Cardiff Metropolitan University Library and Information Services will be hosting a teaching and learning conference on the theme of Enhancing student engagement through online learning communities on Monday 20th April 2015. “The aim of this conference is to explore ways …

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Education Minister Leighton Andrews has cancelled with “immediate effect” a  consultation on the planned dissolution of Cardiff Metropolitan University. Despite reiterating his desire to see a single post-1992 university in  South-East Wales,  Mr Andrews said he did not want to …

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As two Welsh universities join under a scheme to promote closer working relationships another fights plans for it to merge with two others. Swansea Metropolitan University and the University of Wales Trinity Saint David have agreed to unite. But Cardiff …

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On 17 July Education and Skills Minister Leighton Andrews made a statement on Higher Education reconfiguration in South East Wales. “Having considered the available evidence and the issues raised in discussions, I continue to believe that HEFCW’s proposal for a …

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From 1 November, the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC), will be known as Cardiff Metropolitan University. Last month the institution rejected a call to form a super-university with the University of Wales, Newport and the University of Glamorgan. In …

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