West Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education
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Welsh: Campws Abertawe
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Former names
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Swansea Metropolitan University, West Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education (1976), Swansea (Municipal) School of Art and Crafts (1853); Swansea College of Education (1872), Swansea Technical College (1897). |
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Parent institution
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University of Wales Trinity Saint David |
| Students | 5,765 |
| Undergraduates | 4,520 |
| Postgraduates | 1,075 |
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Other students
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175 FE |
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Mount Pleasant Swansea SA1 6ED, Swansea, Wales, UK |
| Campus | Urban |
Swansea Metropolitan University (Welsh: Prifysgol Fetropolitan Abertawe) is the former name of the university – based in Swansea, Wales, UK – which on 1 August 2013 merged with and became a constituent campus of the University of Wales Trinity Saint David.
Employing more than 500 staff and teaching over 6,000 students, the Swansea Metropolitan University grew out of the three former Swansea colleges of Art, Teacher Education, and Technology which were founded in 1853, 1872 and 1897 respectively and merged in 1976 to form a major centre for the delivery of vocational higher education.
For most of the 20th century there were – in addition to Swansea University – three separate further educational institutions serving the city of Swansea: the Swansea (Municipal) School of Art and Crafts (established in 1853); the Swansea College of Education (established in 1872) and Swansea Technical College (established in 1897).
During this time, the School of Art and Crafts, one of the oldest in Britain, was based on Alexandra Road not far from its present location at the bottom of Mount Pleasant Hill opposite Swansea Central Police Station.
The former College of Education was based in the Townhill area of the city where the Metropolitan University's teaching and humanities courses are still taught.
Swansea Technical College, located in Mount Pleasant, was a well known and respected supplier of vocational qualifications; where many of the Metropolitan University's programmes are still based, including business, computing, engineering and construction.
In 1976 the three institutions came together to form the West Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education. In 1992 the institution was renamed Swansea Institute of Higher Education and became an independent Higher Education Corporation away from local authority control. In 2008 and following a successful two-year inspection, the Privy Council gave permission for the institution to be renamed Swansea Metropolitan University.
Despite these radical changes, the university has stayed close to its roots, with the three founder institutions still reflected in the four Faculties that make up the university today. They are:
The Faculty of Art and Design, based in the redeveloped former Dynevor Grammar School, in the heart of the city, and now known as Swansea College of Art a constituent campus of the University of Wales Trinity Saint David.
The Faculty of Humanities (which includes the School of Education), which remains prominent in the provision of teacher training, has an extensive range of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programmes and has also expanded to include courses in performance and literature, counselling and psychology;
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