The University of South Wales was formed in 2013 by the merger of the University of Glamorgan and the University of Wales, Newport.
Both previous institutions were founded by leading industrialists and professionals, with some of their many previous incarnations being the The South Wales and Monmouthshire School of Mines and the Caerleon College of Education.
Now the University has a staff of 3,500 and two subsidiaries in The College Merthyr Tydfil and the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.
Planning for the future of our cities can no longer ignore growing social, economic and environmental issues that are all exacerbated by wealth and income inequalities.
From tiny seeds, an environmental solution was found.
A natural byproduct could clean up polluted and war-ravaged land.
A national housing policy is needed that recognises how all the sectors – buying, renting, investing, social housing or homeless – are connected.
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A decent national housing policy is not just about the million or so Australians who are in housing need, marginal housing or homeless. In reality, all the housing sectors are connected.
The ‘Iron Lady’ faces off with the BBC during her prime ministership.
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What future does this envelope hold?
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Carol Ann Duffy with the Queen.
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Poetry for the Palace, an exhibition at Edinburgh’s Holyrood House, has been timed (its website proclaims) to mark the halfway point of Carol Ann Duffy’s laureateship. The exhibition places the openly…