[[Melih Kibar]], former Turkish composer
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*[[Alun Lewis (poet)|Alun Lewis]], Second World War writer and poet
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*[[Caryl Lewis]], Welsh novelist
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*[[Rick Lloyd]], musician (Y Blew, Flying Pickets)
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*[[Hayley Long]], fiction writer
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*[[Sharon Maguire]], film director of ''Bridget Jones's Diary''
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*[[Matt McCooey]], actor
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*[[Alan Mehdizadeh]], actor ''[[Billy Elliot the Musical]]''
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*[[Robert Minhinnick]], poet, essayist, novelist and translator
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*[[Amy Parry-Williams]] (1910–1988), singer, writer
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*[[Esther Pilkington]], performance artist
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*[[Jan Pinkava]], Oscar-winning animated film director
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*[[Rachel Roberts (actress)|Rachel Roberts]], actress
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*[[Lisa Surihani]], Malaysian actress
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*[[Richard Roberts (theologian)|Richard Roberts]] (1874-1945), theologian and pacifist
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Aberystwyth University (Prifysgol Aberystwyth) is a public research university in Aberystwyth, Wales. Aberystwyth was a founding member institution of the former federal University of Wales. The university has over 8,000 students studying across 3 academic faculties and 17 departments.

Founded in 1872 as University College Wales, Aberystwyth, it became a founder member of the University of Wales in 1894 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 independent again.[1]

In 2019, it became the first university to be named "University of the year for teaching quality" by The Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide for two consecutive years.[2] It is the first university in the world to be awarded Plastic Free University status (for single-use plastic items).[3]

Notable alumni

Royalty

Academics

Lawyers

Civil servants

Politicians

Business people

Sports people

  • Cath Bishop, former professional British rower, turned civil servant
  • John Dawes, Rugby player, who captained Wales and the British Lions
  • Carwyn James, Welsh and British and Irish Lions rugby coach (1949?–1951)
  • Leigh Richmond Roose, International footballer
  • Berwyn Price, International 110m hurdles athlete, Commonwealth Games & World Student Games gold medallist
  • Angela Tooby, Silver medal World Cross-country Championships, Auckland

Artists, entertainers and authors


 

Employee on Wikispooks

EmployeeJobAppointed
Emyr Jones ParryPresident of Aberystwyth University2008

 

Alumni on Wikispooks

PersonBornNationalitySummaryDescription
Guto Bebb9 October 1968
Michael Christopher DalyOctober 1953UKGeologistBritish geologist and oil and gas executive With BP. Secured BP's return to Iraq after the 2003 invasion.
Sarah GreenSeptember 1983Politician
John Morris5 November 1931Lawyer
Zack Polanski2 November 1982Author
Politician
Actor
John Sewel15 January 1946UKPolitician
Academic
Deep state functionary		"Lord Coke", Chairman of the Lords privileges and conduct committee
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References

  1. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6972832.stm%7Ctitle = BBC Mid Wales News – Three universities go independent|access-date =3 September 2007|publisher=BBC | date=1 September 2007}}
  2. ↑ Aberystwyth University scoops teaching award for second year running|url = http://www.machynlleth-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=124054%7Cwebsite = Cambrian News|access-date = 2018-10-31}}
  3. ↑ hhttps://www.aber.ac.uk/en/news/archive/2018/08/title-215968-en.html
  4. ↑ Perraton |first=Hilary |date=1 October 2015 |title=Learning Abroad: A History of the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CijXCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA168 |publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing |page=168 |isbn=978-1443880633 }}
  5. ↑ Stephen Clackson – Politician, Polymath and Playwright | work=Living Orkney | author=Lorraine Shearer | date=February 2016 }}
  6. ↑ title= Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood|publisher=Burke's Peerage & Gentry |editor= Mosley, Charles |editor-link=Charles Mosley (genealogist) |edition=107 |year= 2003 |pages=1049–1050 |ref=Burke |isbn=0-9711966-2-1|title-link=Burke's Peerage }}
  7. ↑ http://www.vrk.lt/2016-seimo/rezultatai?srcUrl=/rinkimai/102/rnk426/kandidatai/lrsKandidatasBiografija_rkndId-1102434.html%7Cpublisher=The Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Lithuania|access-date=10 October 2017|language=lt}}
  8. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4080758.stm
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