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4 unusual facts about Swansea University


Abi Roberts

She studied Russian and Italian at Swansea University, attended Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (and later the Moscow Conservatoire) and gained prominence in a series of comedy sketch shows on the London stage and at the Edinburgh Festival, including the satirical comedy Newsrevue.

Cwmrhydyceirw

Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis makes brief reference to an academic text by the fictional Professor Haines of Swansea University on the topic of medieval Cwmrhydyceirw.

Harold Orton

His pupil David Parry went on to apply the same principles used for the SED to Welsh English, founding the Survey of Anglo-Welsh Dialects (SAWD) at Swansea University in 1968.

Llangwm, Monmouthshire

Swansea University historian Dr Alun Withey has examined in some detail a 1671 dispute over the church seating arrangements.


Common Professional Examination

The CPE is also offered by some more established British universities, such as the University of Birmingham, Birmingham City University, Cardiff University, the University of East Anglia, Keele University, the University of Sussex and Swansea University.

David Dumville

He has previously taught or held posts at Swansea University (Fellow, 1975-77), the University of Pennsylvania (assistant professor of English, 1977-78), the University of Cambridge, (lecturer in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, 1977-91; reader in early Mediaeval history and culture of British Isles, 1991-95; professor of palaeography and cultural history, 1995-2005), and University of California, Berkeley (1997).

Johannes Thome

From 2004 till 2011, he was Chair of Psychiatry at the Institute of Life Sciences, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales.

Joyce Watson

In 1993, she studied politics at Swansea University, later gaining an honours degree at the same time as running Labour's successful parliamentary campaign for Preseli Pembrokeshire.

South Wales Geologists' Association

Activities include field trips during the summer season, and lectures at Swansea or Cardiff University's geology departments during the winter season, as well as support for Rockwatch activities for young people and geological events for the public.

SPECIFIC

The Sustainable Product Engineering Centre for Innovative Functional Industrial Coatings (SPECIFIC) is an academic and industrial consortium led by Swansea University with Tata Steel as the main industrial partner.

Sylvia Heal

Born as Sylvia Lloyd Fox in Hawarden, north-east Wales, the daughter of Shotton steelworker John Lloyd-Fox and Ruby Hughes, she was educated at the Elfed Secondary Modern School (now Elfed High School) on Mill Lane in Buckley, the Coleg Harlech, and at Swansea University, where she was awarded a BSc in Economics in 1968.

Val Lloyd

Born in the Townhill area of Swansea, Glamorgan, Lloyd was educated at Swansea High School for Girls and at the Swansea University.

Ysgol Gyfun Garth Olwg

Engineers include Matthew Edwards, part of the Swansea University's efforts with the Bloodhound SSC rocket car.


see also

Peter Havard-Williams

Havard-Williams held senior posts in the libraries of Swansea University and the University of Liverpool.