Cardiff University

Cardiff University   (University)
Motto	Welsh: Gwirionedd, Undod A Chytgord
Formation	1883
Headquarters	Cardiff, Wales
Type	Public
One of the ten largest UK universities.

Cardiff University (Prifysgol Caerdydd) is a public research university in Cardiff, Wales. Founded in 1883 as the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire (University College Cardiff from 1972), it became a founding college of the University of Wales in 1893. It merged with the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology (UWIST) in 1988 to form the University of Wales College, Cardiff (University of Wales, Cardiff from 1996). In 1997 it received its own degree-awarding powers, but held them in abeyance. The college adopted the public name Cardiff University in 1999; in 2005 this became its legal name, when it became an independent university and began awarding its own degrees.

Cardiff University is the third oldest university in Wales and contains three colleges: Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; and Physical Sciences and Engineering. It is the only Welsh member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities. In 2018–2019, Cardiff had a turnover of £537.1 million, including £116.0 million in research grants and contracts. It has an undergraduate enrolment of 23,960 and a total enrolment of 33,190 making it one of the ten largest UK universities. The Cardiff University Students' Union works to promote student interests in the university and further afield.

Independence and 2004 merger

In 1997, the college was granted full independent degree-awarding powers by the Privy Council, though, as a member of the University of Wales it could not begin using them, and in 1999 the public name of the university was changed to Cardiff University.

In 2002, ideas were floated to merge Cardiff again with the University of Wales College of Medicine, after publication of the Welsh Assembly Government's review of higher education in Wales. This merger became effective on 1 August 2004, when Cardiff University ceased to be a constituent of the University of Wales and became an independent "link institution" affiliated to the federal university. The process of the merger was completed on 1 December 2004, when the Act of Parliament transferring UWCM's assets to Cardiff University received Royal Assent. On 17 December it was announced that the Privy Council had given approval to the new Supplemental Charter and had granted university status to Cardiff, legally changing the name of the institution to Cardiff University. Cardiff awarded University of Wales degrees to students admitted before 2005, but these have been replaced by Cardiff degrees.

In 2005, Wales College of Medicine, as part of the University, launched the North Wales Clinical School in Wrexham, in collaboration with the North East Wales Institute of Higher Education in Wrexham, the University of Wales, Bangor, and the National Health Service in Wales. This received funds of £12.5 million from the Welsh Assembly and trebled the number of trainee doctors in clinical training in Wales over a four-year period.

The university also has a popular Centre for Lifelong Learning, which has been teaching a wide range of courses for over 125 years. However in July 2009, the University announced it was ending over 250 humanities courses at the centre, making over 100 staff redundant. The University has since reintroduced a number of humanities courses for a trial period beginning in 2010.

In June 2010, the University launched three new research institutes, each offering a new approach to a major modern research issue. The Neurosciences and Mental Health Research Institute and the Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute are housed in the purpose-built Hadyn Ellis Building, and in the Sustainable Places Research Institute. Another part of the Science and Development Campus, the Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), opened in June 2016 for neuroimaging research.

 

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Document:Pro-Kremlin trolls infiltrating comments on news sites for major influence operation, research says	Article	6 September 2021	Deborah Haynes	A study at Cardiff University shows that "Pro-Kremlin trolls" are influencing opinion in the West by infiltrating the comments sections of news websites. Dissent from the Official Narrative? Must be Russian disinformation.

 

Alumni on Wikispooks

Person	Born	Died	Nationality	Summary	Description
Claire Bassett
Jonathan Cook	1965		UK	Author Journalist	UK journalist based in Nazareth, Israel, since 2001.
Jane Dodds	23 September 1963			Politician
Paddy French	1949			Investigative reporter
Julia Hartley-Brewer	2 May 1968		UK	Journalist	Journalist in the UK corporate media sector
Deborah Haynes			UK	Journalist Propagandist Deep state functionary	UK deep state functionary exposed as by the Integrity Initiative Leak as a member of their cluster of UK journalists.
Roy Jenkins	11 November 1920	5 January 2003			UK politician
Glenys Kinnock	7 July 1944	3 December 2023			UK politician wife of Neil Kinnock
Neil Kinnock	28 March 1942			Politician	Neil Kinnock's prophetic warning on 7 June 1983: "If Margaret Thatcher wins on Thursday, I warn you not to be ordinary. I warn you not to be young. I warn you not to fall ill. I warn you not to get old."<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a>
Jean Lambert	1 June 1950		UK	Teacher
Christopher Monckton	14 February 1952		UK	Politician	Journalist, Conservative political advisor, UKIP political candidate
Emyr Jones Parry	21 September 1947			Diplomat Physicist	UK diplomat who was UK Ambassador to NATO and Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
David Richards	4 March 1952		UK	Soldier Businessperson	Leader of British army during wars in Libya and Syria.
Chris Stone	16 June 1953			Author Journalist
Cansu Çamlibel			Turkey	Journalist	Turkish transatlantic journalist

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