Aberystwyth University ( ;
sometimes called "Aber" or "the College by the Sea") 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 has 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.
History
The main Entrance to Old College at
Aberystwyth University.
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. Within the
next few years the university has plans to establish a department
of Psychology, which will be based upon the Centre for Applied
Psychology currently found within the Department of International
Politics. Indeed many 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".
Reputation and academic rankings
The Quadrangle (or 'Quad') in Old
College.
The internationally recognized
Institute of
Grassland and Environmental Research which is part of the
University leads the way in many areas of Environmental
Research.The University has a number of notable alumni, including
Frederick Soddy, a
Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, and
Prince Charles. Notable past
academics include
R. Geraint Gruffydd,
Bobi Jones,
E. H. Carr and
Leopold Kohr.
According
to the The Times Good University
Guide within Wales Aberystwyth
University is ranked 2nd after Cardiff University.
The Times Good University Guide 2009 ranks Aberystwyth 43rd overall
out of 113 institutions in the UK..
Aberystwyth is given 6th place in the
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 1st in Wales according to the recent Research
Assessment Exercise (RAE 2008) with a 100% research quality
profile.
The School of Management and Business is one of only 20 departments
in the world to have its Masters degrees accredited by the
AMBA. It is similar to the
AACSB in the U.S. and
EQUIS in
Europe. Its MBA is also accrediated by the same organisation.
The Institute of Geography & 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 Times Good University Guide 2009 ranks its School of Law 34th
overall out of 87 Law Schools across the UK.
The Department for International Politics was founded in 1919 and
is the oldest such department in the world and remains at the
forefront of research.
The University has come under recent criticism 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 53rd in Ranking for the revised Green
League Table for 2008.
Departments
The Old College South Tower at the
University.
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.
List of Departments & Institutes
The Old College's East Entrance at the
University
Department of Computer Science
The Department of Computer Science at Aberystwyth was founded in
1970. The department is known for its excellent reputation in
Computational Biology and
Robotics research.
In the recent
Research
Assessment Exercise (RAE 2008) the department came No.
17 in the
United
Kingdom for Computer
Science and Informatics and No. 1 in Wales ahead of
both Cardiff University and Swansea University.
The RAE 2008 results highlighted the Department of
Computer Science excelled in its field,
with 70% of its research activity rated as world leading or
internationally excellent, and the remaining 30% rated as
internationally recognised. Thus, 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. This profile
means that the department is the best in Wales for Computer Science
and one of the UK's premier university departments in this
field.
AberMUD, the first popular internet-based
MUD, was written in this department of the university by
then-student
Alan Cox.
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 making it one of the oldest Geography departments in the
UK. 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 and has
always been at the cutting edge of innovations in teaching and
research. 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 was established at Llanbadarn Fawr
in 1964 in response to a recommendation for the
training of bilingual librarians, 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
College of Librarianship gained an international reputation for the
training of librarians, particularly in the developing world. Since
1989 the new department has gained a reputation for introducing
innovative teaching methods, and particularly offering courses by
open and
distance learning.
Department of International Politics
The International Politics
Building.
In 1919 the world's first Department of International Politics was
founded at Aberystwyth. The department, and the study of
international relations itself was
founded shortly after the
first world
war to further political understanding of the world in the hope
of avoiding future conflicts. This led to the creation of the
Woodrow Wilson chair of International
Politics .
Today it is the largest department of its kind in Europe, and one
of the largest in the world. It has an undergraduate student
complement of 500 students and operates a postgraduate school of
120 studying at
Masters Degree and
PhD level.
It also has an international reputation for
excellence, scoring top marks for both research and teaching,
placing the department on a par with related departments at
Oxford
University
, Cambridge
University
,the London School of Economics
and the POLSIS department of the University of
Birmingham
.
The department has attracted a large group of influential names in
the field of international relations 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
Interstate the UK's first undergraduate run journal for
world affairs.
In the 2008 RAE Research assessment exercise, the Department of
International Politics was rated first in the UK for international
politics and third for
Political
Science in general.
Department of Law and Criminology
The Department of Law and Criminology is housed in the Hugh Owen
Building, which is centrally located on the main campus. This
department was founded in 1901. The Department bases itself on a
long, reputable and increasingly varied experience of legal
education and academic work. Ranked within the top twenty
institutions for Law in the United Kingdom, it is the oldest law
school in Wales and one of the oldest in the United Kingdom.
Furthermore, the Department is home to the specialist research
centre, the
Centre for Welsh Legal Affairs. All lecturers
in the Department are actively 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 have made their mark
in a range of subsequent careers. 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.B 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 started a Legal Practice Course, which is run in
collaboration with Swansea University
. The LPC is a requirement for anyone who
wishes to practice as a
solicitor in
England and Wales. A breakdown of the
levels of award made in 2007/8 shows that one
third of students enrolled on the LPC were awarded a distinction.
The Times Good University Guide 2009 ranks its School of Law 34th
overall out of 87 Law Schools across the UK.
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 is enhanced by the presence of a
BBC
studio housed within the department's headquarters built in
2001.
Institute of Rural Sciences
The
Institute of Rural
Sciences 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
MBA at Aberystwyth was established in 1985 and the school is one of
only around 100 business schools in the world to have its
MBA program accredited by
the
AMBA; it was the first
business school in Wales to achieve this honour, and for many years
the only.
However Swansea University has also recently been accrediated. The
schools postgraduate programmes in Management and International
Business Management are both MBM (Masters in Business Management)
accredited by the Association of MBAs. Only around 20 business
schools throughout the world have achieved this prestigious
programme accreditation and Aber 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.
Department of Sport and Exercise Science
In 2003 the Department of Sport and Exercise Science was
established under Prof. Jo Doust, the depeartment was then taken
over by Prof. David Lavelle in 2008. The Depeartment has seen much
success in its short history,as Students win 2007 and 2008
Undergraduate H.T.A. Whiting Prize.
Geography of the University campuses
Sunset as seen from Constitution
Hill.
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.
Student residences
Aberystwyth is the UK's favourite university town according to the
findings of a study published by www.accommodationforstudents.com
published on 5 June 2007. The University came top with a score of
64 per cent, scoring particularly well on the metrics "community"
and "going out".
The various student residences owned, leased or managed by the
university offer almost 4,000 bed-spaces in total. There are plans,
however, to expand this to 5,450 spaces, with new residences to be
built on land purchased in neighbouring Bow Street and a 'manor
house' style residence to be built on undeveloped land at the
student village site. There is a mixture of halls and shared
apartment-style accommodation. 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; to be closed at end of 2011 academic year)
- Penbryn (traditional catered hall, capacity 525)
- Rosser (self-catered flats with en-suite rooms, capacity
333)
- Trefloyne (self-catered flats, capacity 146)
Llanbadarn Campus:
- Aeron, Cletwr, Dyfi, Einion and Leri - 5 residences that housed
a total of 298 catered students (closed in June 2007)
Pentre Jane Morgan (the Student Village):
- 178 self-contained houses accommodating typically 5 or 6
students each
- Bedrooms are of a decent size with a desk, bed, bedside table,
wardrobe and large window
- In general kitchens are large with a table, 5-6 chairs, 6+
cupboards, cooker, kettle, toaster, microwave and average sized
fridge/freezer
- 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)
Notable alumni and staff
List of Presidents of the University
- 1872-1895, Henry Austin Bruce, 1st
Baron Aberdare, GCB 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-Davies, PC MA LLD.
- 1944-1954, Thomas Jones ,
CH MA LLD.
- 1955-1964, Sir David Hughes
Parry, QC MA DCL Hon LLD.
- 1964-1976, Sir Ben Bowen
Thomas, MA LLD.
- 1977-1985, Cledwyn Hughes, Baron
Cledwyn of Penrhos, CH PC.
- 1985-1997, Sir Melvyn Rosser,
Hon LLD FCA.
- 1997-2007, Elystan Morgan, Baron
Elystan-Morgan, LLD.
- 2007-present, Sir Emyr Jones
Parry, GCMG PhD FInstP .
List of Principals and Vice-Chancellors of the University
Academic alumni
- D.J. Davies (1893-1956), Economist, Socialist
Plaid Cymru Activist, Constitutional
Monarchist.
- Sir John Meurig Thomas FRS,
Chemist, Professor, Author
- Dame Marjorie Williamson
DBE, academic, educator, physicist
- Kenneth O. Morgan Baron Morgan of Aberdyfi, historian
and author
- Ian Banks, author, Professor of Men's
Health, President of The Men's Health Forum, BMA
- Gary Akehurst,Emeritus Professor
of Marketing, services research, founder editor of the Service
Industries Journal
- Alan Cox, Programmer (major contributor
to the Linux kernel) (1980s)
- Sir Edward Collingwood FRS
CBE DL, mathematician and scientist
- Andrew Gordon Naval historian
- Datuk Zawiyah Baba, Former
Director-General of the National Library of Malaysia
- Sir Hugh Owen, educator
- Sir Deian Hopkin, Historian
- Carl R May, sociologist
- Sir Alfred Eckhard
Zimmern, classical scholar, historian, political scientist and
Woodrow Wilson Professor of International Politics.
- H. J.
Rose, Emeritus Professor, Classics
scholar and Fellow of the British Academy
- Ernest Charles Nelson,
noted botanist
- Mary King, Political
Scientist
- Rhys Dafyd Jones Quiz-master
General
- David Russell Hulme,
conductor and musical historian
- Sir Charles Webster KCMG,
historian, diplomat and former President of the British
Academy
- Chris Leek, Chairman of Mensa International
- Andrew Linklater, Woodrow
Wilson Professor of International Politics
- Paul Maddrell, political
scientist
- Mihangel Morgan, leading Welsh
language writer
- F. Gwendolen Rees FRS, Emeritus Professor,
zoologist and parasitologist
- Frederick Soddy, Nobel Prize Winner in chemistry (1921)
- Rev Prof William Richard
Williams, Theologian
- Rev Prof Samuel Ifor Enoch,
Theologian
- E. H.
Carr, historian, journalist and
international relations theorist
- Sir Walford Davies KCVO OBE,
professor, composer, Master of the King's Music 1(1934-1941)
- John Samuel Ramage Geographic
and Biological Scholar
- Nigel Thrift, Geographic Scholar
and Vice Chancellor of Warwick University
- Lewis Fry Richardson D.Sc
FRS, mathematician, physicist, meteorologist, psychologist and
pacifist
- David John Williams,
Writer
- Waldo Williams, Poet
- Sir Glanmor Williams, eminent
Historian
- Sir Mungo William
MacCallum, noted literary critic on English and German
literature
- Ken Booth, E H Carr Professor of
International Politics and Fellow of the British Academy
- T. Harri Jones, Poet
- Emrys G. Bowen FRGS, FSA, BA, MA, LLD, DUniv,
Geographer
- Tan Sri
Datuk Arshad Ayub, Chairman of the University
of Malaya
and Pro-Chancellor of University Technology
MARA.
- Rev Prof John Tudno
Williams, Theologian
- Sir T. H. Parry-Williams, poet, author and
academic
- Leopold Kohr, economist, jurist,
political scientist and philosopher
- Twm Morys, poet
- James Robinson Geographer and
renowned Northerner.
- Emrys Jones, Professor of Geography
at the LSE
- Tavi Murray, noted glaciologist,
received the Polar Medal.
- Steve Smith , MSc PhD
AcSS, prominent international relations theorist
- Prof David Lee, Tissue Engineer
and Mechanobiologist
- Dr. Peter Dennis, Lecturer and
Researcher in Ecology
Royal and Establishment alumni
Military alumni
- Colonel Bob Stewart DSO,
Former British United Nations commander in Bosnia, broadcaster and
author.
- Jonathan
Moyle, Former RAF pilot and spy, who was later found murdered
in Chile
in
suspicious circumstances.
- Brigadier-General Lewis Pugh
Evans VC CB CMG DSO & Bar JP DL.
- Lieutenant Nigel "Uncle Felix" Foster ETS
Legal alumni
- John Morris, Baron Morris
of Aberavon KG PC QC, Chancellor of the University
of Glamorgan
and Attorney General for
England and Wales (1997-1999)
- Sir Samuel Thomas Evans GCB
PC QC, barrister, judge, Liberal politician and last QC under Queen
Victoria.
- Sarah Caudwell, former lecturer
in law. She was a barrister and writer of
detective stories.
- Sir
Ellis Jones Ellis-Griffith, 1st Baronet PC KC, former barrister
and Liberal politician.
- Tun Salleh Abas, Lord President 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.
- Elwyn Jones, Baron
Elwyn-Jones CH PC , Attorney General for
England and Wales (1966-1970) and Lord Chancellor (1974-1979)
- Sir Alun Talfan Davies,
former lawyer, writer and publisher, the brother of Aneirin Talfan Davies.
Civil Service alumni
Political alumni
- Mustafa
Kamal, Mayor of the City of Karachi
- David Davies, 1st
Baron Davies, Liberal politician and philanthropist
- Joe Borg, European Union Fisheries and Maritime affairs
Commissioner
- Emlyn Hooson, Baron
Hooson QC, former Liberal politician
- Nick Bourne AM, Leader of the Welsh
Conservatives in the National Assembly for Wales
- Gwynfor Evans MP, first Member of
Parliament for Plaid Cymru
- John Hugh Edwards, former
Liberal politician
- Lady Sylvia Hermon MP, Ulster
Unionist politician
- Neil Hamilton, former
Conservative MP, barrister
- Carwyn Jones AM,
Minister for the Environment in the Welsh Assembly Government,
Assembly Member for Bridgend
- Elystan Morgan,
Baron Elystan-Morgan, former Labour MP for Ceredigion and Home
Office Minister.
- Roland Moyle, Labour politician,
Parliamentary Private Secretary to Clement Attlee.
- Caroline Pidgeon, Liberal
Democrat politician in the London
Assembly
- Dan Rogerson MP, Liberal Democrat
politician
- Gareth Thomas,
former Labour MP
- Dato' Seri Hishammuddin Hussein, Malaysian Home
Minister
- Cledwyn Hughes CH PC, Baron
Cledwyn of Penrhos, former Labour MP and parliamentarian
- Gerry MacLochlainn Sinn Fein politician
- Mark Williams MP,
Liberal Democrat politician
- Tun Dr. Ghazali Shafie,
former senior Malaysian Cabinet Minister
- Captain Roderic Bowen KC, former
Liberal MP and Deputy Commons Speaker
- Goronwy
Roberts, Baron Goronwy-Roberts PC MA, former Labour MP
- Dr Ahmed Shaheed PhD, Maldivian politician.
Business/finance alumni
Sports alumni
- 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,
MM, International footballer
- Berwyn Price, International 110m
hurdles athlete, Commonwealth Games & World Student Games gold
medallist.
- Angela Tooby-Smith, 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, Aukland.
- Jonathan Spratt, professional
Rugby Union player for Ospreys.
- Dr Cath Bishop Ph.D, former
professional British rower and turned civil servant
Arts alumni
- Aneirin Hughes, actor
- Melih Kibar, former Turkish
composer.
- Sharon Maguire, film director of
Bridget Jones's
Diary
- Jan Pinkava, Oscar winning animator,
Pixar, (1981-1985)
- Tomos Lewis, Director of ITV1 Wales
programme "Truckers"
- Neil Brand, writer, composer, and a
renowned silent film accompanist
- Sarah Hall , writer and
poet
- Jane Green, Best-selling
fiction writer (1987)
- Sarah Hall, artist
- Alun Lewis, Second World War writer
and poet
- Hayley Long,fiction writer
- Shân Cothi, operatic singer and
actress
- Matthew Smith (also known as
Yusuf and Indigo Jo), Islamist convert and
author of the award winning blog Indigo Jo
Blogs (1995 to 1998)
Notable staff
- Sir T. H. Parry-Williams, poet and author;
Professor of Welsh 1920-1952
- D. Gwenallt
Jones, poet, Welsh lecturer
- Ken Booth, professor of International
Politics
- Daniel Chandler, visual
semiotician
- John Davies , Welsh
historian
- Matthew Hannah, professor of
Geography
- Dennis Lindley, professor of
Statistics 1960-1967
- Paul Maddrell, lecturer of
intelligence and strategic studies
- Joseph Parry, composer and
musician
- F. Gwendolen Rees, F.R.S., professor of
Zoology
- William Rubinstein, professor
of history
- Michael Woods, professor of
Geography (current IGES head)
- Björn Weiler, professor of
Medieval history
See also
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 978-0708319307
(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)
References
-
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/table/2008/dec/18/rae-2008-computer-science-and-informatics
- http://www.aber.ac.uk/compsci/public/
- Coleg LLyfrgellwyr Cymru/College of Librarianship Wales(2004),
p. 9
- Home Page - Residential and Hospitality Services - UWA
(2007)
- Coleg LLyfrgellwyr Cymru/College of Librarianship Wales(2004),
Dathlu 40/40 Anniversary (2004), University of Wales,
Department of Information Studies
- Home Page - Residential and Hospitality Services - UWA
(2007) http://www.aber.ac.uk/residential/en/
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