Undergraduate Prospectus 2016

Undergraduate 2016

Transforming Education,

TRANSFORMING LIVES Open Day Dates Swansea July 4, 2015 August 15, 2015 (Clearing) September 25 & 26, 2015 November 7, 2015 December 5, 2015

Carmarthen June 19, 2015 August 15, 2015 (Clearing) October 9 & 10, 2015

Lampeter June 20, 2015 August 15, 2015 (Clearing) September 12, 2015 November 7, 2015

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Contents Discover Your Campus

Swansea

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Carmarthen

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Lampeter

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Discover Your University

Swansea

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Carmarthen

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10 reasons to choose UWTSD

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A Sense of History, A sense of Purpose

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Mission, Vision, Values

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Your Future Career

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Your Plan

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My Story

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The Wonders of Wales

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Dylan Thomas’ Homeland

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Learning and Support for Everyone

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Our Learning Facilities

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A Truly Global Student Experience

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A Connected University

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Research with Real-World Impact

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An Inspired Education for a Sustainable Future

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The Arts

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UWTSD Active

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Wales International Academy of Voice

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Students’ Union

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Discover Your Course Subject index

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Discover the Next Step

Lampeter

How to Apply

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Discover More

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Fees and Finance

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Our Commitment to you

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Three inspiring locations,

ONE SHARED UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE

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Welcome to the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, set within three inspiring main campus locations at Swansea, Carmarthen and Lampeter, with satellite campuses in London and Cardiff.

When you choose to study in our unique learning environment, you are joining a friendly community where our students tell you how much they value being a name and not a number, where their lecturers nurture them through their studies and where they forge friendships for life. Start your journey towards your life ambitions in this exceptional and historic University, founded almost 200 years ago and yet recognised as one of the most dynamic in Wales, building for the future and one step ahead in rapidly changing times.

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YOUR CAMPUS

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The merged University of Wales Trinity Saint David has three main campuses in South West Wales – Carmarthen, Lampeter and Swansea – each offering a different kind of student experience, although each with the same friendly, community feel.

Lampeter The Lampeter campus is home to the first Higher Education institution in Wales, founded in 1822. Set in an idyllic rural location, it is home to the University’s Faculty of Humanities, and provides a close-knit student experience in a supportive community environment.

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Carmarthen Founded in 1848, the Carmarthen campus is a lively, friendly environment in this town near the Welsh coast. It has a real community feel and with accommodation, learning facilities, sports, entertainment and renowned arts and cultural programmes all within a few hundred yards, everything you’ll need is within easy reach.

All three of our main campuses offer:

• Stunning locations near some of the world’s most spectacular coastline and countryside.

• Safe, friendly, communities of learning, where you’ll get to know people really quickly.

• All the learning resources and student support services you’ll need to be successful on your course.

• Local facilities and accommodation to enhance your student experience and help you feel at home.

• A students’ union on campus to offer advice and representation, plus clubs, sports, societies and entertainment.

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Swansea Founded in 1853, the Swansea campuses have a reputation for innovative industryled and career-driven programmes.

They are delivered in Wales’ premier waterfront city, with sport and leisure opportunities on its stunning coastline, excellent shopping and nightlife, and a cosmopolitan atmosphere.

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SWANSEA

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What can you study in Swansea?

Classy, vibrant and metropolitan city with some of the friendliest people on earth

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Accounting and Finance Architecture and Built Environment Art & Design Automotive Business and Management Computing Counselling Design Film and Digital Media Education Electronics Engineering Environment Events Glass Health and Social Care Leisure and Tourism Logistics and Transport Manufacturing Music Technology Performing Arts Photography Psychology Public Services Social Inclusion and Social Policy Sport, Health and the Outdoors Surface Pattern and Textiles Visual Communications

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SWANSEA Studying in Swansea is not just about academic excellence – although this is extremely important. It's about the whole experience of living as a student in the area – the excellent nightlife, great shopping, friendly locals, low crime levels, stunning scenery, amazing beaches and excellent road and rail links.

Swansea is a city in transformation and is witnessing unprecedented levels of investment with many visionary schemes currently under way. At the forefront of this expansion is our proposed new £100m waterfront campus in the city’s sought-after SA1 development. The new campus will offer a 21st century student experience in an environment which will mix academia, business, leisure and residential accommodation.

In 2014 we also opened the doors to our new £11.6m city-centre based ALEX Design Exchange, which is now home to the University’s School of Design and Applied Arts. It has become an international teaching, research and consultancy centre focusing on automotive design, product design and architectural glass.

The facility will also be used for public exhibitions, lectures and community activities.

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Also located in the city centre around historic Wind Street is the city's famous café quarter, providing a host of popular pubs and clubs, restaurants and entertainment venues including a 12-screen state-of-theart multiplex cinema. The city is also home to top-flight football action with Swansea City and quality rugby with the Ospreys.

Swansea is surrounded by resorts, parks, wildlife centres, caves and castles and the Gower Peninsula was the first part of Britain to be designated an ‘Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty' by the Government in 1956.

It is one of the most stunning peninsulas in the UK, with wide, clean sands and steeply cliffed coves protected by thick woods.

With more than 50 named coves, bays and beaches, the coast around Swansea is certainly up there with the best.

Swansea is also one of the safest cities for university students in England and Wales.

Discover Excellent Facilities Our Swansea campus is spread across a number of dedicated centres – all within walking distance of Swansea city centre.

Each subject area has its own dedicated facilities relevant to the needs of students.

The facilities range from the workshops where our Formula Student racing cars are designed and built to the art and design studios where students have dedicated spaces to develop their ideas. We aim to have industry standard (or better) facilities for students studying on our programmes so that when they progress to employment they are able to thrive in their future careers.

There are dedicated subject-relevant libraries on our campuses and all students have open access to our IT suites and remote access to our library services and their study materials through our online library catalogue and our virtual learning environment.

The University is currently investing heavily in new and improved facilities and buildings across our Swansea campuses, creating exciting new learning environments for students and ensuring that our programmes enable students to move seamlessly into employment, enterprise or further study when they graduate.

At the forefront of this expansion is our proposed new £100m waterfront campus in the city’s sought-after SA1 development.

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SWANSEA Discover Student Life at Swansea There is a vibrant student culture in Swansea, and you’ll join thousands of students who flock to Wales’ premier waterfront city every year for its nightlife, sports and leisure facilities and stunning coastal location.

As well as the fabulous coast and countryside, Swansea provides a cosmopolitan city atmosphere with a fantastic nightlife and great shopping.

In additional to first-class football and rugby, the city’s Liberty Stadium also hosts concerts from a range of international artists.

“Join thousands of students who flock to Wales’ premier waterfront city every year for its nightlife, sports and leisure facilities and stunning coastal location”

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As well as providing student support and representation, the Students’ Union at Swansea offers a wide range of sports clubs and societies along with organising entertainment such as ‘Freshtival’ during the first few weeks of term and ‘Refreshers’ at the start of the second semester.

The annual Summer Ball is another highlight of the social calendar in Swansea, with recent headliners including Feeder (2009), Florence and the Machine (2010), The Streets (2011), Pixie Lott, Tim Minchin and Rudimental (2012), Sub Focus and Professor Green (2013), Scouting for Girls (2014).

Student life in Swansea offers everything you need to have a fantastic time during your studies, all in one of the safest cities in the UK.

Discover Your Accommodation Our Swansea campus has five halls of residence based on two different sites, both at the heart of our campuses and within 100 metres of teaching and library facilities.

There are more than 300 rooms for first year students to apply for with a mixture of standard study bedrooms and rooms with en suite facilities.

Swansea also has a wide variety of private accommodation and several private student halls within a short walk of our campus buildings, and most students move into private rented accommodation with friends after their first year.

We have a dedicated accommodation office in Swansea that provides advice and support for students when applying for accommodation or finding private rented accommodation throughout their time with us. For more information email: accommodation@uwtsd.ac.uk

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CARMARTHEN

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What can you study in Carmarthen?

Art and Design Business and Management Early Childhood Education Film and Digital Media Health and Social Care Music Performing Arts Psychology Religious Studies Social Inclusion and Social Policy Sport, Health and the Outdoors Teaching Visual Communications Welsh and Bilingualism Workplace Studies Youth and Community

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From a unique town centre, varied landscapes and an overwhelming choice of activities, whether it's hot or not Carmarthen has it all

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CARMARTHEN The original 1848 building lies at the heart of the Carmarthen campus. It was originally known as the South Wales & Monmouthshire Training College and was established to train teachers for church schools in England and Wales. It later became known as Trinity College and subsequently Trinity University College before becoming the University of Wales Trinity Saint David.

In March 2014 it was announced that Welsh language television broadcaster S4C would move its headquarters from Cardiff to UWTSD in Carmarthen by 2018.

The partnership will bring together a range of expertise to provide training to a new generation within the creative industries as well as developing micro-businesses and job opportunities.

Discover Great Spaces for Studying and Living Sweeping lawns and landscaped areas form a picturesque setting for the mix of Victorian and modern buildings.

The campus boasts a range of facilities including a well-stocked library and excellent learning and teaching spaces, a fully equipped theatre and workshops, media and music suites as well as IT facilities which include open access areas and rooms for students to undertake group work.

Sports facilities include the Sports Centre with a Health and Fitness Suite, swimming pool, and a multi-purpose dance studio.

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Student Services and Students’ Union are both located in their own buildings on the campus enabling students to access their facilities and services easily. Student accommodation includes catered and self-catering halls which are located on the campus.

A new Learning and Teaching building provides first class facilities for lectures, group work as well as social spaces where you can relax with your friends in between lectures.

The combined strength of the academic and professional expertise provided, as well as the dedicated facilities, including studios, exhibition spaces and workshops, enables our students to develop their creative talents and hone their technical skills in an environment conducive to their needs.

The Welsh Government recently awarded the University a grant of ÂŁ300,000 to establish a Welsh Centre in Carmarthen. Our well-established links to the community ensure that students integrate well with the local community and become an integral part of town life.

Student accommodation includes catered and self-catering halls which are located on the campus.

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CARMARTHEN Discover Your Accommodation Discover Student Life at Carmarthen There are four student residences on campus, which offer single and shared rooms in catered or self-catering accommodation.

The facilities are offered at very affordable prices which include all utility bills. If you choose to live on campus, you will be given your own room for the duration of the academic year which means that you won’t have to move out during vacation periods.

All rooms have Internet access so you can bring your own laptop or PC.

The Carmarthen Campus is located on the outskirts of Carmarthen, the reputed birthplace of Merlin of Arthurian legend and the oldest town in Wales. It is a busy town which enjoys a good mix of traditional and modern shops, attesting to its unique charm and its readiness to adapt to the needs of the modern shopper.

It is home to national chains, boutiquestyle shops, as well as excellent indoor and First year students are normally housed in outdoor markets. It enjoys excellent leisure the catered halls of residence Myrddin, Non facilities and boasts the first purpose-built and Tower which offer spacious bedrooms digital cinema with six 3D screens. The town with plenty of storage space and wash-hand is served by major road and rail networks basins. Bathroom and snack preparation and is within easy reach of major cities, areas are shared with other residents. including Swansea and Cardiff, as well as ferry ports in West Wales.

In the second and third years, students normally choose to live in self-catering halls. Archbishop Noakes Hall contains flats of eight en suite single bedrooms with shared kitchen and living facilities.

Self-catering rooms may also be available to first year students, particularly students with specific needs.The facilities are offered at very affordable prices which include all utility bills. For more information email: jean.thomas@uwtsd.ac.uk

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The Carmarthen Campus is located on the outskirts of Carmarthen, the oldest town in Wales

Study Abroad We have a well-established study abroad scheme with partnerships in the United States, Canada, China and Europe, and our dedicated team will provide you with the support and guidance you need throughout your study abroad experience.

To find out more about the UWTSD study abroad programme visit: www.uwtsd.ac.uk/international

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LAMPETER

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What can you study in Lampeter?

Ancient Civilisations Ancient History Anthropology Archaeology Chinese Studies Classical Studies English Environment Creative Writing Publishing TEFL Heritage History Humanities Philosophy Applied Psychology Religion and Theology

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Lampeter is a wonderful place and it has so much to offer. Here, you are not just a name or a number to your departmental staff.

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LAMPETER Lampeter offers a picturesque campus environment, delivering a unique and personalised learning experience. The experience in Lampeter combines a historic university (founded in 1822) with all the facilities and technology necessary for 21st -century learning.

With a long and distinguished academic tradition in the Humanities, the campus today is home to a range of undergraduate courses in the subject areas of English, History, Archaeology, Chinese, Classical Studies, Philosophy and Religious Studies, as well as less familiar areas, such as Anthropology, Publishing, Ancient Civilisations, Applied Psychology, Ancient Egyptian Culture, and Creative Writing.

Many of our students study more than one subject in a joint honours combination or in a new innovative mix across the disciplines with Heritage, Digital Humanities, Museums and Archives, and Education Studies. On the Lampeter campus our approach to Higher Education is individualised and responsive, attuned to your interests and passions. At the same time, we ensure that when you graduate, you will have the requisite skills necessary for success in today’s competitive job market.

Whatever course you decide upon, your learning experience will be stimulating, interactive and collaborative.

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We are able, as a campus of approximately 1,000 full-time students, to offer a learning experience that is radically different from other, more impersonal, large-scale Higher Education institutions. All students have a personal academic tutor throughout their time at University, to help advise and guide them, and each School has its own welfare officer to provide support where necessary.

You will be taught by lecturers in small teaching seminars, typically by the second year in groups of between 15 and 25 students. You will get to know your tutors by their first name, as they offer advice on your work and progress, and they in turn will get to know you as an individual. You will work with others in small groups. But you will also engage in your own research and projects, on a topic of your choice, with guidance from tutors. You will have the opportunity to take up a range of extra-curricular activities and be a member of a number of student societies, from all manner of sports teams to Medieval Battle Re-enactment, thus becoming part of the most engaged University student body in the country.

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A learning experience that is radically different from other more impersonal Higher Education institutions

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LAMPETER Discover Great Places to Live and Learn

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The campus boasts one of the best collections of medieval illuminated manuscripts and early modern printed first editions in the country, held in the Roderic Bowen Library and Archives. Its special collections include over 30,000 volumes, printed between 1470 and 1850, which our students help curate as well help curate, and prepare display materials.

The University is located at the heart of the historic market town of Lampeter, which is surrounded by the beautiful Cambrian mountains of rural Wales. Running through the campus is the river Dulas whose banks host a patchwork of students enjoying barbecues, picnics and quiet reading. In this historic and beautiful environment, we aim to enhance your learning experience through a variety of field trips and visits to local castles and ruined abbeys, to the Roman gold mines at Dolaucothi or to the cathedral city of St Davids and much more besides.

The recently refurbished Main Library offers hi-tech learning support and study areas, in addition to its collection of 275,000 books and journals.

Closer to home, the town provides a warm welcome to students and is in turn a vibrant centre of student activity, able to cater for all tastes in terms of shops, supermarkets, pubs, restaurants, cafés (notably Conti’s cafe which makes its own ice-cream), and a small theatre. Nowhere better underscores this collaboration than the local town museum, a venture run jointly between the In order to support your studies, a range University and the Local History Society, of integrated student-facing services, including learning support, accommodation where our students can work alongside local volunteers to gain valuable first-hand office, and careers service, have been experience of the heritage sector. housed in the iconic Canterbury building, opened in 2012.

There are two dedicated computer suites, a dedicated MAC laboratory for GIS survey software, language studies, and our courses on Digital Humanities, and we have four different Archaeology laboratories covering all manner of forensic and environmental study.

Between lectures and seminars, students can refresh themselves at the 1822 Starbucks café, or the Refectory or Student Union cafe and bar, in addition to the multitude of cafés in Town.

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Discover Accommodation The campus has 15 halls of residence for students, all with Wi-fi access. All are self catering; some with en suite facilities and others with shared facilities. We can guarantee all first years a place in halls; many students decide to spend all three years in halls.

For more information email: a.harris@uwtsd.ac.uk

Study Abroad We have a well-established study abroad scheme with partnerships in the United States, Canada, China and Europe, and our dedicated team will provide you with the support and guidance you need throughout your study abroad experience.

To find out more about the UWTSD study abroad programme visit www.uwtsd.ac.uk/international

Discover more Visit www.uwtsd.ac.uk/lampeter to watch and read ‘The Lampeter Difference’ and find out more about what makes this campus so special.

The town provides a warm welcome to students and is in turn a vibrant centre of student activity

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10 reasons

TO CHOOSE UWTSD

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More Than a Degree

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Friendly Campus Communities

As a degree student at UWTSD you’ll learn about your subject and have the opportunity to gain the skills employers seek.

Students are at the heart of everything we do and small, close-knit campus communities mean that you'll settle in and feel at home really quickly.

Students also have access to more than...

Half a million books across our Libraries

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A Great Student Experience

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An INSPIRED Education

80,000 e-journals & 2,000 e-books

The University of Wales Trinity Saint David has seen one of the greatest increases in the level of student satisfaction in Wales in the latest National Student Survey (NSS). The University has made significant investment in state of the art student facilities.

Our award-winning Institute for Sustainable Practice and Resource Effectiveness (INSPIRE) ensures that Sustainable Development is central to your programme and the environment in which you'll work.

1,200 computers in open access

A unique collection of 30,000 volumes

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An Inclusive Education

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A Historic Reputation

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Be Part of the Network

There are also...

We believe strongly that higher education should be available to all those who will benefit from it and welcome students from a wide range of backgrounds and circumstances. We also offer a range of bursaries and scholarships.

As the earliest established Higher Education institution in Wales (1822), and with HRH the Prince of Wales as our Royal Patron, we are proud of our long-standing reputation for providing higher education excellence in Wales.

When you join UWTSD you become part of a learning network for life. Our graduates, alumni, links with business and international partnerships mean you have access to a vast network of contacts which will benefit you throughout your studies and on into your future career.

1,200 students who attend Freshers

9 students events a week

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21st Century Courses

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A World of Opportunity

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Fantastic Locations Across Wonderful Wales

Learning and teaching are our main focus as a University and we do everything we can to make sure our courses are up to date and relevant to your future career. With this in mind, we regularly review course content in the light of research developments and to meet skills gaps.

With students from more than 30 countries studying on our campuses and international partnerships around the globe offering study abroad and exchange, your student experience at UWTSD will have a truly global feel.

We’re extremely proud of our Welsh heritage and the stunning locations of our campuses.

Studying with us will enable you to experience the very best of Welsh culture and our fantastic natural environment.

34 societies and 30 competitive sports teams

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A Sense of History

A SENSE OF PURPOSE The University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) was formed on 18 November 2010 through the merger of the University of Wales Lampeter and Trinity University College Carmarthen, under Lampeter’s Royal Charter of 1828.

On the 1 August 2013, Swansea Metropolitan University became part of UWTSD.

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1853

St David’s College, Lampeter, receives first Royal Charter

1822

1848

Marie Edwards

Opening of the first teacher training College in Carmarthen

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St David’s College, Lampeter, changes name to St David’s University College

Swansea Technical School begins its first full timetable

School of Art established in Swansea

Foundation of St David’s College, Lampeter, by Bishop Burgess

1971

1895

Swansea Training College Established

1872

Trinity College adopted as the name of the college in Carmarthen

1931

West Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education Formed

1976

The University’s Royal Charter is the oldest in Wales and England after the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. In 2011 HRH the Prince of Wales became its Royal Patron.

The University’s main campuses are situated in various locations in and around Swansea’s city centre as well as in the rural towns of Lampeter and Carmarthen in South West Wales.

The Wales International Academy of Voice, under the Directorship of Dennis O’Neill with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa as its patron, is located in Cardiff and in addition the University has a Business School in London for international students.

The UWTSD Group is also enhanced by the addition of Coleg Sir Gâr, a further and higher education college with five campuses in Carmarthenshire, and Coleg Ceredigion, a further education college with two campuses.

The UWTSD Group has almost 27,000 learners across a wide range of campuses in rural and city locations. Together we deliver clear, tangible benefits for learners, employers, industry and communities by offering a vocational approach from entry level to post-doctoral research. The Group will be further strengthened with the merger of University of Wales into UWTSD in due course.

UWTSD has a clear and exciting strategic plan which places emphasis upon applied learning, strong academic disciplines and a clear commitment to innovation, enterprise and knowledge transfer. This connected university is driving through structural and strategic change which is closely associated with industry, business and enterprise.

The University has a clear national profile and celebrates its distinctiveness on a UK and international stage.

discover more Hear our Vice-Chancellor explain more about the transformed University at www.uwtsd.ac.uk/about

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1996

Trinity College achieves University College status

West Glamorgan becomes Swansea Institute of Higher Education

Swansea Metropolitan University gains University Status

1991

2008

2014

Swansea Metropolitan University and Coleg Sir Gâr merge into the UWTSD group

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St David’s University College changes name to University of Wales Lampeter

University of Wales Trinity Saint David formed by supplemental Royal Charter 1828

ALEX Design Exchange campus opens in Swansea

Coleg Ceredigion merges into UWTSD Group

2014

2010

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Transforming Education,

TRANSFORMING LIVES Study with us at University of Wales Trinity Saint David and find a place that provides a nurturing environment where you are treated as an individual and encouraged to realise your potential.

This University works with employers to create a distinctive curriculum and helps you to develop the additional skills valued in the workplace. We harness the talents of our learners to offer educational programmes that allow our students to have the best opportunities to gain employment and develop their transferable skills.

A unique Life Design programme has been developed to give students the chance to actively plot their own career in a creative way.

Collaborative partnerships include working with other learning institutions to provide routes into education for all and links with industry that provide potential benefits for students and the wider community.

Learners from a wide range of backgrounds and of a variety of ages and abilities are actively encouraged to explore the opportunities the University provides. The University puts learners first and works to break down barriers to education.

Sustainable development is about making better decisions using long-term values. The University aims to place sustainability at its core, delivering meaningful and relevant

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educational pathways that promote learning and social responsibility. Our ‘fit for the future’ framework seeks to embed sustainable development in our curriculum, campus, community and culture.

Ensuring our research activity and outcomes influence policies developed in Wales and beyond is an important mission here. We want you to see the impact the work of our staff and students makes on the real world and for you to be part of it.

Come to this university and you will have the chance to meet students and staff from around the globe. International links and opportunities to study abroad further promote the concept of global citizenship.

Wales’ own rich cultural heritage, its distinctive language and environmental assets are celebrated here too.

Our Mission Transforming Education, Transforming Lives Our Vision To Transform, Shape and Develop Futures Our Values • Employability and Creativity • Collaboration • Inclusivity • Sustainable Development • Research and its Impact on Policy • The Concept of Global Citizenship • Wales and its Distinctiveness

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YOUR FUTURE CAREER Most people go to university to develop themselves for a successful future.

Helping you discover and achieve your future aspirations is a key part of our role as a university. We work hard to make sure that as a UWTSD graduate you will have the skills you need to succeed, whether that’s by working for an employer, setting up your own business, travelling, volunteering or whatever you choose.

Here are just some of the ways in which we support you in achieving your career goals‌

Careers Guidance and Support The University has a dedicated careers service that is open to all students and graduates of the University. The service is run by professional careers staff and offers a wide range of services, from identifying possible career paths, job search, CV and interview advice, and finding careers information, to help with applying for postgraduate funding and study.

The Careers team makes every effort to ensure that students find relevant graduate and part-time employment by informing them of the latest job vacancies via social media and our careers resource areas on campus.

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Work Experience, Placements Enterprise and Entrepreneurship and Internships The University offers internships to enable students to find work with companies during vacation periods or to work on sustainability projects. Students are also encouraged to participate in placements as part of their degree.

Job Shop The Job shop is a service that is run both online, and through the Careers Service.

We have details of many part-time/ casual jobs throughout the region on our database. Vacancies are advertised on the UWTSD Careers facebook and twitter pages. Check out the Careers Service on our website at: uwtsd.ac.uk/careers

Study Visits and Field Trips

We believe students need to be more effectively prepared for the world of work, particularly to work in business, and that enterprising, entrepreneurial students and employability go hand in hand. So we provide our students with the insight and experience of the many skills needed to both plan, organise and run a business, together with commercial experience and industry placements.

We want all our students, but in particular those who may have come from backgrounds characterised by low selfesteem and achievement, to be able to overcome their fears of uncertainty, to have the concentration and determination to drive forward their ideas and to feel able to take considered risks. In short, we want to help them to be successful in whatever they choose to do.

The development of these personal attributes is encouraged throughout our teaching, and enterprise and entrepreneurship is specifically embedded in the curriculum in the vast majority of courses including credit-bearing modules and assessment.

In addition, we provide voluntary extracurricular activities. These include schemes such as ‘Enterprise Week’, ‘Creative Bubble', In the past, students have enjoyed visits and ‘Graduate Launch Pad’ and Role Model field trips to such places as national parks, workshops through ‘Shut Up and Start Up’ museums, galleries and theatres within where students can meet inspirational the UK, including London’s art galleries, graduates and work across all faculties and museums and West End shows. with all student groups.

Opportunities for study visits and field trips are offered to most students. Although these are not always integral to the courses, in many cases they enable you to apply your knowledge to professional practice and serve to broaden your experience of your subject.

Recent field trip destinations have included Poland, Norway, France, The Gambia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Ireland, Spain, Switzerland, New Zealand and the United States to study aspects of their courses and to gain an international perspective on their chosen subject areas. To find out more about the trips available on your course see our website or contact the Admissions Tutor.

Work Tasters Work experience provides a useful insight into particular jobs and may help you decide on the right career path for you.

Going on work experience can lead to job offers and can assist in employment and higher education applications.

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YOUR PLAN

Unique to UWTSD

Make Sense of Your Future with Life Design At UWTSD we know our students come to University for two main reasons - to have a great learning experience and to make a better life for themselves after they graduate.

We’ve developed a unique programme, only available at UWTSD, which all our students are part of and that supports them in making the most of the opportunities they have while at University and creating the kind of life they want to live afterwards.

We call it Life Design because it’s all about you and taking charge of your future life.

Sustainable Employability The world is changing, and the jobs that exist today may not exist next year, let alone when you graduate from your degree in several years’ time. That’s why we have created a new approach. Instead of preparing you for one single career path, the Life Design programme helps you develop the skills, attitudes and mind-set that will enable you to constantly reinvent yourself in the rapidly changing labour market.

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What is Life Design?

Life Design is a four-step programme that all our students have access to, through workshops, events, and online and offline resources, and that helps them make the most of their time at University and prepare for their future.

You’ll learn how to use design tools to generate multiple potential future pathways and find innovative ways to design a future life that matches your needs and passions.

We can help you with: • Working out how to design and create a career and lifestyle that works for you, both during your time at University and afterwards; • Understanding what skills and assets you already have and building the confidence to use them; • Making the most of your time at University to build up the experiences you’ll need for your future; •

Growing your networks and presenting yourself online and offline in ways that will give you access to the best opportunities; and,

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Developing the confidence and ability to redesign your life whenever circumstances change or you change your outlook.

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Would you like to know what it’s like to be at UWTSD? Discover My Story was created by students to offer you an insight into life at University of Wales Trinity Saint David. Discover My Story ambassadors share their experiences online and provide hints and tips about starting your university journey.

“Being a part of this project has allowed me to help so many students; they have been able to see the true experiences students have at UWTSD.”

Discover My Story ambassadors are here to support you through the application process.

They are available to give advice and their own personal experiences of joining.

“Joining UWTSD through clearing was one of the best decisions I have ever made.

I am so happy to be able to help potential students make informed choices about applying to University, no matter what time they apply.”

Gemma Russell @Gemma_UWTSD

Gwyneth Sweatman @Gywn_UWTSD

“Coming to UWTSD has been amazing for me both personally and professionally.

There is so much on offer, I want to make sure that every student understands what being a student at UWTSD means.”

Ian O’Reily @Ian_UWTSD

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The Discover My Story campaign makes the student experience at UWTSD visible to all.

Students are our greatest asset and this is why the #MyStory team is made up of current students and graduates of the University.

“UWTSD has given me so many opportunities to grow and develop. I want to make sure that potential students know and understand exactly what UWTSD can do for them.”

Jacob Lovell @Jake_UWTSD

Get involved with #MyStory by searching @UWTSD #MyStory on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other platforms. #MyStory Blog Follow the blog of the #MyStory ambassadors as they reflect on their everyday student life. studentblog.uwtsd.ac.uk

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THE WONDERS OF WALES

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From the bustle of waterfront city life in Swansea to the tranquillity of the countryside and breathtaking beauty of the sandy beaches, there’s something for everyone in South West Wales

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Wales is a wonderful country with a proud heritage, a rich cultural history, beautiful landscape and excellent sports and leisure facilities.

With national parks, country parks, designated areas of outstanding beauty, clean rivers and beaches, West Wales is a favourite with those who enjoy the outdoors. It is a popular tourist destination and facilities and attractions include a wealth of National Trust properties, castles, gardens and seaside attractions, as well as theme parks including Oakwood and the Blue Lagoon Water Park.

The area is steeped in history and heritage and the surroundings provide our students with excellent opportunities to draw upon the rich natural resources as part of their programmes of study. Visit the Cistercian Abbey in Strata Florida and you may well see our Archaeology students digging for the hidden treasures of Medieval Wales; visit the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path and you might find our Outdoor Education students abseiling down the cliffs.

As well as the fabulous coast and countryside, Swansea provides a cosmopolitan city atmosphere with topflight football and rugby, and concerts from international artists at the Liberty Stadium, along with a fantastic nightlife and great shopping. The annual Summer Ball is a highlight of the social calendar in Swansea, with recent headliners including Feeder (2009), Florence and the Machine (2010), The Streets (2011), Pixie Lott, Tim Minchin and Rudimental (2012), Sub Focus and Professor Green (2013), and Scouting for Girls (2014).

South West Wales quite simply has everything you could possibly want, within a short distance from our campuses.

Marie Edwards

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A Rich Culture and an Ancient Language The University is located in an area which is naturally bilingual, where the English and Welsh languages live comfortably side by side. The majority of our programmes are delivered in English and we offer numerous courses through the medium of Welsh and bilingually.

The University’s Welsh-medium provision is primarily based on the Carmarthen and Swansea Campuses and this means that if you are studying an English-medium course, you could study parts through the medium of Welsh. There is also a lively Welsh Society on the Carmarthen Campus that organises events and entertainment for its members.

The University has also established a branch of Y Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol with a dedicated officer to support those students who wish to pursue their academic studies through the medium of Welsh or bilingually.

There’s plenty of opportunity for you to improve your Welsh or to learn the language if you wish.

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The University works in partnership with the Urdd, a Welsh-medium youth organisation, on a number of initiatives which enable staff and student collaboration. In particular, Outdoor Education students benefit from the Urdd’s facilities in Glanllyn, while Youth & Community students take advantage of the Urdd’s networks for work placements and course enrichment opportunities.

Students who wish to study bilingually or through the medium of Welsh will find detailed course information in the Welsh prospectus. You can request a copy of the Welsh prospectus online via our website or by calling us on 01267 676767.

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More than a century ago Dylan Thomas, one of the world’s most famous poets, was born in Swansea. In 2014 the University helped celebrate the centenary of his birth with a series of events. All the areas in which the University’s South West Wales campuses are based have strong connections with the writer. The University continues to celebrate these links, taking over the lease of the Dylan Thomas Centre in Swansea and organising a summer school. Building on the success of 2014, renowned writer

Menna Elfyn, who is a course director at UWTSD, and much acclaimed American writer, and UWTSD Dylan Thomas Fellow, Pamela Petro, will be running the Dylan Thomas International Summer School 2015.

The event, which takes place between May 25 and June 3, offers visiting students a chance to write about spirit of place with workshops, readings, excursions and an opportunity to advance their craft and enjoy the encouragement of acclaimed writers.

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The University is committed to inclusive education and to providing excellent support and facilities to all students.

We welcome applications from all students, whatever their background. Our team of dedicated staff across all campuses provide a wide range of advice, guidance and support to help make your student experience as good as it can possibly be.

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Widening Access Widening Access is vital for the promotion of social justice and a buoyant economy for Wales. The University of Wales Trinity Saint David is committed to removing barriers to Higher Education, whether they’re physical, social, cultural or financial.

The type of pastoral support offered varies according to your particular course. This support aims to ensure you are given individual attention from your tutors, to enable you to discuss issues that are specific to your learning.

The University works with external partners such as schools and colleges to deliver outreach projects which aim to raise aspirations, build confidence and increase progression to higher education. We are members of the South West Wales Reaching Wider Partnership and deliver a range of activities and services to young people living in Communities First areas to raise awareness and provide an insight into university life. We also provide specialist services for young people who have been in care; further details are available in our Student Service section.

Part-time Students and those Returning to Study

Specialist staff are available to provide information, advice and guidance for those people wishing to return to education.

While part-time students and those returning to study or with other commitment do face certain challenges, we believe you can take these in your stride with the right support. The University has an excellent support system in place for all of our students ensuring you will get both academic and pastoral support as and when you require it. Our student mix is extremely diverse and includes all ages and backgrounds, and many of the things you may be concerned about will also be common to many students.

Study Support At the beginning of your course, you will receive a basic introduction to study skills and information technology. In addition, drop-in and study skills sessions are offered to students who require support with their coursework. Such support includes developing effective study strategies, tackling assignments, preparing presentations, essay writing and preparing for examinations.

Support for students with Specific Learning Differences (for example, dyslexia, dyspraxia) is also available. This includes screening, initial assessment, one-to-one support, adjustments to examination arrangements and IT training.

Student Services works closely with the Libraries and Learning Resources Centre in providing learning support. Additional resources are available on the University’s virtual learning environment. Academic staff also support you during your course and time at the University.

Deciding to study at university is a very exciting step but it can also seem quite daunting if you’ve been away from education for some time. There are many reasons why people decide to return to education and these can be for professional or personal reasons. Whatever your motivation, you’ll be in good company as we have a high percentage of students returning to study.

Counselling Services The University’s Counselling Service offers a high level of confidentiality and privacy to students who wish to discuss any matter of concern. Some students want only a single session, although many prefer to have a short series of sessions.

Students use the free Counselling Service to talk through a wide range of issues – personal and academic. No difficulty is considered to be too small, and the counsellors endeavour to provide a supportive and non-judgmental environment.

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Mental health advisory services The University employs three part-time qualified mental health advisers who can provide support to students with mental health issues. Our mental health advisers are supported by a team of mental health mentors.

Disabled students If you require additional learning support or have a Specific Learning Difference, we can provide assistance to help you on your course, where reasonable and practicable.

If you have a disability, we would encourage you to inform us as early as possible in the application process, so that we can discuss your specific needs. We can also arrange to meet you to discuss your needs at Open Days and Interview Days. The University also provides a comprehensive screening process for specific learning differences, help with applications for the Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA), and one-toone support for students requiring extra tuition. We also have a range of specialist technology to help with your studies and specially adapted rooms in our Halls of Residence.

Medical services We encourage you to register with a local medical practice when you arrive at the University. The University works collaboratively with St Peter’s Surgery in Carmarthen, the Lampeter Medical Centre and the Brunswick Health Centre in Swansea in providing healthcare provision for our students.

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Learning & Support for Everyone

Support for Students from Care The University has been awarded the Buttle UK Quality Mark in recognition of our commitment to care leavers in higher education. If you are entering University from care, you can be assured that we will offer the necessary support and information. This support is available while you are deciding what or where to study, continues through the university application process, and is ongoing once you have started your course. Help and information is also available if you are someone who is advising a student from care. There is a named contact within Student Services to support care leavers on each campus.

Chaplaincy Your period at University can be a time of searching for values and meaning that will enrich and underpin the whole of your life.

There are many opportunities to explore and celebrate your faith through the various activities organised by the Chaplaincy team.

The University’s Chaplains can provide support for students to explore their faith, as well as a range of other issues, including providing confidential guidance and help in solving problems and concerns. The Chaplaincy Service works closely with all denominations to ensure the beliefs of all members of the University are supported.

Chapels and Prayer Rooms

There is a chapel on both the Lampeter and Carmarthen campuses where services Childcare are held daily on weekdays. The chapels are open for prayer, meditation and quiet Y Gamfa Wen on the Carmarthen campus throughout the day. There is also a mosque and Gwdihws on the Lampeter campus are purpose-built facilities for babies and young and a Pagan Circle on the Lampeter Campus, a prayer room on our Swansea children. The nurseries provide a safe and Campus and there are plans to develop a welcoming environment where children prayer room on the Carmarthen campus. receive the best care and attention.

Armed Forces Community Covenant At the University we recognise and celebrate what personnel serving in Her Majesty’s Armed Forces do for all of us in the wider community.

We are proud to be signatories to the Armed Forces Community Covenants in both Carmarthenshire and Swansea and are working with partner organisations to ensure that no serving or retired member of the Armed Forces whether Regular, Reserve or veterans, nor their families, is disadvantaged as a result of serving their country and that they receive fair and proper treatment in recognition of what they have done for all of us.

As part of our commitment to supporting the Covenants, we have a named contact to provide information, advice and guidance to help you choose the right course, work through your financial entitlement and support the application process.

There’s ample play space, indoors and out, high quality equipment and well-qualified bilingual staff - all of which combine to provide an enriching experience for children. For further information, please call 01267 676645 for Carmarthen or 01570 423426 for Lampeter. Students on our Swansea Campus can call the Student Services team on 01792 481206 for information on childcare options in the area.

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LEARNING RESOURCES

Library and Learning Resources Service The Library and Learning Resources service (LLRS) includes the libraries, learning zones, special collections and archives.

IT Support and Facilities The IT & Systems team is responsible for the management of a range of computer resources that are made available to help you with your studies. You will be provided with your own network login account which will give you access to the University’s Virtual Learning Environment, the World Wide Web and a Microsoft Office 365 email account including 10GB of email storage.

There are a number of strategically situated IT facilities on all campuses. They provide access to PC and Apple Mac computers which offer a wide range of cutting edge and industry standard software to ensure you gain experience of the software used in your chosen field. Open Access computer facilities are also available 24 hours a day on the majority of campuses.

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There are also Service Desk support desks on all campuses providing expert support, advice and guidance on any IT queries you may have. Student rooms in campusbased halls of residence all have wireless connectivity for those students seeking to use their own devices such as PC, Mac or games consoles. A large number of halls also have wired internet connectivity as well. Students can also make use of the wireless network facilities for their laptops and smart devices across the campuses.

For further information on the IT facilities provided for you as a student at the University please contact: ITServiceDesk@uwtsd.ac.uk

Carmarthen The Library on the Carmarthen campus is a large open space building which is home to a wide range of books, DVDs, Blu-Ray discs, newspapers and journals to support the learning and teaching activities of the University. It contains a number of PCs and wireless access is also available throughout the building.

The Carmarthen campus is home to 'The Quad' which has comfortable seating, PCs, study spaces with wireless access, dedicated rooms for group work as well as an outside seating area, all aimed at providing a modern and relaxed atmosphere in which to study. There is also an opportunity to enjoy a Starbucks coffee and light snacks while you work. There is also a separate quiet study area on campus for those who prefer to be away from the hustle and bustle of campus life.

Lampeter The newly refurbished Library on the Lampeter campus is a three-storey building which houses at least 275,000 books and journals plus DVDs and newspapers.

The library on the Lampeter campus has a range of different areas for study including areas for silent study and group study.

PCs are available for use on one floor and wireless access is available throughout the building.

Access to more than 500,000 books & 8,000 journals

The University library is committed to providing high-quality electronic information via the Internet, and maintains subscriptions to a wide range of educational databases, e-books and e-journals.

The library’s information portal, WorldCat Local, searches the whole range of library materials and also enables the renewal of items out on loan, both on and off campus, over the Internet. Laptops, Mac books, Kindle Fire tablets and DVD players are available to borrow for use off-campus.

Subject Librarians offer digital and information skills training and support at all levels to help students make the best use of resources and services. The library has generous opening hours and a range of selfservice options, giving students the freedom to manage their studies effectively. You will also receive comprehensive introduction to library resources and services at the beginning of the academic year.

More information on the resources offered by the library is available from the library website, and you can also follow our library blog, Facebook and Twitter sites.

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The Roderic Bowen Library and Archives The Roderic Bowen Library & Archives (RBLA) houses the Special Collections of the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, the University's oldest printed books, manuscripts and archives and is one of the principal resources for academic research in Wales. The RBLA is located within the Lampeter Campus Library.

Acquired over the last 200 years, largely by bequest and donation, the Special Collections include over 35,000 printed works, eight medieval manuscripts, around 100 post medieval manuscripts, and 69 incunabula. Material from the Archives includes the early student registers and photographs from the mid-19th century onwards.

For further information: rodericbowenlibrary@uwtsd.ac.uk or go to http://www.uwtsd.ac.uk/rbla/ for further details of the collections, online exhibitions as well as advice on how the collections can support students, academics and researchers.

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Libraries & Learning Resources

Swansea On our Swansea campus you will have access to any of our four libraries which are conveniently located across our sites.

Although each library caters primarily for the study requirements of the University Schools/Faculties in its immediate area, all facilities are available to you, regardless of your particular programme of study.

Friendly and approachable library staff are available to help you find the information required for your studies. Your subject librarian is available to provide assistance with any queries you may have, as well as to deliver information skills training and support. You will also receive a comprehensive introduction to library resources and services at the beginning of the academic year and follow-up sessions as required.

There is an online library catalogue which allows you to search for books, journals and other print resources as well as providing you with the opportunity to renew your loans, or reserve items which are not immediately available. You can also access the catalogue via a mobile app.

We also offer a wide range of resources online, including access to thousands of electronic journal articles and many e-books which are available to you from the library web pages.

You will be able to search and access most of these online resources from any ‘offcampus’ computer, simply by providing your University network login details.

We provide a variety of individual and group study spaces, self-service kiosks, Wi-fi, photocopiers and open-access computer areas in all libraries, with PCs linked to the University’s network, giving you options to print and photocopy in both monochrome and colour. Laptops and Mac books are available to students to borrow for use off-campus.

You are able to find out more information on the resources offered by the library from the University website, and you can also follow our library blog, Facebook and Twitter sites. See the links from the library homepage.

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GLOBAL STUDENT EXPERIENCE The University of Wales Trinity Saint David is connected from its roots in Wales out into the World through its many international students and its broad network of international partners.

The presence of international students on each campus makes a crucial contribution to the University’s aspiration to support all of its learners as ‘Global Citizens’ for the future. This is enhanced by the experiences of an international staff community and by a focus on outward mobility programmes, through our exchange partners in North America and Asia and through the 'Erasmus +' programme.

The University is home to the first Confucius Institute in Wales, which provides opportunities for students, as well as schools in the region, to learn Mandarin and to engage with Chinese culture. A WelshAmerican Academy has been established too, to celebrate Welsh influence in the United States by promoting opportunities for cultural and educational exchange. And in the Middle East, the University’s expertise is being exploited through its research work and specialist curriculum.

This international outlook and these global links form the new foundations for the future of our unique teaching and learning community.

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"I will be forever grateful for this opportunity of being an International student at UWTSD Carmarthen, my immersion into a new culture, the attentive staff, new friends, the wealth of a good education and International exposure"

April Hill, USA

International Students Choosing a university is an important decision and we understand that you are making a major investment in your future.

At UWTSD we work with you to develop the academic excellence and rewarding experience which allows you to succeed in your career.

"Coming to study at UWTSD is one of the best decisions I have ever made.

Swansea has everything a student needs."

Balasubrahanyam Vankadari, India

At UWTSD we pride ourselves on the quality of your education and not only is it an opportunity for you to get an international perspective on your studies, but you will also learn about a different culture, history and way of life.

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“I felt right at home and welcomed from day one. From experience with living in a small town all my life, Lampeter was an amazing place to be and there was always something going on. If I ever had any problems, someone was always available to point me in the right direction. The courses were also really great and the professors were amazing. It was the best experience of my life.�

Wales is a great place to spend this precious time in your educational career. Its history and culture set it apart from other countries, and yet the rest of the UK and Europe is within easy travelling distance, making it possible for you to see all the major sights during your time away from home.

Study Abroad and Overseas Work Placement Opportunities The University offers a wide range of opportunities for students to spend time overseas during their studies, whether on an international work placement or as part of our well-established study abroad programme. Several of our degree programmes offer overseas work placements and students gain placements in locations such as California, Dubai and Greece.

Spending time overseas as part of your course enables you to broaden your horizons, experience a different culture and build your skills, knowledge and confidence.

Students who participate in our overseas work placements or study abroad schemes describe it as the experience of a lifetime.

Katie Lotz, USA

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A CONNECTED UNIVERSITY We believe the University of Wales Trinity Saint David is a 'connected university'. @UWTSD The University builds upon the excellence and heritage of our founding institutions to drive forward a radical new education system that addresses the specific needs of Wales while also providing programmes that are attractive to students from all parts of the UK and internationally. We promote excellence in research, scholarship, learning and teaching, through which we make a considerable investment to the economy and social innovation; supporting economic growth, social and cultural development of communities in our immediate environs and further afield.

We are proud of these connections but more than this, we celebrate the myriad of connections, locally and across the world, that make the University of Wales Trinity Saint David distinctive.

We look forward with confidence and a clear mission to transform the lives of those who benefit from their connection to this University.

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Connected to our Students and Alumni

Alumni Society – Keeping you Connected

The quality of the student experience is central to our thinking. We aim to inspire individuals and develop reflective graduates and practitioners who can make a difference to society. We will continue to provide relevant courses delivered in an environment that will support our students throughout their academic career. Our connection does not end at graduation as we aim to provide our alumni with opportunities for professional development, graduate placements, mentoring, networks and social events that benefit the wider UWTSD family wherever they may be in the world.

When you graduate from UWTSD you will automatically become a member of our Alumni Society which will enable you to remain a part of the UWTSD family.

We believe the Alumni Society provides important professional and social networks which are of great value to our graduates and to the University.

We believe the experiences we provide for our students as part of, and in addition to, their academic programmes, enables them to develop the range of skills and attributes most sought after by employers.

Employability skills are embedded in all our programmes and we use a range of methods in our teaching, learning and assessment to develop such skills.

• Continuing Professional Development – from training programmes to doctoral studies.

We acknowledge that the student experience is greatly enhanced by the quality of the learning environment that we provide, whether it is on-campus or online. We are investing in the facilities and services that are provided on our campus to ensure they are fit for purpose. Similarly, we are investing in our online environments and in the number of courses provided to ensure that our students, some of whom are studying on the other side of the world, are given the best possible opportunity to succeed.

New campus developments include significant investment in the estate across all of our campuses including new buildings and investment in the infrastructure to support 21st century learning and teaching.

A significant investment in our Swansea campuses includes the acquisition of land in the coveted SA1 area of the city as the first stage of major development plans for an innovation quarter, connecting the University’s academic provision with the city’s burgeoning business sector.

Some of the benefits for members include: • Networking and business events – within and across your academic discipline.

• Information about employment opportunities – our careers office will let you know of upcoming employment opportunities.

• Graduate Mentoring Schemes – connecting you to other successful alumni within your discipline or desired career area.

• The Graduate Academy – which aims to help you to secure that first job.

• Reunion events – on campus and around the world.

• Arts and cultural activities – to enjoy the work of current staff and students.

• Newsletters – keeping you in touch with news and offers.

Whatever career you decide to pursue after you graduate, we hope that the UWTSD experience will set you on course for success. We hope you’ll want to keep in touch so that we can celebrate your achievements.

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Connected to Our Community Connected to Our Extended Family At the University of Wales Trinity Saint David we recognise the important role the University plays in our local area and work closely with our communities to engage them with all that the University has to offer. UWTSD is an integral part of the local community and we try to make a positive contribution to the region and its citizens in a variety of ways. These range from working in local communities to senior members of staff contributing to decisionmaking bodies that affect the lives of the communities in which we serve.

Examples of community projects we have developed or participated in include the Olion Festival – an annual youth and community arts festival in Swansea, Cerebra Fun Days, Saturday Art Schools, the Scribblers Tour, Jazz Heritage Wales, Project Sense, Computer Clubs 4 Girls, Big Bang Cymru, Swansea Bay Young Business Dragons, Operation Textbook (with South Wales Police) and many more.

This work provides a real opportunity to create a sustainable two-way relationship that benefits both the students and the community. Students gain invaluable experience and are able to apply their studies to a real-life environment. This impresses future employers who value the qualities and skills developed through working in community and voluntary projects. A number of recent graduates have been offered employment as a direct result of community projects in which they were involved while at the University.

We also invite our communities onto campus whenever possible offering a range of talks, workshops, performances, craft fairs and other events throughout the year. It is our intention to continue this good work and collaborate with more organisations to deliver widespread, sustainable projects that increase the employability and aspirations of the students who deliver them, as well as improve the prospects of the community in which the University is located.

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The University collaborates and partners with many other educational institutions and other organisations in our local area and around the world. As part of the UWTSD group, local colleges Coleg Sir Gâr and Coleg Ceredigion play a crucial part in our vision to offer a new kind of ‘system-based’ further and higher education experience in our region.

By working closely to ensure progression routes for students from further education right through to post-doctoral study, our aim is to create a lifelong learning network for our students and graduates, which will have a positive impact on our region – socially, culturally and economically.

We also have strong collaborative links with business, the arts and other regional organisations, and with a host of education partners around the globe. This enables our students to benefit from a truly global education experience, right here in the heart of Wales or in one of our partner centres in the UK and overseas.

Creative Bubble University of Wales Trinity Saint David was given the use of a city-centre commercial unit by Swansea Business Improvement District (BID) to create economic and social impacts for the City.

This led to the launch of Creative Bubble; a network of students from different subject areas who collaborate to produce multidisciplinary work. It’s a way for them to express themselves and to start thinking about how they can be enterprising with their creativity. This is supported by Kathryn Penaluna, Enterprise Manager for the University who employs students as Enterprise Interns to coordinate the project.

She also provides advice and guidance to student/graduate start-ups.

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The Creative Bubble shop provides an area where students can develop and plan ideas that will use the city-centre as a canvas for both creative practice and entrepreneurial and business developments. The project highlights the University’s aim of supporting companies and institutions to develop initiatives designed to benefit economic and social development within the region.

Since its launch in 2013, Creative Bubble has been incredibly successful in engaging students in art-based activity. There have been theatrical games staged across the city, fashion workshops, pop-up shops allowing students to sell their work, film premieres, community art projects and exhibitions.

It provides a platform for students to be enterprising and to realise their ideas (and dreams). It also works alongside businesses to help promote Swansea and to support Swansea BID’s own campaigns.

In the summer, Santander sponsored a Creative Bubble Summer Stage where students entertained shoppers every Saturday lunchtime with music, dance and poetry. A Creative Bubble Live Lounge is about to launch where students can socialise in a friendly and creative environment.

Creative Bubble is out and about in the community running creative writing workshops, inspirational talks and projects with young people. It even supports the BBC Wales ‘Poets on the Hill’ drama group.

The #LikeABoss initiative seeks to empower women and young girls through enterprise and image workshops. It invites established businesswomen to share their own stories and experiences.

Due to the success and impact of Creative Bubble, the project has just moved to a larger retail unit in Cradock Street, Swansea. All students are welcome to get involved and help make amazing ‘stuff’ happen in Swansea.

For more information, please email lucy.beddall@uwtsd.ac.uk and visit www.facebook.com/swanseacreativebubble

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REAL-WORLD IMPACT The University is committed to research that contributes to the economic vitality and regeneration of the region and is developing a reputation for working collaboratively with business, industry, government and other partners.

In developing research projects, our academic community is encouraged to demonstrate the benefits of their work to the economy, society, public policy, culture and quality of life. Research excellence in Archaeology, History, Anthology, Art, Applied Design, Classics, Celtic Studies, Religious Studies, Environmental Sciences, Engineering and Applied Computing forms the foundation of our internal multidisciplinary research and innovation activity.

Our sustainable centers of excellence, several of which are supported by large research grants, are built to deliver impact and improve social, cultural and physical capital within Wales and beyond.

Cross-cutting themes such as education, design, environment, business, sustainability, heritage, and health and wellbeing mean our research is collaborative and works across faculties and fields of study. Our combined urban and rural mission means we are committed to developing new local knowledge to inform wider debates, especially on equality, inclusion and social justice.

Academic staff from the University are involved in projects which make a real difference to society, from the Coastal and Marine Research Group in the School of

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Natural and Built Environment whose work addresses the effects of climate change on our coastal environments, to the Newport Ship project, which is at the centre of a €4 million European network of researchers developing new methods in nautical archeology and digital heritage preservation techniques.

As a student at UWTSD you’ll benefit from real-world research insights that feed into our teaching, and from being part of a global learning community committed to making a positive impact on the wider world.

Examples of research at the University: Marine Mammals Research Dr Rhian Jenkins and her team have been carrying out studies on Harbour porpoise populations since 2002, establishing a baseline of distributional data in Swansea and Gower. Students contributed to the data collection. More recently they have been involved in the LCRI (Low Carbon Research Institute) continuing with baseline studies and impact assessment on offshore

marine renewables on marine mammal populations, undertaking consultancy on the Environmental Impact of the proposed Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon development.

Archaeological Research and Consultancy The School of Archaeology, History and Anthropology at the University’s Lampeter campus has an international reputation for its research. Students benefit from this research and the University’s long-running collaboration with the nearby Strata Florida site by participating in fieldwork there.

The University’s expertise is highly sought after and our commercial arm, UWLAS Archaeological Services, which provides a range of professional consultancy services in environmental archaeology for clients in public, private and voluntary sector organisations, as well as providing support for academic research projects at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David and other universities worldwide.

Non-Destructive Testing.

Staff in the Faculty of Architecture, Computing and Engineering have specialist expertise in non-destructive testing and computer modeling. Our knowledge transfer centre has assisted our industrial partners in solving high tech problems in the field of composites design, manufacture and fabrication. Industrial engagement includes research and development with leading NDT companies such as TWI Ltd, Silverwing Ltd, Oceaneering Ltd, and manufacturing companies such as Calsonic Kansei Ltd, Tata Steel and United Aerospace Ltd.

Wales Heritage Academy This research institute brings together staff from across the University and from the Centre of Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies of the University of Wales. The institute aims to celebrate the heritage, culture, landscape and traditions of Wales and seek economic benefit for Wales from such treasures. Colleagues deliver internationally renowned research within the disciplines associated with heritage and, as a result, support the tourism industry and communities in relation to the exploration and interpretation of their heritage.

A range of programmes is offered at graduate level in this area and the institute also offers training research and practical support to professionals working within the heritage sector.

Students using latest technologies and assisting in consultancy activities related to nautical archaeology

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AN INSPIRED EDUCATION

for a Sustainable Future We have put sustainability at the core of our delivery and our award-winning Institute for Sustainable Practice and Resource Effectiveness (INSPIRE), directed

by Dr Jane Davidson, ensures Sustainable Development is embedded through the learning, teaching, courses, campus, community and culture of the University of Wales Trinity Saint David to ensure that future graduates are globally aware and responsible citizens in the 21st century.

Sustainable development is about making better decisions using long-term values. It is about considering the impacts of today’s actions on future generations and learning to live within our environmental limits - it is about balancing social, environmental and economic needs in a way that does not compromise future generations. These are the considerations that will place our graduates in a unique position of strength in the international market for jobs.

UWTSD has also recently won a First Class Award and has been ranked 8th out of 151 universities across the UK and 1st in Wales in the People & Planet University League 2015 – the UK's only comprehensive and independent green ranking of universities.

This is a huge improvement in terms of rankings for UWTSD, with the University seeing a dramatic rise from its 113th position in the 2013 League to 8th in 2015.

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UWTSD has also been ranked the top green University in Wales and has moved from a 3rd Class Degree to 1st Class Degree award.

People and Planet The University of Wales Trinity Saint David was recently awarded a 1st Class Award in the People and Planet University League for environmental and ethical standards. The University League also named UWTSD the top Green University in Wales and ranked us in 8th position across the UK

Through INSPIRE we aim to: • develop curriculum-related delivery to ensure that our students are provided with the knowledge, skills and attitudes that will equip them for their future contribution to the economy, community and environment

Guardian Award The INSPIRE project won the Guardian Award for best sustainability project in the 2013 Guardian University Awards.

• develop our campuses to the highest standards of environmental performance • contribute to our communities by giving particular regard to issues of sustainable rural communities and the development of South West Wales as a low-carbon region • develop a research and innovation capacity focused on the core strengths of the University

'Sustainability and the INSPIRE initiative are key themes here at UWTSD and represent massive opportunities for students to get involved and really make a difference'

Mattias Eken, Graduate

Green Dragon Award We are proud to hold a Green Dragon Level 5 Award – the highest level award – for our environmental management.

Fair Trade The University of Wales: Trinity Saint David is a proud supporter of the Fairtrade ethos and is committed to selling and promoting fairly traded products and educating staff and students about Fairtrade.

“This amazing leap in the People and Planet University League is testament to the hard work and determination of UWTSD to improve its own sustainability levels.

After doing environmental work within the university and Students’ Union for the past three years, I am both delighted and proud that the hard work and persistence of staff and students has started to show. The work we have done is crucial to the development of the university, both for existing students as well as any future students. Furthermore, it is important for students across the university because it is the first step in ensuring that staff and students take what they have learnt through the UWTSD's sustainability work and hopefully apply it to their own future careers and lives.�

Rosie Scannell, INSPIRE intern studying at UWTSD Lampeter

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THE ARTS The University is integral to the growing arts scene in South Wales, with many of our graduates and students involved in developing the arts from grassroots level to the highest international standards.

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Whether you are a performer, artist, designer or simply a spectator, UWTSD is great place to enjoy and participate in the arts

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We believe the arts are essential to all aspects of the community and run a wide range of community art projects, including Arts in Action and our Saturday Art School which integrate all aspects of the community.

The University has a portfolio of international artists and designers teaching on its programmes, all of whom continue to develop their own practice, and the fact our staff are current practitioners inspires our students to achieve more, winning competitions both in Wales and internationally. We boast Artes Mundi winners, a Venice Biennale Welsh representative and Top 50 ‘New Designers’ at the South Bank Centre from among both staff and students.

The University’s commitment to the creative, performing and visual arts is renowned and it has earned an enviable reputation for the calibre of its graduates. Many of our graduates’ designs appear in homes and on catwalks; their art works are also exhibited and published in books and they are being seen performing in the nation’s theatres, concert halls and on TV screens, as well as working behind the scenes as directors, production managers, editors, technicians and producers.

Art & Design Graduate shows take place in Carmarthen, Swansea and London with design students showcasing their work at prestigious design exhibitions in London and Paris.

Surface Pattern Design students exhibiting at Premiere Vision, Paris

The University’s many networks include collaboration with individual artists and organisations, giving students excellent opportunities to engage with others who are involved in the development and the promotion of the Arts.

Opportunities for Students Our students help with galleries, arts organisations and theatre companies, with many employing our graduates. It is not just those graduates who stay local developing the arts scene - graduates who have worked in London, New York and across the world and then come back to the area, bringing their wealth of knowledge and expertise, are also fuelling a flourishing creative industry in Wales.

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The Arts in Swansea

Facilities

Arts in Action

In Swansea, a range of creative events and performance work can be seen through Creative Bubble which acts as a showcase for arts practitioners and students, and our students regularly take up opportunities to exhibit their work in a variety of venues including the National Waterfront Museum, Swansea Grand Theatre, Taliesin Arts Centre and the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery (currently undergoing a multi-million pound redevelopment).

There are excellent facilities on the University campuses and we regularly welcome touring theatre companies and professional performers. Students from the School of Performing Arts are involved in many productions throughout the year as part of their busy curriculum, with as many as 15 major productions taking place over the academic year in Welsh and English on campus, on tour, and in a variety of unexpected locations. We respect and celebrate our traditions, this is why the Faculty of Art & Design has retained traditional equipment and processes in the areas of ceramics, printmaking and photography. We are also forward looking, and the Faculty is bristling with new technology including the latest Apple Mac digital equipment and specialist state-ofthe-art equipment from a water jet cutter, digital printers, laser cutters and editing suites and video resources, including the latest Ultra HD RED camera.

This year is also the 16th anniversary of the Arts in Action Residency Scheme.

Coordinated by the faculty, the programme delivers up to 17 arts projects annually in regional primary and secondary schools.

To date students from Art & Design or Humanities have delivered more than 170 individual projects in a variety of media including textiles, photography, book illustration, site-specific fine art, theatre costume and design, printmaking, ceramics, glass and graphic design.

Saturday Art School

Wales International Academy of Voice

From prestigious events like LOCWS International to Arts in Health and Community projects, working on external community projects with a variety of groups and organisations is as integral to our programmes as business and industry engagement. The range of settings is also really broad with students delivering projects and workshops in hospitals, schools, community centres – even in train stations and nightclubs.

The University has a long history of working in partnership with the ABM University Health Trust to provide opportunities for a variety of projects in local hospitals and various healthcare settings. Illustration students created murals at Morriston Hospital's Paediatric A&E, Singleton Hospital Oncology Department and Singleton Hospital's Day Surgery Unit.

Photography students delivered a project on the theme of Positive Images of Old Age as part of their external major project.

Students from all disciplines engaged with the trust on a major multi million pound development scheme at Cefn Coed Hospital that involved the construction of new intermediate care units and facilities on the site.

Students worked with staff, architects and designers to integrate internal and external art works into the design to enhance the patient environment.

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For the past eight years, Swansea’s Faculty of Art & Design has also run the popular Saturday Art School. So far more than 500 children and more than 550 adults have attended free courses in Drawing and Painting, Textiles, Printmaking, Photography, TV/Video Production, Fashion, Graphic Design, Stained Glass and Ceramics. Students get involved either by being employed as tutors or teaching assistants or through work placements and volunteering.

The vibrant arts scene at the University means there is plenty for you to enjoy. Full and part-time students are involved in art exhibitions, theatrical productions, creative writing events and musical concerts either at the University or in regional arts centres and everyone can get involved during their time with us. So, whether you are a performer, artist, designer or simply a spectator, UWTSD is great place to enjoy and participate in the arts.

In Cardiff and London, the Wales International Academy of Voice delivers an extensive range of operatic concerts with an annual gala event at The Wales Millennium Centre being a highlight. Guest artists include Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Wynne Evans, Catrin Finch and the Academy’s Director, Dennis O’Neill.

The Arts

Trinity Saint David Choir The Trinity Saint David Choir gives students the opportunity to develop their vocal talents in concerts and competitions and there are also opportunities for soloists to develop their performance skills. Practice sessions are held through the medium of Welsh, but don’t worry if you don’t speak the language - there are plenty of people to help you - but be prepared to sing in any language, Welsh, English and others.

Already the choir is making a name for itself and has appeared on TV programmes and achieved success in national competitions.

Medieval Society Lampeter’s Medieval Society is a branch of the re-enactment society Historia Normannis. The group recreates life as it may have been in Britain during the 11th and 12th centuries. Society members reenact historic battles and present living history demonstrations with the lives, livelihoods and pastimes of civilians on show. This very active society runs regular socials and fundraising events. It is just one of the many societies and clubs on offer.

The Students’ Union can help you to start your own too.

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UWTSD ACTIVE UWTSD is committed to ensuring the student experience is healthy and fun...

Swansea and West Wales is mad about sport and physical activity, whether it’s supporting our regional rugby and firstclass football sides or participating in world-class indoor and outdoor venues.

Swansea Bay and West Wales can offer a chilled-out country and seaside vibe but there is also a wild side for those who want to participate in formal sport, to stay fit or to try something new.

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Health and Fitness

Adventure

For the health and fitness conscious, studying in Swansea offers a diverse choice of some of the most modern and wellequipped privately-run sports and health facilities in the country. Our Carmarthen and Lampeter campuses have access to similar range of opportunities, either at our well-equipped campus facilities or in partnership with local leisure facilities.

Swansea and West Wales offers a gateway to an unspoilt area of wild coastal countryside to rival any other. The Gower Peninsula offers wonderful beaches for walking and watersports. Along the Swansea and West Wales length of the Wales Coast Path - the longest continuous coastal path in the world - students can access a broad range of surfing and water sports spots.

Move inland and there are world-class mountain bike areas such as Afan Forest Park near Swansea with more than 62 miles (100km) of trails across 39 square miles (64km2) of woodland. Further west, mountain bikers can explore areas such as the Doethei valley, Carmarthenshire with natural free riding featuring one of the longest stretches of singletrack in the country and Nant yr Arian, in Ceredigion, which has three great trails across exposed moorland, with tight, twisty singletrack through woodland. For climbers and mountain lovers the region offers an expanding network of indoor climbing centres and some of the best natural hill walks and cliff climbing in the UK. The region also offers and ideal base to explore the mountainous regions of Snowdonia and the Brecon beacons.

Sport If you are competitive and enjoy the camaraderie of being in a team the students’ union, across all our campuses, supports a large number of student societies catering for sports teams playing in regional British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) competitions.

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Surfing Beaches in the surrounding area

Our social sporting groups also organise informal activities and competitions plus there are some award-winning outdoor sports venues to explore in the region.

Students can also access hundreds of local sports teams playing in local, regional and national leagues. Swansea and West Wales is also becoming one of the go-to regions for high-quality mass participation events ranging from adventure challenges, national extreme sport tours to the popular Iron Man Wales event.

This diverse network of sports teams and events also have a number of volunteering opportunities offering a great way to add experience to your CV.

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WIAV

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Wales International Academy of Voice

Recognising his earlier success in the field, the newly formed University of Wales Trinity Saint David invited Dennis O’Neill to establish an International Academy of Voice as a centre of vocal excellence and to locate it in Wales. This is an ideal environment, justly famous as ‘the land of song’ and a starting point for so many internationally successful singers.

WIAV, based in Cardiff, and with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa as its patron, provides a highly specialised and unique environment for a small number of exceptional singers at the early-professional stage, selected and recruited globally, to develop and polish their talent to the highest professional standards.

The best coaches, language experts and vocal technicians are complemented by visiting eminent conductors and national and international stars from the Operatic world.

The Academy provides a world-class education for talented individuals within one of the UK’s leading centres of higher education and an opportunity to lead in a field in which Wales is historically preeminent and globally admired.

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YOUR STUDENTS' UNION Trinity Saint David Students' Union is the hub of student activity on campus, offering everything to enhance your time at the University.

Whether you want a drink with your friends, to join one of our many sports clubs and societies or to seek advice on anything from housing to mental health, we have it all.

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Run By You...

Activities

The Students’ Union (SU) is a democratic organisation run by students for students.

The SU is affiliated with the British Universities and College Sports (BUCS) league. Every Wednesday, our sports teams compete in various leagues to become the BUCS champions. We also have a number of societies that cater for a variety of interests and activities. If you have an idea for a new club or society it's also really easy to set one up, just find a few others that share your interest and pop in to see us - not only is this a great way to meet new like-minded people, but running a club or society looks great on your CV.

A team of elected officers, all former students of the University, work to ensure that you are represented at every level and that you get the best out of your time studying. Every student who fully registers with the University of Wales Trinity Saint David automatically becomes a member of the Students’ Union and has access to all of its services.

...For You! As a charity everything that we do whether it's evening events, campaigns or sports clubs and societies - we do to enhance your student experience. We make sure that student concerns are at the centre of University decision-making, ensuring that the student voice is heard at every level of the process.

As well as providing University-wide representation, TSDSU is affiliated to the National Union of Students (NUS), meaning that our students also have representation at a national level and within Wales through NUS Wales.

Socialising

Welfare & Support We have dedicated staff in the SU, who are there to provide support to students on an individual level as well as campaigning for improvements in student support facilities. Anything from personal wellbeing to problems with accommodation, academic matters and so on can be dealt with by the union.

No problem is too big or too small. This means that from the minute you arrive there’s someone here to help you out with any problem that you may encounter during your time at University.

There's always someone around in the SU to help you with anything, so if you need to chat to someone or just want a brew and a chill either pop in or get in touch online.

The entertainment that is provided by the SU is high quality, diverse and value for money; we try to cater for everyone’s tastes with a mixture of live music, DJs, comedians and entertainers. It all starts during the Freshers' period at the beginning of the academic year which is packed with discover a variety of entertainment and provides a great opportunity to meet new friends. tsdsu.co.uk

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Levels of Qualifications Certificate of Higher Education

Higher National Certificate and Diploma

(Cert HE) - Level 4

(HNC/HND) Levels 4 & 5

A Certificate of Higher Education is a Level 4 qualification and is equivalent to the first year of a full-time honours degree programme. To achieve the qualification, students must obtain a minimum of 120 credits. The successful completion of a Certificate of Higher Education can lead into the second year of an appropriate Foundation Degree or an honours degree programme.

Higher National Certificates and Higher National Diplomas are designed to be work-related and vocational in nature. What sets HNCs and HNDs apart from a bachelor degree is that the foundation of both qualifications is to ensure that students receive skills and knowledge for a career in a related industry. These qualifications can be completed within two years if full-time study is undertaken. For students with personal or professional commitments there is an option for students to complete both qualifications on a parttime basis.

Diploma of Higher Education (Dip HE) - Levels 4 & 5 A Diploma of Higher Education is a Level 5 qualification and is equivalent to the first two years of a full-time honours degree programme. To achieve the qualification, students must obtain a minimum of 240 credits. The successful completion of a Diploma of Higher Education can lead into the third year of an appropriate honours degree programme.

Foundation Degree (FdA/FdSc) - Levels 4 & 5 A Foundation Degree is an employmentrelated qualification at higher education level. It is designed to equip individuals with the higher-level skills and knowledge that not only meet the needs of the employer, but also offer the opportunity to develop personally and professionally.

It is partly workbased and projects and assignments relate to individual’s role within the workplace. To achieve the qualification, students must obtain a minimum of 240 credits. The successful completion of a Foundation Degree can lead into the third year of an appropriate honours degree programme.

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Bachelor’s Degree (BA/BSc/BEng) - Levels 4, 5, 6 A Bachelor’s Honours Degree is Level 6 qualification and normally requires three years of full-time study. The majority of programmes are modular, and therefore are available on a part-time basis, either during the day, or during the evening and occasional Saturdays. To achieve the qualification, students must obtain a minimum of 360 credits.

Integrated Master’s Degree (MDes/MEng) – Levels 4, 5, 6, 7 An Integrated Master’s Degree is a Level 7 qualification and normally requires four years of full-time study, at least one year of which is at postgraduate level (Level 7).

To achieve the qualification, students must obtain a minimum of 480 credits.

Postgraduate Study The University offers progression routes to Postgraduate and Master’s programmes in most subject areas. There are also numerous research degrees available as well as professional doctorates. Please see our website for further details: www.uwtsd.ac.uk/postgraduate

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YOUR COURSE Page colour key Faculty of Architecture, Computing and Engineering Faculty of Art and Design Faculty of Business and Management Faculty of Education and Communities Faculty of Humanities and Performing Arts Please note, codes next to courses refer to UCAS.

Accounting and Finance Ancient Civilisations Ancient History Anthropology Archaeology Architecture and Built Environment Art & Design Foundation Diploma Automotive Business and Management Chinese Studies Classical Studies Computing Counselling Design Digital Media Early Childhood Education Electronics Engineering English, Creative Writing, Publishing and TEFL Environment Events Fine Art/Art Practice Glass Health and Social Care Heritage History Humanities Leisure and Tourism Logistics and Transport Music Performing Arts Philosophy Photography & Film Psychology Public Services Religion and Theology Social Inclusion and Social Policy Sport, Health and the Outdoors Surface Pattern and Textiles Teaching Visual Communication Welsh and Bilingualism Workplace Studies Youth and Community Work

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Accounting and Finance Studying accounting or business and finance provides you with extremely valuable skills and knowledge to help you build a career in organisations of all sizes, or to start an enterprise of your own.

With strong links to business, our careerled courses have an excellent graduate employment record and one of the highest graduate start-up rates in Wales.

campus building at the heart of Swansea’s city centre. Here there is a strong sense of community and access to a range of free networking opportunities, special events, such as enterprise and industry weeks, and guest lectures from inspiring business leaders and alumni.

Many of our programmes are accredited by professional bodies such as the Association of Chartered Certified The accounting programme gives you the Accountants (ACCA) and the Chartered specialist skills necessary for a range of Institute of Personnel and Development career opportunities when you graduate, (CIPD), so students gain current skills in while business and finance is more general and provides a hybrid mix of broad business areas that are professionally recognised as being necessary for current and future skills allied with specialist accounting and accounting practitioners. Our accounting finance skills. The flexibility of study on the and finance graduates have analytical, programme empowers students to gear research, information technology, their studies to their career ambitions interpersonal, cross-cultural and personal circumstances. communication and empathetic skills.

We’re renowned for our friendly, flexible, There are also opportunities to gain and student centred approach to teaching and learning, and offer you the opportunity work experience during your studies via to specialise in areas you develop a particular a sandwich degree or integrated placement module. On several of our courses, students interest in as you progress through the also have the opportunity to study part of course. We also offer a number of flexible part-time opportunities to study, such as our their programme through the medium of Certificate of Higher Education programme Welsh and all students may submit their assessments in the Welsh language. which can be studied alongside a job.

See also Business and Management

Swansea Courses Single Honours BA Accounting BA Business and Finance

N400 N290

Higher National Diploma HND Business and Finance

422N

Welsh-medium programmes There are opportunities to study some modules through the medium of Welsh in the following: BA Cyfrifeg BA Busnes a Chyllid HND Busnes a Chyllid

N400 N290 422N

We build enterprise and entrepreneurship into all our specialist business courses, and believe strongly in embedding sustainable development in our teaching and learning – ensuring that our graduates leave us with a self-starting approach and an understanding of the need for sustainable business practice.

Several of our programmes are available on multiple campuses, with the majority of specialist business courses delivered at Swansea Business School, our dedicated

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Ancient Civilisations

From Greece to China, or from Egypt to Mesoamerica, or from the Romans to the Celts, the University offers a wide range of programmes that explore the breadth of civilisations from around the globe.

The interdisciplinary nature of our courses enables us to introduce you to an exciting array of ancient cultures, going beyond the more narrow focus on ancient Rome and Greece to examine a far wider spread of ancient civilisations and peoples. You will explore the variety and diversity of ancient societies through their archaeology, their texts, their histories and mythologies, in a series of linked and inter-disciplinary modules. Museum trips and research projects will allow you to investigate these societies and cultures at first hand, and will help you explore the process by which understanding of the ancient world is acquired, interpreted and then communicated, either in visual displays and exhibitions or through written sources.

See also History Ancient History Archaeology Classical Studies

By drawing on the research strengths from different subject areas and from across the faculty, students are able to examine ancient civilisations through a variety of modules on themes such as Ancient Religions, Hieroglyphs and Texts, Funerary Beliefs in Ancient Egypt, Towns, Tombs and Temples, Water and Society in Latin America or Conceptualisations of Life and Death. In their final year students will have the opportunity to pursue a significant research project of their own, on a topic of their choosing. This research they will undertake with help and support from tutors.

All our students will have the opportunity to undertake field trips and visits, which in the past have involved study trips to Athens, Rome and Istanbul. Through a collaboration with a local museum and its collection of ancient Egyptian artefacts, students will have the opportunity to work on a display and exhibition of these objects.

All students will have the opportunity for Students will enjoy a personalised form international exchange, or working closer of study by choosing their own path of to home in our library special collections study, adopting either a broad generalist approach to the ancient world or pursuing a and archives, and in the local museum. path more focussed on their own interests.

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Lampeter Courses Single Honours BA Ancient Civilisations BA Ancient History and Archaeology BA Classical Civilisation BA Ancient History BA Archaeology of Egypt and the Near East

V901 VVD4 Q820 V110 59B2

Major/Minor Honours BA Ancient History with Education Studies BA Ancient History with Digital Humanities BA Classical Civilisation with Ancient Egyptian Culture*

VX13 0P23 0P23

Combined Honours BA Ancient History, Archaeology, Education Studies

VVL3

Related Programmes BA Archaeology BA Classical Studies BA Archaeology with Ancient Egyptian Culture BA Ancient History with Ancient Egyptian Culture BA Classical Studies with Ancient Egyptian Culture

V400 Q810 09C3 2M6D 4H25

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Ancient History For those students with a passion for the ancient world, Ancient History provides an opportunity to explore the political, military and social history of the Graeco-Roman world, along with the main cultures of the ancient Mediterranean.

See also Archaeology Ancient Civilisations, Classical Studies History

and academics on our historic Lampeter campus, and realise your potential for success through your passion for the ancient world.

For students who want to study the ancient world in its entirety, to combine Whether you are enthusiastic about warfare, ancient political and military history with religion, social issues or the great leaders and mythology, literature, art and culture, the BA in Classical Civilisation is the best choice. thinkers of the ancient world, our Ancient History degrees provide the opportunity to delve into the cultures that have shaped the Alternatively you might combine your passion for ancient history with other western world for over two millennia. interests. Find out how the ancient world evolves into the medieval and take Seize the opportunity to study how Rome advantage of the University’s grew into an empire, how Sparta became collection of manuscripts and early printed the legend that it is today, how religion books with the BA in Ancient and Medieval shaped everyday life two thousand years History. Experience the material culture of ago, why Alexander conquered the known the ancient world with the BA in Ancient world and human imagination, or pursue History and Archaeology. Discover ancient your own interests in the ancient world Egypt with the BA in Ancient History with through our independent-study modules.

Ancient Egyptian Culture. Take ancient history into the classroom with the BA in In lectures, workshops, seminars and oneAncient History with Education Studies. to-one sessions, students will be taught Or consider a new innovative combination by experts in the field, whether exploring with Heritage Studies, or Digital Humanities, the reign of Augustus through poetry or the latter a course designed to enhance discussing the intricacies of the Seleucid your web-design and computing court or discovering how the Greeks and skills while deepening a knowledge and Romans used magic and spells in their understanding of the ancient past. everyday lives.

Take the opportunity to learn new, and improve existing, skills through a wide range of assessment methods in our employability-centred curriculum.

Experience other cultures, ancient and modern, through our integrated field trips to ancient sites and our study abroad options. Become part of the friendly and informal community of students

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Lampeter Courses Single Honours BA Ancient History V110 BA Ancient History and Archaeology VVD4 BA Ancient Civilisations V901 BA Ancient and Medieval History V115 BA Classical Civilisation Q820

Joint Honours

94% of students were satisfied with the quality of the course

BA Ancient History & Anthropology LV61 BA Ancient History & History V112 BA Ancient History & Heritage Studies 32N7

Major/Minor Honours BA Ancient History with Latin 38C3 BA Ancient History with Greek T54N BA Ancient History with Ancient Egyptian Culture 2M6D BA Ancient History with Heritage Management 4N6X BA Ancient History with Digital Humanities 0P23 BA Ancient History with Education Studies VX13 BA Classical Civilisation with Ancient Egyptian Culture*

Combined Honours BA Ancient History, Anthropology, Education Studies VLL1 BA Ancient History, Archaeology, Education Studies VVL3 BA Ancient History, Classical Studies, Education Studies VQL1 BA Ancient History, English, Education Studies QVL3 BA Ancient History, History, Education Studies VVL1 BA Ancient History, Philosophy, Education Studies VVL5 BA Ancient History, Religious Studies, Education Studies VVL2

“My degree constantly fascinates and amazes me, there’s so much of the ancient world to choose from.”

Chantelle Moore, BA Ancient History

Related Programmes BA Classical Studies Q810 BA History V100 BA Modern Historical Studies V192 BA Medieval Studies V130 BA Conflict and War 9C3R BA History and Medieval Studies V138

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Anthropology

Anthropology is the study of human societies and cultures in all their richness and diversity. Anthropologists are interested in anything and everything that humans do, whenever and wherever they do it - from body modification practices among remote tribal groups in Africa to the use of online social networking sites such as Facebook in contemporary Western societies. The Anthropology staff have wide-ranging research interests and as a result we cover an extensive array of thematic and geographical areas in our teaching programme. This gives students a real insight into the human condition.

Archaeology Philosophy Religion and Theology

fieldwork in Kenya and Canada. This is a truly unique programme of study allowing students an invaluable experience from which they can develop their own research project and acquire a valuable set of transferable skills which will stand them in good stead in an increasingly competitive jobs market.

Alternatively, why not combine your passion for anthropology with the study of other subjects, for example in the form of a joint honours programme with a number of other subjects. Anthropology and Religious Studies or Anthropology and Philosophy are popular combinations. Or choose a major/ We also have a unique approach to teaching minor combination, such as Anthropology Anthropology – we recognise that practical, with Psychology or Anthropology with first-hand engagement with ‘other’ cultures Education Studies, a programme that gives is the best way to understand anthropology, you important insights into the world of teaching and education, thus providing and if you choose to study with us you an invaluable route for those interested in will be given plenty of opportunity teaching as a profession. to experience what it means to be an anthropologist. Indeed, University of Wales Please note that Applied Anthropology Trinity Saint David is one of the few places where undergraduate students are provided comes with a different fee package; please check the website for details. with a practical training in anthropological research methodologies in addition to the theory which is integral to any academic qualification in anthropology.

This emphasis on practice as well as theory underpins the Applied Anthropology programme which offers students the opportunity to undertake several weeks of

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Lampeter Courses Single Honours BA Anthropology BA Applied Anthropology BA Archaeology and Anthropology

L600 3NY6 LVQ4

Joint Honours BA Anthropology & Chinese Studies BA Anthropology & English BA Anthropology & History BA Anthropology & Medieval Studies BA Anthropology & Philosophy BA Anthropology & Religious Studies BA Anthropology & Heritage Studies BA Ancient History & Anthropology

TL16 LQ63 LVP1 VL16 VL56 LV66 8V3Q LV61

Major/Minor Honours BA Anthropology with Psychology BA Anthropology with Heritage Management BA Anthropology with Digital Humanities BA Anthropology with Education Studies

32MD 3N2W 4V21 LX63

Combined Honours BA Anthropology, English, Education Studies QLL3 BA Anthropology, Philosophy, Education Studies VLL5 BA Anthropology, Ancient History, Education Studies VLL1 BA Anthropology, Classical Studies, Education Studies QLL8 BA Anthropology, History, Education Studies LVL7 BA Anthropology, Religious Studies, Education Studies LVL8 BA Anthropology, Archaeology, Education Studies LVL6

Related Programmes BA Environmental Studies BA Archaeology BA Philosophy BA Applied Philosophy BA Study of Religions BA Philosophy and Religious Studies

8V32 V400 V502 V503 L350 VV6M

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See also Anthropology

Archaeology

Archaeology is the study of the human past through an examination of physical remains such as stone tools, pottery and bones, through to buildings, structures, monuments and landscapes. It attempts to reveal how contemporary societies, other past societies, and our own society are organised and how we interact with our environments and landscapes.

You will engage with theoretical and ethical issues such as heritage and tourism, cultural politics and environmental change, as well as participate in annual fieldwork which over the past few seasons has taken place at the spectacular Cistercian monastery and hinterland of Strata Florida, a few miles north of the campus in the Cambrian mountains.

You will have the chance to learn in small groups, in laboratories, workshops, seminar rooms or in the field, on a broad range of topics such as Battlefield Archaeology, Post-Excavation analysis, Human Evolution, Medieval Castles, Nautical Archaeology, Towns, Tombs and Temples, Forensic Archaeology and Humans and their Environment.

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Archaeology is one of the most active, research intensive academic Schools within the University. In the 2008 National Research Assessment Exercise 50% of its research work was judged to be worldleading or of international standing. The quality of research feeds through into teaching that is cutting-edge, enthusiastic and innovative. You will learn with experts in the field; indeed they often participate in the ongoing research projects of the tutors and lecturers themselves, such as the award-winning excavation in search of the mythical Tregaron Elephant.

The University also offers a spread of Archaeology programmes based on and around specialist interests. For example, alongside the single honours Archaeology programme sit the programmes of Archaeology of Egypt and the Near East, Nautical Archaeology, Environmental Archaeology, Archaeology Professional Practice.

Ancient History Ancient Civilisations Heritage Environment

You may also combine a passion for Archaeology with the study of another subject. Archaeology and Anthropology is a popular and stimulating combination that draw upon each disciplines’ strengths since archaeology is progressively more interested in ideas about society, while anthropology today looks at the past as well as the present. Alternatively, you could do Archaeology as a joint honours programme, or choose a major/minor combination, such as Archaeology with Heritage Studies, which opens up opportunities for work in museums, archives, libraries, and the heritage sector. Alternatively, Archaeology with Digital Humanities will enable the development of computing skills while deepening a knowledge and understanding of the past. Or perhaps Archaeology with Education Studies, a programme that gives important insights into the world of teaching and education, thus providing an invaluable route for those interested in teaching as a profession.

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Lampeter Courses Single Honours BA Archaeology BA Archaeology Professional Practice BA Environmental Archaeology BA Nautical Archaeology BA Archaeology of Egypt and the Near East BA Ancient History and Archaeology BA Archaeology and Anthropology

V400 F420 0BW3 36C1 59B2 VVD4 LVQ4

Joint Honours BA Archaeology & Classical Studies BA Archaeology & History BA Archaeology & Medieval Studies BA Archaeology & Heritage Studies BA Nautical Archaeology & Heritage Studies

QV84 VV14 VV41 4B29 3B5N

Major/Minors Honours BA Archaeology with Ancient Egyptian Culture BA Archaeology with Education Studies BA Archaeology with Heritage Management BA Archaeology with Digital Humanities BA Archaeology with Forensic Studies

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09C3 V401 6D28 07V4 C3N7

Archaeology

Combined Honours BA Archaeology, English, Education Studies BA Archaeology, Philosophy, Education Studies BA Archaeology, Religious Studies, Education Studies BA Archaeology, Ancient History, Education Studies BA Archaeology, Classical Studies, Education Studies BA Archaeology, Anthropology, Education Studies BA Archaeology, History, Education Studies

QVL4 VVL6 VVL9 VVL3 QVL8 LVL6 VLV4

Related Programmes BA Anthropology L600 BA Applied Anthropology 3NY6 BA Ancient History V110 BA Ancient Civilisations V901 BA Classical Civilisation Q820

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Architecture and Built Environment

See also Design Environment Heritage

Studying architecture and built environment subjects at University of Wales Trinity Saint David provides you with valuable skills, knowledge and expertise to help you build a rewarding career. We have extensive and long-standing expertise in the area of the built environment and offer a wide range of programmes that enable you to specialise in key areas including: sustainable construction, building surveying, property management and renewable energy.

In September 2016 we will launch an innovative practice-oriented architecture course.

also provide guest lectures, offering an insight into current challenges and opportunities facing the sector. Students also benefit from suitable and relevant site visits, contextualising theories and practice.

Sustainable development is a key driver for the sector across all built environment professions.

Sustainable development is therefore a core concept embedded across modules and also addressed explicitly within a dedicated module on all of the architecture and built environment programmes. When considering the built environment through a sustainability lens, the need to create sustainable communities and thus sustainable places to live is a key consideration.

We’re renowned for our friendly, flexible, and student- centred approach to teaching and learning, with our staff striving to provide the best possible learning experience for all of our students.

We have excellent links with the private and public sector, with many students having the opportunity to work with partners on projects addressing contemporary issues facing the sector, thus having tangible impacts and enhancing employability skills. These partners

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Our programmes are mainly based on the Swansea campus, however, students have the opportunity to work across the University’s multiple campuses, accessing sector-leading expertise in areas such as heritage and historic buildings.

In addition to their main programme of study, all degree students at UWTSD also have the opportunity to gain an extra qualification, the Professional Certificate in Employability Skills, which is aimed at ensuring you are work-ready and employable on graduation at no extra cost.

Students following our construction related degrees also benefit from our Building Research Establishment accreditation, adding further value to employability.

“Learning through real-life case studies about mechanics and technology certainly helped us translate theory into practice.�

Mairead McGoldrick, BSc Project and Construction Management

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Swansea Courses Degree in Architecture New for 2016

Single Honours

BSc Architecture* BSc Architectural Conservation 8C2K 1S4H BSc Architectural Technology 38VW 3L1V BSc Building Surveying 8K32 8K32 002K HND Building Studies BSc Civil Engineering and Environmental Management HF29 HF29 002H HND Civil Engineering Studies BSc Environmental Conservation F901 F901 BSc Environmental Sciences 9A2H 9A2H BSc Geographical Information Systems and Environmental Conservation 8V2K 8V2K BSc Project and Construction Management K220 K220 BSc Property Management 6LR1 6LR1 BSc Quantity Surveying K241 042K BSc Renewable Energy and the Built Environment 35V2 35V2 BSc Sustainable Construction 5K29 5K29 BSc Energy and Resource Management *

*Subject to vaildation

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HND

Architecture and Built Environment

Integrated Master’s

MEng Applied Environmental Engineering* MDes Architectural Glass Arts MEng Energy and Environmental Engineering MDes Glass MDes Glass in the Public Arts

Related Programmes BA Architectural Glass Arts BEng Energy and Environmental Engineering BEng Energy and Environmental Engineering (4 year) BA Glass BA Glass in the Public Arts

5H3M 0HRS 0H3A 0D2J

For full listings of our Master’s Programmes, please see our website

2LD6 42U0 48C3 W773 8B32

The Integrated Master's in Applied Environmental Engineering brings together skill-sets from a range of engineering domains to produce new and innovative solutions to complex problems. Graduates will study specialist environmental modules and extend their parent undergraduate programme skill-set through pathway relevant modules. The Group Project provides a mechanism for meshing together diverse engineering skills from electrical, mechanical, software engineering and environmental monitoring.

Major/Minor Honours BSc Architectural Technology with Glass BSc Waste Resource Mangement with Logistics

HND 5J7D 5J7D 03B6 03B6

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Art & Design Foundation Diploma

See also Fine Art Design Digital Media Glass Photography and Film Surface Pattern and Textiles Visual Communication

The staff team will give you support, guidance and expert tuition throughout the year, and will help your decision-making at every stage.

Stage Two - Students carry out research and produce a personal portfolio of work in their chosen specialist area to support their application to undergraduate study and other progression routes within our University and other leading institutions.

Study options may include: Crafts; Fashion; Furniture; Graphics; Illustration; Interior Architecture; Jewellery; Painting; Photography; Printmaking; Product Design; Sculpture; Stained Glass; Surface Pattern; Textiles; Theatre Design; and Video.

The Foundation Art and Design course provides the right environment and expertise to make an informed choice about the next step. This might be a BA degree course within art and design, or another specialist area, vocational training or employment.

The course is taught through projects, workshops, lectures and seminars, supported by regular tutorials and group critiques.

Stage Three - Students complete a major project that they present for assessment and certification in the form of a public exhibition held at the end of the course.

The programme consists of three stages:

In recent years UWTSD’s Swansea Foundation Art and Design Course has become one of the most successful in the UK with an outstanding record of placements and pass rates.

Stage One - This is diagnostic in nature and enables students to identify their potential and their own preference for specialist areas of study. Students experiment with a variety of materials and methods and are introduced to the five main areas of study: Fine Art; Visual Communication; Contemporary Textiles; 3D Studies; and, Lens-based Media.

All three stages of the programme are supported by field trips to galleries and sites of interest locally and in major cultural centres, such as London and Amsterdam or Paris. Students progress on to a variety of degree courses in universities throughout the country and many stay on to study at UWTSD in Swansea and Carmarthen.

The Foundation Art and Design course provides the basis for the study of art and design. This makes it the preferred route into specialised study within higher education.

The programme is predominantly visual and practical, with elements of written work. The course is structured to develop students’ understanding of concept, contexts and making, and to develop the individual voice of each student.

The busy studios, in a dedicated space at the heart of Swansea’s city centre, provide a friendly, enthusiastic atmosphere where

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students can develop work and gain confidence. The Foundation diploma course offers the time and space to discover where individual students’ strengths lie, to challenge and confirm skills and abilities, and to successfully identify future directions and careers.

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Application is made directly to the University.

For British and EU students there are NO tuition fees for this course.

Students have gained places on courses such as: Fine Art; Photography in the Arts; Documentary Photography; History of Art; Surface Pattern; Illustration; Graphic Design; Product Design; Automotive Design; Animation; Games Design; Film and Video; Digital; Architectural Glass; Advertising Design; and many more.

Foundation staff stay in touch with many ex-students, and some have returned to take part in the Faculty Artist in Residence programme - an opportunity for graduates to work within the Foundation course, using their specialist skills to support teaching.

Artists in Residence from all courses within the Faculty exhibit together during the year and have access to equipment and facilities.

Swansea Courses Foundation Diploma (WJEC) Diploma in Foundation Studies (Art and Design)

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See also

Automotive

The University of Wales Trinity Saint David has for many years offered programmes designed to develop and prepare students for a career in the automotive industry. The University led the way by becoming the first to offer a Motorsport engineering degree in 1998 and is well regarded by the industry. This was followed in 2000 by our Automotive Design programme which has forged close links with leading UK automotive designers.

The University offers a wide range of automotive programmes including both engineering and designfocused courses.

Our automotive engineering programmes are all based on the fundamental philosophy of supporting sophisticated and high level analytical work with practical, hands-on engineering activity. Our automotive design programmes focus on those human and emotional design factors which inspire new and conceptual forms of vehicles.

There are numerous laboratory and workshop areas available to support students in their work, as well as engaging student projects. We believe having these facilities enable us to offer a unique experience to those studying here.

Our range of automotive engineering courses include niche motorsport, motorcycle and automotive engineering, all of which provide our students with the

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chance to develop analytical engineering skills while focussing on their application to real world problems. To increase the students’ understanding of the industry and to enhance their learning experiences, the university has numerous industrial collaborations in place. These collaborations feed into individual and group project work that the students undertake as part of their course and give them additional experience in developing their engineering skills.

Our students have an excellent record of employment when completing our courses, aided by our strong links with industry and motorsport heritage.

Our aim is to empower students with the engineering knowledge, practical skills and confidence which ensure that they are attractive to potential employers.

Our expanding portfolio of Automotive and Transport Design programmes offers unparalleled opportunities for students to study vehicle design. This can be done as a pure subject or in combination with computer visualisation, enterprise or marketing.

As a University we are well known for our friendly, flexible, and student-centred approach to teaching and learning, and offer our students the opportunity to specialise in areas in which they develop a particular interest as they progress through the course.

Design Engineering Logistics

Many of our programmes are accredited by professional bodies such as the Institute of Mechanical Engineering (IMechE). Links with these bodies, as well as automotive industry associations, allow student networking opportunities and strengthen industrial links. Our automotive programmes are delivered on the Swansea campus, through the school of automotive engineering and the school of industrial design. Our campus includes dedicated workshops, test labs, machine shops and specialist engineering equipment, as well as numerous computer labs to support simulation and design.

Our Automotive and Transport Design programmes are housed in the new £14m ALEX Design Exchange, part of Swansea’s vibrant Arts and Cultural Quarter.

The University has a dedicated track and test facility colocated at the nearby Pembrey Racing Circuit, which enables students to undertake evaluation of their Motorsport projects. We are one of very few UK Universities to have this type of facility and the only one in Wales.

Home of the World’s First Motorsport Engineering Degree

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Swansea Courses Single Honours Design BA Automotive Design W240 MDes Automotive Design 7F3T BA Transport Design 9R37 MDes Transport Design 04G6

Single Honours Engineering BSc Automotive Engineering H332 BEng Automotive Engineering H330 BEng Automotive Engineering (4 year) H348 MEng Automotive Engineering 0PD5 BEng Automotive Engineering with Manufacturing BEng Automotive Engineering with Manufacturing (4 year) MEng Automotive Engineering with Manufacturing

HH35 HH38 HH34

BSc Motorcycle Engineering H33L BEng Motorcycle Engineering H331 BEng Motorcycle Engineering (4-year) H390 MEng Motorcycle Engineering 6D4B BEng Motorcycle Engineering with Manufacturing BEng Motorcycle Engineering with Manufacturing (4 year) MEng Motorcycle Engineering with Manufacturing BEng Advanced Engine Design BEng Advance Engine Design (4 year)

*Subject to validation

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HH31 HH39 HH32 9DW3 7N27

Automotive

BSc Motorsport Logistics BSc Motorsport Management BSc Motorsport Engineering BEng Motorsport Engineering BEng Motorsport Engineering (4 year) MEng Motorsport Engineering BEng Motorsport Engineering with Manufacturing BEng Motorsport Engineering with Manufacturing (4 year) MEng Motorsport Engineering with Manufacturing BEng Powertrain Engineering with Manufacturing BEng Powertrain Engineering with Manufacturing (4 year) MEng Powertrain Engineering with Manufacturing

6S8N H3N2 H333 H336 H337 6W1M

HH30 HH36 HH29

Higher National Diploma HND Automotive Engineering 043H HND Motorcycle Engineering H339 HND Motorsport Engineering 033H HND Motorsport Logistics 65N3 HND Motorsport Management 2N3H For full listings of our Master’s Programmes, please see our website

Certificate in Higher Education Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics*

HH26 HH27 HH28

"We got 2nd, we proved how powerful our project is and we are happy."

Francesco Cavalli, Team V4 Rider and BEng Motorcycle Engineering

BMCRC EDlasia Formula 4000 Championship

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Business and Management

See also Accounting and Finance Events Leisure and Tourism Public Services Sport, Health and the Outdoors

We build enterprise and entrepreneurship into all our specialist business courses, and believe strongly in embedding sustainable development in our teaching and learning – ensuring that our graduates leave us with a self-starting approach and an Studying business and management-related understanding of the need for sustainable business practice. subjects provides you with extremely valuable skills and knowledge to help you build a career in organisations of all sizes, or Several of our programmes are available on multiple campuses, with the majority to start an enterprise of your own. With of specialist business courses delivered at strong links to business, our career-led Swansea Business Campus, our dedicated courses have an excellent graduate campus building at the heart of Swansea’s employment record and one of the city centre. Here there is a strong sense of highest graduate start-up rates in Wales. community and access to a range of free networking opportunities, special events, We offer generalist courses in business such as enterprise and industry weeks management and management and leadership to give you the broadest possible and guest lectures from inspiring business leaders and alumni. range of career opportunities when you graduate. We also have specialist Many of our programmes are accredited by programmes in key business fields such as professional bodies such as the Chartered accounting and finance, marketing, human Institute of Marketing (CIM) and the resources, information systems and entrepreneurship, along with degrees related Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), and there are also to specific industries such as leisure and opportunities to gain work experience tourism, sports, public services and events. during your studies through a sandwich We’re renowned for our friendly, flexible, and degree or integrated placement module.

On several of our courses, students also student-centred approach to teaching and have the opportunity to study part of their learning, and offer you the opportunity to programme through the medium of Welsh specialise in areas in which you develop a and all students may submit their particular interest as you progress through the course. We also offer a number of flexible assessments in the Welsh language. part-time opportunities to study, such as our Certificate of Higher Education programme which can be studied alongside a job.

The University offers a wide range of courses which include business and management skills, either as the core subject or as part of a programme of study related to another subject or profession.

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Swansea Courses Single Honours BA Business Management N100 BA e-Business OV67 BA Entrepreneurship O3N5 BA Human Resource Management N620 BA International Business N121 BA Law and Business* 4C23 BA Management and Leadership N200 BA Management Skills for the Workplace BA Marketing Management N500 BA Sustainable Management 9J3B BA Sports Management N871

Welsh-medium programmes There are opportunities to study some modules through the medium of Welsh in the following: BA Busnes Rhyngwladol BA Entrepreneuriaeth BA Rheolaeth ac Arweinyddiaeth BA Rheolaeth Adnoddau Dynol BA Rheolaeth Busnes BA Rheolaeth Marchnata BA Rheolaeth Chwaraeon FdA Rheolaeth Chwaraeon HND Rheolaeth Busnes

* Subject to validation

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N121 ON35 N200 N620 N100 N500 N871 5J1A 0HW6

Business and Management

Certificate of Higher Education

Integrated Master’s

MEng Mechanical Engineering with Business

0W3P

For full listings of our Master’s Programmes, please see our website

Related Programmes

Foundation Degree FdA Business Management FdA Events Management FdA Sports Management FdA Tourism Management

0HW6 9NQY 5J1A 3RX8

Higher National Diploma HND Business Computing HND Business and Finance HND Business Management HND Events Management HND Health Management HND Health and Informatics HND Logistics and Supply Chain Management HND Motorsport Management HND Sports Management HND Tourism Management HND Web Development

Cert HE Business Management Cert HE Skills for the Workplace Cert HE Sports Management Cert HE Tourism Management

6YW2 422N O22N 3T0N 3LN4 N901 2N3H 178N 238N 024G

BA Accounting N400 BA Business and Finance N290 BA Advertising and Brand Design W221 BSc Business Computing 4YCQ BSc Business Information Technology G510 BSc Health Management 07B3 BSc Logistics N900 BSc Motorsport Management H3N2 BSc Property Management and Finance 9GC3 BSc Web Development G422 BEng Mechanical Engineering with Business 37V2

Carmarthen Courses Single Honours BA Business Management

Higher National Certificate

Foundation Degree

HNC Business Management HNC Events Management HNC Health Management HNC Sports Management HNC Tourism Management

FdA Business Management

N200

0HW6

Higher National Diploma HND Business Management

O22N

Higher National Certificate HNC Business Management

Certificate of Higher Education discover more www.uwtsd.ac.uk/ug-business

Cert HE Business Management

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See also Ancient Civilisations Anthropology Business and Management History

Chinese Studies

Lampeter Courses Single Honours

If the 20th century was the American century, then the 21st century will be known as China’s century. China is the most dynamic, diverse and influential society in the world today. Its economy, cultural impact and military strength reach to all parts of the globe. Yet China is also one of the world’s most important civilisations, with a rich cultural and literary heritage. It is a region that once far out stripped Europe in terms of new technology, science, fresh ideas, trade and economic organisation, food production and innovation, and which stands poised to do so again. As a result China makes for a fascinating and deeply rewarding subject of study at undergraduate level. The University offers three different types of undergraduate programme: a four year Chinese Studies programme; a suite of joint honours with either a focus on language study or history and culture (Chinese Civilisation); and, a three-year Chinese Studies programme.

As part of these interdisciplinary programmes, you will learn the Chinese language and study Chinese culture from a wide variety of perspectives.

Individual modules will examine China’s economic development, its history, media, politics, philosophy and religions, both in ancient and in modern times. As part of this degree scheme, you will also have the opportunity to visit China and experience Chinese culture first-hand.

Students on the four-year Chinese Studies programme will spend a full year in China.

Those on the three-year Chinese Studies programme are able to spend a semester of study in China. This option is also open to joint honours students. All students have a further chance to apply for short-term language courses in China and scholarships administered by the Centre for Chinese Studies and the Confucius Institute, one of only 11 in the UK.

BA Chinese Studies (3 years) BA Chinese Studies (4 years)

T100 5DN2

Joint Honours

BA Chinese Civilisation & English T13Q BA Chinese Civilisation & Philosophy T1V5 BA Chinese Civilisation & Anthropology T1L6 BA Chinese Civilisation & Religious Studies T1V6 BA Chinese Civilisation & As a result of the skills and insight gained Medieval Studies T1V1 undertaking a degree in Chinese Studies, BA Chinese Studies & Anthropology TL16 graduates are well-placed for careers in a BA Chinese Studies & English TQ13 wide range of sectors, including business BA Chinese Studies & Medieval Studies TV11 and the public sector.

BA Chinese Studies & Philosophy TV1M BA Chinese Studies & Religious Studies TV16 Alternatively you may study Chinese Studies BA Chinese Studies & Heritage Studies 5B29 in conjunction with another subject in the form of a joint honours programme or a Major/Minor Honours major/minor combination. Major/minors you can take with Chinese Studies could be Heritage Management or with Education BA Chinese Studies with Studies, a programme that gives you Heritage Management 34Z1 important insights into the world of BA Chinese studies with teaching and education, thus providing Education Studies 836R an invaluable route for those interested in teaching as a profession.

Related Programmes

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BA Applied Anthropology 3NY6 BA Ancient Civilisations V901 BA Archaeology of Egypt and the Near East 59B2

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Classical Studies For students who love ancient literature and mythology, Classical Studies is the perfect degree. Classical Studies explores the literature and culture of the ancient world, from Homer’s great epic heroes to the everyday lives of ordinary people.

With an extensive suite of modules from among the favourites of literature for three millennia, Homer, Vergil, Aristophanes and Euripides, to less well-known gems, Statius, Martial and Apollonius, our Classical Studies degrees give you the opportunity to discover the wonders of ancient literature and how it has shaped our understanding of the ancient world. Starting in the first year with ancient mythology and its influence in both the ancient and the modern world, a Classical Studies degree covers topics from religion and magic to women and the family in the Graeco-Roman world.

In lectures, workshops, seminars and one-to-one sessions, you will be taught by experts in the field, exploring a variety of topics from the Romans’ expression of love and desire to the ancients’ favourite recipes. Take the opportunity to learn new, and improve existing, skills through a wide range of assessment methods in our employability-centred curriculum.

Experience other cultures, ancient and modern, through our integrated field trips to ancient sites and our study abroad options. Become part of the friendly and informal community of students and academics on our historic Lampeter campus, and realise your potential for success through your passion for the ancient world.

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See also Ancient Civilisations Ancient History English

If you wish to study ancient Greek and Latin, then you should consider our languagebased degrees. The BA in Classics is the best option for those who have studied Latin or Greek to A-level, as it will give you the opportunity to work at advanced level with ancient texts in-depth and in detail. If you have not had the opportunity to learn either Greek or Latin before but would like to do so, then you could consider the BA in Classical Studies with Latin, or the BA in Classical Studies with Greek.

For students who want to study the ancient world in its entirety, to combine ancient political and military history with mythology, literature, art and culture, the BA in Classical Civilisation is the best choice.

Alternatively you might combine your passion for classical studies with your other interests. Find out how ancient thought has shaped modern philosophy through the BA in Classical Studies and Philosophy.

Combine literature, mythology and material culture through the BA in Classical Studies and Archaeology. Discover how ancient literature influenced modern literature through the BA in Classical Studies and English. Explore Ancient Egypt through the BA in Classical Studies with Ancient Egyptian Culture. Or consider a combination with Theology, Religious Studies, Heritage Studies, or the Digital Humanities.

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Lampeter Courses

93% of students were satisfied with the quality of the course

Single Honours BA Classical Studies BA Classical Civilisation BA Classics

Q810 Q820 Q800

Joint Honours BA Classical Studies & Archaeology BA Classical Studies & English BA Classical Studies & Creative Writing BA Classical Studies & Medieval Studies BA Classical Studies & Philosophy BA Classical Studies & Theology BA Classical Studies & Religious Studies BA Classical Studies & Heritage Studies BA Greek & Latin

QV84 QQ38 5GTS VQ18 VQ58 QV86 QVV6 635L QQ67

Major/Minor Honours BA Classical Studies with Ancient Egyptian Culture BA Classical Studies with Heritage Management BA Classical Studies with Education Studies BA Classical Studies with Digital Humanities BA Classical Studies with Greek BA Classical Studies with Latin BA Classical Civilisation with Greek BA Classical Civilisation with Latin

4H25 7G34 Q801 293R 39BR 436P K3B2 2SS8

Combined Honours

“My time at Lampeter was unforgettable and given the opportunity I’d do it all over again.”

Karen Simms, BA Classical Studies

BA Classical Studies, English, Education Studies QQL3 BA Classical Studies, Ancient History, Education Studies VQL1 BA Classical Studies, History, Education Studies QVL9 BA Classical Studies, Anthropology, Education Studies QLL8 BA Classical Studies, Archaeology, Education Studies QVL8 BA Classical Studies, Religious Studies, Education Studies QVL0

Related Programmes BA Ancient Civilisations BA Ancient History BA Ancient and Medieval History

V901 V110 V115

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95% of graduates in work or study within six months – 67% managerial roles - UNISTATS

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Computing The University offers a wide range of courses, which include computing and information technology skills, as part of a named programme of study.

Studying computing-related subjects provides you with extremely valuable skills and knowledge to help you build a career in organisations of all sizes, or to start an enterprise of your own. With strong links to business and industry, our career-led courses have an excellent graduate employment record and one of the highest graduate start-up rates in Wales. Successful start-ups include website design and implementation, app development, computer games development, and online retailing.

See also Film and Digital Media Electronics

to specialise in areas in which you develop a particular interest as you progress through the course. We also offer a number of flexible part-time opportunities to study, such as our BSc Applied Computing and Higher National Certificate programmes which can be studied alongside a job.

We build project management and research skills into all our BSc computing courses, and believe strongly in embedding sustainable development in our teaching and learning – ensuring that our graduates leave us with a self-starting approach and an understanding of the need for sustainable business practice.

All of our programmes are available on the Mount Pleasant campus, Swansea, with the general and specialist computing We offer generalist courses in business information technology, applied computing, courses delivered at the School of Applied Computing. Our building is at the heart computing and information systems, and of Swansea’s city centre, where there is electrical and electronic engineering to a strong sense of community and access give you the broadest possible range of to a range of free networking opportunities, career opportunities when you graduate. special events, such as enterprise and industry We also have specialist programmes weeks, and guest lecturers from inspiring in key fields such as computer systems employer representatives and alumni. and electronics, software engineering, computer games development, robotics Many of our BSc and HND programmes and intelligent systems along with are accredited by professional bodies degrees related to specific industries such as the British Computer Society. including web development, mobile app Many degrees have Chartered IT development and computer networking.

Professional status. Computer games We are the only CISCO Academy in Wales development and software engineering are and offer computer network students the also partial CEng accredited. The majority opportunity to study for CISCO industryof the Higher National portfolio are partial based qualifications as part of their IEng accredited. Through our industrial undergraduate studies. links we have also developed programme structures that provide students with the We’re renowned for our friendly, flexible, latest skills along with an appreciation of and studentcentred approach to teaching and learning, and offer you the opportunity the demands of industry.

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Swansea Courses

97%

Course Satisfaction - UNISTATS

Single Honours

HND

BSc Applied Computing 3AL6 BSc Business Computing 4YCQ BSc Business Information Technology G510 BSc Cloud Computing 0P4H BSc Computer Games Development H674 BSc Computer Graphics and Visualisation 3CWK BSc Computer Networks H611 BSc Computing and Information Systems G500 BSc Geographical Information Systems and Environmental Conservation 8V2K BSc Mobile Computing and Application Development II12 BSc Robotics and Intelligent Systems 3KFJ BSc Software Engineering G600 BSc Web Development G422 BEng Computer Networks Technology BEng Computer Networks Technology (4 year) BEng Computer Systems and Electronics BEng Computer Systems and Electronics (4 year) BEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering

G420 G421 H610 H608 3TY8

BA 3D Computer Animation WGP4 BA 3D Computer Animation (4 year) I700 BA Creative Computer Games Design W283 BA Creative Computer Games Design (4 year) I620 BA Digital Arts * WG24 BA Digital Arts (4 year programme) * I150 BA Visual Effects * W614 BA Visual Effects (4 year) * W6C4

*Subject to validation

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2O8C 6YW2 265G 4ZR2 7Y32 7HTS 016H 54GG 5S2K II13 13G7 006G 024G

Computing

Integrated Master’s MComp Business Information Technology** MComp Computing and Information Systems** MComp Computer Games Development** MComp Computing Networks and Security** MComp Software Engineering** MComp Web Development**

Masters’ graduates would be expected to join employers on a fast track to management. A large body of employer feedback demonstrates that these graduates need to have a skill-set that not only includes higher technical skills but also an ability to manage people and projects and work effectively as members of a team. The Integrated Masters’ proposed by the School of Applied Computing meets these employer needs through modules such as: Group Project; Leadership and Management; and Managing Information Systems and Projects, to create as near as possible a real world working environment. **Subject to validation there will be the option to study on a four year MComp course that allows you to achieve a Master's award within a single fee structure.

Certificate in Higher Education Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics*

This course is suitable for students that have not fully met the entry requirements for the BSc/ BEng programmes, or for those that do not have qualifications in the areas of science, technology, engineering or maths.

Integrated Master’s MEng Mechanical Engineering with Computing MDes Product Design with Computer Visualisation

13NS 6H2K

For full listings of our Master’s Programmes, please see our website

Carmarthen Courses Single Honours BSc Business Information Technology

N190

Lampeter Courses Related Programmes BA Ancient History with Digital Humanities BA Archaeology with Digital Humanities BA Anthropology with Digital Humanities BA Classical Studies with Digital Humanities BA Creative Writing with Digital Humanities BA English with Digital Humanities BA Heritage Studies with Digital Humanities BA History with Digital Humanities

0P23 07V4 4V21

42V1 39B2

Successful completion of the Certificate in Higher Education provides the entry requirements to the programmes in the BSc/BEng portfolio.

It constitutes the initial year of study of the four year programmes.

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See also

Counselling

Education Psychology Social Inclusion and Social Policy Youth and Community Health and Social Care

* Subject to validation

The University offers a range of Degree programmes, Diplomas and Certificates of Higher Education in Counselling, based in the Faculty of Education and Communities and taught on our Swansea Campus. These programmes can lead to a wide variety of possible future careers in many sectors including counselling practice, psychology, education, nursing, social care, human resources and more.

The BA (Hons) in Counselling Studies and Psychology is British Psychological Society (BPS) Accredited. This means that those who graduate with a minimum lower second class honours classification are eligible for the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) of the British Psychological Society – often an important prerequisite for students wishing to go on to further postgraduate study or training in psychology.

The BA(Hons) Counselling and Interdisciplinary Studies offers the opportunity to study a broad programme across the social sciences and humanities.

Areas covered include concepts related to care, dignity and rights, drawing on and equipping students with practical and generic skills taken from the discipline of Counselling. These skills are increasingly embedded within professional practices, such as social health and well-being. The richness of the programme combines a range of disciplines such as social science, philosophy, psychological therapeutic theories, ethics, law and politics. In addition, the programme will offer students the opportunity to develop a range of contemporary professional skills embedded into workplace environments and contexts.

Public Services

The Certificate of Higher Education in Counselling Skills at Level 4 is offered as a blended learning full-time one-year programme, which further enhances employability skills and enables progression onto Level 5 of the BA(Hons) Counselling Skills and Interdisciplinary Studies programme.

Additionally, we offer a one-year Graduate Certificate in Applied Counselling Skills* at Level 6. This course has been designed as a ‘bridging course’ to enable students with an Honours degree to achieve the entry requirements to apply for progression onto the Post Graduate Diploma / MA in Psychotherapeutic Practice: Emotion-Focused Therapy*.

This is a professional qualification aimed at postgraduate students intending to train and qualify as Counselling Practitioners.

In addition to our Counselling Practitioner course, all our Counselling programmes provide you with professional skills embedded into a wide set of professional roles, and offer a stimulating approach to the many themes, tensions and challenges within both the historical and current discipline of Counselling. Our small group teaching means that your lecturers work closely with you and your fellow students throughout your studies.

We place great importance on encouraging non-standard entry students with relevant life skills and academic potential to join our course, and we are renowned for our friendly, flexible and student-centred approach to teaching and learning. This results in a warm, inclusive and welcoming environment where everyone is respected and valued.

Swansea Courses Joint Honours BA Counselling Studies & Psychology BC98 BA Counselling Skills & Interdisciplinary Studies 07FC

Certificate of HE Certificate of Higher Education in Counselling Skills (Level 4) Graduate Certificate in Applied Counselling Skills* (Level 6)

Related Programmes BSc Psychology 3UC3 Cert HE Advocacy

* Subject to Validation

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See also Art and Design (Foundation Diploma) Digital Media

Design

Fine Art Glass Photography & Film Surface Pattern & Textiles

Automotive/Product/Transport The University offers a portfolio of courses that include design as the core subject or as part of a programme of study related to another subject or profession.

Studying design at UWTSD provides you with a highly valued skillset and the confidence to help you develop your chosen design pathway, whether your aspirations are to work with an existing studio or to establish your own studio as an individual or in collaboration with other like-minded graduates. It is one of the leading universities in the UK in terms of the number of successful graduate startups. Many of our students are involved in some of the design industry’s leading companies such as McLaren, Recaro, Native, Seymour Powell, or have started their own businesses.

We offer a range of design courses including Automotive, Product and Transportation Design which are delivered in the vibrant Swansea campus, which includes the Dynevor Building and the new Alex Design Exchange. These buildings are equipped with specialist design and drawing studios, CAD studios (PC and MAC) with the latest versions of industry-standard software and 3D workshops with an extensive range of traditional specialist equipment and cutting-edge 3D printing technologies.

Our courses offer a unique blend of small specialist group teaching by experienced staff that is flexible and centred on the student learning experience. They offer the opportunity for you to develop your particular creative interests in a subject as you progress through the course.

Visual Communication Enterprise and entrepreneurship are intrinsic to all our courses and students are actively encouraged and supported by the University to capitalise on their creative ability in a commercially and environmentally sustainable manner.

All of the design courses have strong industry links and offer students opportunities to gain valuable experience by working directly with these external clients on live projects. This ‘realworld’ experience is strengthened by industry placements, events and talks by practising designers.

“ Studying design at Swansea was a great experience for me. The standard of one to one teaching was second to none and the state of the art facilities really allowed me to explore and develop my skills to the highest of industry standards. With sponsored industry involvement in projects it allowed me to gain a feel and understanding of the competitive industry I wanted to enter and helped to mould me into the designer I am today. Swansea for me has really helped shape who I have become and I feel honoured to be able to say my success is down to the continued support and dedication of its tutors.”

Peter Wilkins McLaren Automotive Limited

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Swansea Courses Honours Degrees BA Automotive Design

W240

BA Product Design BSc Product Design and Technology

W242 W284

BA Transport Design

9R37

Integrated Master’s MDes Automotive Design MDes Product Design MDes Product Design & Technology MDes Transport Design For full listings of our Master’s Programmes, please see our website

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7F3T 0P2M W200 04G6

Design

Related Programmes BA Advertising and Brand Design BA Graphic Design BA Illustration

W221 W210 W220

BA Surface Pattern Design (Maker) BA Surface Pattern Design (Fashion Object) BA Surface Pattern Design (Textiles for Fashion) BA Surface Pattern Design (Textiles for Interiors)

W790 W230 W234 W235

BA Glass: Contemporary Practice BA Glass: Architectural Arts*

W773 2LD6

MDes Advertising & Brand Design** MDes Illustration** MDes Graphic Design** MDes Surface Pattern** MDes Glass: Architectural Arts** 5H3M MDes Glass: Contemporary Practice** 0H3A

WJEC Diploma Diploma in Foundation Studies Art, Design and Media

**Subject to validation there will be the option to study on a four-year MDes course that allows you to achieve a Master’s award within a single fee structure.

*Subject to validation

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See also Art and Design

Digital Media The University offers a wide range of courses that include digital media, either as the core subject or as part of a programme of study related to another subject or profession.

Studying digital media-related subjects provides you with valuable transferable skills and subject knowledge to help you build a career in organisations of all sizes or to start an enterprise of your own. With strong links to business, our industryfacing courses have an excellent graduate employment record and one of the highest graduate start-up rates in Wales.

We offer specialist programmes in key digital media subject areas such as 3D Computer Animation, Computer Games Design, Visual Effects, Digital Film, Music Technology, and Interactive Media.

All our courses use the latest industrystandard software, and we are very well equipped with recording studios, motion capture systems, computer labs, specialist games rooms, TV and photography studios and more.

We’re renowned for our friendly, flexible, and student-centred approach to teaching and learning. All our programmes are built around a specific pedagogy called Situated Learning, which emphasises student-led project work, collaboration, problemsolving and personal development. We build entrepreneurship into all our courses and believe strongly in embedding sustainable development in our teaching and learning – ensuring that our graduates leave us with a self-starting approach and an understanding of the need for sustainable business practice.

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Computing Fine Art / Art Practice Photography & Film Design

Our courses are delivered at our dedicated buildings in Swansea and Carmarthen, where there is a strong sense of community and access to a range of free networking opportunities, special events such as the SAND conference, enterprise and industry weeks and guest lectures from industry specialists.

On the Carmarthen campus, our degrees in Film and Media are delivered in a state of the art new building, in a beautiful rural location. Facilities have been purposely designed to offer students a creative and professional environment in which to work, while situated within easy reach of a variety of stunning external filming locations.

Many of our programmes are accredited by professional bodies such as Skillset and JAMES and there are also opportunities to gain work experience during your studies through internships and work placements.

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Swansea Courses Single Honours BA 3D Computer Animation

WGP4

BA Digital Arts*

WG24

BA Creative Computer Games Design W283 BA Sonic Art*

8BR4

BA Visual Effects*

W614

BSc Music Technology BSc Music Technology (Audio Production) BSc Music Technology (Game Audio) BSc Music Technology (Sound for Moving Image)

J931 WJ39 WW36 WW3P

Integrated Masters MArts 3D Computer Animation** MDes Creative Computer Games Design** MDes Digital Arts** MArts Music Performance and Production** MArts Music Technology** MArts Sonic Arts** MDes Visual Effects** *Subject to validation **Subject to validation there will be the option to study on a four-year MDes course that allows you to achieve a Master’s award within a single fee structure.

Carmarthen Courses Single Honours BA Film and Visual Culture P30H BA New Media Production PH10

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See also

Early Childhood How children learn is a fascinating area of study. Current policy and initiatives, such as the Foundation Phase curriculum for young children and Flying Start, demonstrate a commitment to the principle that educational and childcare services for young children should be of the highest quality. A rigorously trained, well-informed, knowledgeable, skilled and confident early years’ workforce is crucial to provide such high quality services for young children.

The BA Early Childhood degree can also be studied through the medium of Welsh (see BA Plentyndod Cynnar L522). Other early childhood programmes are also offered through the medium of Welsh or bilingually.

The full-time BA(Hons) Early Childhood degree is also delivered as a flexible learning route on our Carmarthen campus for students who have experience working or volunteering in the childcare and education sector. Students can therefore The BA(Hons) Early Childhood, based on our study in the evening and on some Saturdays, allowing them to maintain work Carmarthen campus and taught in either commitments and gain a degree.

English or Welsh, is the University of Wales Trinity Saint David’s response to the need for a highly skilled graduate-level workforce In addition to the Early Childhood degree programme we offer a Foundation Degree in all areas of early years’ services. The in Early Childhood available in Aberystwyth, course takes a holistic approach to young Bridgend and Cardiff for those working in children’s learning processes. As students, early years provision who want to develop you will take an in-depth look at child their career and gain qualifications relating development, both theory and practice, to work. This course is aimed at LSAs in the both historic and modern. You will also Foundation Phase in primary schools, staff study the cultural concept of childhood, early literacy, outdoor learning, and gender in day nurseries, voluntary sector provision and childhood, and will have opportunities staff (cylchoedd meithrin, playgroups, afterschool clubs), and anyone who works to partake in numerous educational visits. directly or indirectly with young children In the third year, you will have the opportunity to examine in depth key issues and families. such as sustainability, social justice and inclusion, and leadership. There is also an opportunity to undertake a specialist literature study as well as volunteering opportunities which will further enhance your employability skills.

The BA Early Childhood graduate, with the knowledge, values and understanding essential for informed good practice, will make a significant contribution to professional excellence in the field of early years both in Wales and beyond.

Education Health and Social Care Psychology Social Inclusion and Social Policy

Carmarthen Courses Single Honours BA Early Childhood L521

Foundation Degree FdA Early Childhood

Certificate of HE Cert HE Playwork

Related Programmes BA Social Inclusion (Additional Needs) L593 BA Social Inclusion (Communities, Families and Individuals) L540 BA Social Inclusion (Health and Social Care) L500

Welsh-medium Programmes BA Plentyndod Cynnar FdA Plentyndod Cynnar

L522

Swansea Courses FdA Children and Young People

1A7F

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See also Counselling

Education

Education Studies is a new and evolving academic subject which has expanded considerably in recent years. These programmes are ideal for those with an interest in working in the education sector or those interested in progressing to a PGCE programme to go into teaching their subject of choice.

We have a long history of developing innovative programmes in education and our friendly and experienced team of academic staff are dedicated to ensuring you achieve your full potential.

The BA(Hons) Education Studies (Swansea campus), based around the four ‘pillars’ of Philosophy, History, Sociology and Psychology, develops the detailed understanding of education essential for any aspiring education professional.

This programme attracts those who are interested in all forms of education, training, communication and human development and can lead to a variety of career options including teaching, educational administration, youth and community and educational welfare.

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BA Primary Education Studies gives you an opportunity to develop your skills and expand your understanding and knowledge of education in a primary school context.

The degree focuses on education in a wide context, including the importance of inclusion issues, how children learn and the professional values and practice involved in primary education. Example modules include: Enabling Environments; Mapping the Curriculum; The Developing Child; Lines of Enquiry; and, a dissertation. Opportunities offered by this programme include: studying in English, in Welsh or bilingually; placement experiences; and, study abroad. There is an emphasis on contemporary issues in primary education and our experienced staff have education expertise. The aim of this degree is to provide transferable skills that would be relevant for many areas related to working with children, in education, health and social care contexts.

The BA(Hons) Physical Education (Carmarthen Campus) is designed for those students who have identified Physical Education teaching (primary and secondary) or youth sport as a future career route. All of

Early Childhood Psychology Teaching Youth and Community

the practical areas of activity identified in the National Curriculum for Physical Education are included as core or optional modules.

We also offer a wide range of related programmes that combine Education Studies with one or more other subjects, enabling you to study a diverse group of subjects of interest. You can study joint honours programmes with Psychology or Counselling and on the Lampeter campus a wide range of major/minor and combined programmes where the study of a Humanities subject or subjects is combined with a minor in Education Studies.

We also offer a Foundation Degree in Learning Support (Swansea campus) – ideal for those developing careers in learning supportrelated roles. A combination of academic study and practical application of principles, the Foundation degree is designed to develop the student’s professional practice and confidence, while providing a formal qualification directly related to the workplace. Graduates of the programme may continue their studies with a top-up to a full Bachelor’s degree at UWTSD or other institutions of higher education.

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Swansea Courses Single Honours BA Education Studies

X300

Joint Honours BA Education Studies & Psychology BSc Education Studies & Psychology BA Counselling Studies & Education Studies

XC38 XC3W BX93

Foundation Degree FdA Learning Support

X360

Related Programmes BA Applied Drama

W401

Carmarthen Courses Single Honours BA Primary Education Studies X320 BA Physical Education CX69 BA Outdoor Education X390

Foundation Degree FdA Inclusive Studies for Teaching Assistants

Welsh-medium Programmes Astudiaethau Addysg Gynradd FdA Cymorth Dysgu ac Addysgu

X321

Related Programmes BA Social Inclusion (Additional Needs) BA Social Inclusion (Health and Social Care) BA Social Inclusion (Communities, Families and Individuals)

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L593 L500 L540

Education

Lampeter Courses Major/Minor Honours BA Ancient History with Education Studies BA Anthropology with Education Studies BA Archaeology with Education Studies BA Chinese with Education Studies BA Classical Studies with Education Studies BA English with Education Studies BA History with Education Studies BA Philosophy with Education Studies BA Religious Studies with Education Studies BA Theology with Education Studies BA Creative Writing with Education studies

VX13 LX63 V401 836R Q801 QL34 VL14 VL54 VL64 1QR4 385V

Combined Honours BA Anthropology, Archaeology, Education Studies LVL6 BA Anthropology, History, Education Studies LVL7 BA Anthropology, Religious Studies, Education Studies LVL8 BA Ancient History, Anthropology, Education Studies VLL1 BA Ancient History, Classical Studies, Education Studies VQL1 BA Ancient History, History, Education Studies VVL1 BA Ancient History, Archaeology, Education Studies VVL3 BA Ancient History, Religious Studies, Education Studies VVL2 BA English, History, Education Studies QVL5 BA English, Archaeology, Education Studies QVL4 BA English, Ancient History, Education Studies QVL3 BA English, Classical Studies, Education Studies QQL3 BA English, Philosophy, Education Studies QVL6 BA English, Anthropology, Education Studies QLL3 BA English, Religious Studies, Education Studies QVL7

BA Philosophy, Archaeology, Education Studies VVL6 BA Philosophy, History, Education Studies VVL7 BA Philosophy, Anthropology, Education Studies VLL5 BA Philosophy, Religious Studies, Education Studies VVL8 BA Philosophy, Classical Studies, Education Studies VQL5 BA Philosophy, Ancient History, Education Studies VVL5 BA Classical Studies, Archaeology, Education Studies QVL8 BA Classical Studies, Religious Studies, Education Studies QVL0 BA Classical Studies, History with Education Studies QVL9 BA Classical Studies, Anthropology, Education Studies QLL8 BA Religious Studies, Archaeology, Education Studies VVL9 BA Religious Studies, History, Education Studies V6L6 BA History, Archaeology, Education Studies VLV4

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Electronics The University offers a wide range of courses which include electronic engineering skills, as part of a named programme of study.

Studying electronics-related subjects provides you with extremely valuable skills and knowledge to help you build a career in organisations of all sizes, or to start an enterprise of your own. With strong links to business and industry, our careerled courses have an excellent graduate employment record and one of the highest graduate start-up rates in Wales.

We offer generalist courses in electrical and electronic engineering to give you the broadest possible range of career opportunities when you graduate, and also have specialist programmes in key fields such as, computer systems and electronics, and robotics and intelligent systems. Electronics also supports courses from other areas of study such as hybrid and electric vehicle engineering, wireless communication systems and mechanical engineering with electronics.

For students with non traditional qualifications we have two four-year degree schemes: computer systems and electronics, and computer network technology. The aim of the additional academic year is to provide motivated students, who do not have suitable formal qualifications, with the opportunity of studying for a BEng degree or HND. It therefore emphasises science and mathematics along with other subjects which give the students a well-rounded introduction to electronic and general engineering.

We’re renowned for our friendly, flexible, and student-centred approach to teaching and learning, and offer you the opportunity

to specialise in areas in which you develop a particular interest as you progress through the course. We also offer a number of flexible part-time opportunities to study, such as our BEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Higher National Certificate Electronic Engineering programmes which can also be studied alongside a job.

We build project management and research skills into all our courses, and believe strongly in embedding sustainable development in our teaching and learning – ensuring that our graduates leave us with a self-starting approach and an understanding of the need for sustainable business practice.

All of our programmes are available on the Mount Pleasant campus, with the general and specialist electronics courses delivered at the School of Applied Computing, our building at the heart of Swansea’s city centre, where there is a strong sense of community and access to a range of free networking opportunities, special events such as enterprise and industry weeks and guest lectures from inspirational employer representatives and alumni.

Electronics knowledge and skills are much in demand in the computer systems, computer networks, electrical and electronics industries. Through a number of industrial links this cluster has established a strong industrial demand for this programme. The expertise and skills you develop from creating and managing software and hardware solutions as part of a team is highly regarded by employers.

See also Computing

Swansea Courses Single Honours BSc Robotics and Intelligent Systems 3KFJ BEng Computer Networks Technology G420 BEng Computer Networks Technology (4 year) G421 BEng Computer Systems and Electronics H610 BEng Computer Systems and Electronics (4-year) H608 BEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3TY8

Higher National Diploma HND Electronic Engineering 116H HND Robotics and Intelligent Systems 13G7

Related Programmes BSc Music Technology BSc Music Technology (4 year) BSc Music Technology (Audio Production) BSc Music Technology (Game Audio) BSc Music Technology (Sound for Moving Image)

J931 W370 WJ39 WW36 WW3P

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Engineering The University of Wales Trinity Saint David has for many years offered programmes designed to develop and enhance the engineering skills of those wishing to enter the automotive, motorsport, mechanical and manufacturing industries.

The university offers a wide range of engineering programmes, but all are based on the fundamental philosophy of supporting sophisticated and high level analytical work with practical, handson engineering activity. With numerous laboratory and workshop areas available to support students in their work, as well as engaging student engineering projects, we believe that we are able to offer a unique experience to those studying here.

Our range of engineering courses, including niche disciplines such as motorsport, motorcycle and extreme sports engineering, provide our students with the chance to develop analytical engineering skills while focusing on their application to real world problems.

The courses are designed with preparing the student for employment in mind and emphasise professional development and the development of industry associated skills such as computer aided design and simulation.

Part-time courses are run to allow students who are currently already working in industry to increase their engineering knowledge by attending the university on a part-time basis. These students are able to apply their previous industry knowledge to the course and new analytical engineering skills to their job as they progress through the programme.

See also Automotive Manufacturing and Logistics

Our graduates are renowned for their ability to apply themselves to engineering challenges, as well as possessing excellent practical skills which support a thorough grounding in analytical engineering. The University has strong links with industry and our students have an excellent record of employment when completing our courses.

As a University we are well known for our friendly, flexible, and studentcentred approach to teaching and learning, and offer our students the opportunity to specialise in areas in which they develop a particular interest as they progress through the course.

Many of our programmes are accredited by professional bodies such as the Institute of Mechanical Engineering (IMechE).

Combined with the opportunities to gain work experience during their studies, guest lectures from inspiring engineers and opportunities to become involved in one of our engineering projects, students are provided with a unique opportunity to experience ‘real world’ engineering during their studies. Our aim is to empower students with the engineering knowledge, practical skills and confidence which ensure that they are attractive to potential employers.

Our engineering programmes are delivered on the Swansea campus, through the School of Automotive Engineering and the School of Engineering, Manufacturing and Logistics. Our campus includes dedicated workshops, test labs, machine shops and specialist engineering equipment, as well as numerous computer labs to support engineering simulation and design.

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Swansea Courses Single Honours BEng Advanced Engine Design BEng Advanced Engine Design (4 year)

9DW3 7N27

BEng Automotive Engineering BEng Automotive Engineering (4 year) BSc Automotive Engineering BEng Automotive Engineering with Manufacturing BEng Automotive Engineering with Manufacturing (4 year)

H330 H348 H332 HH35 HH38

BEng Composites Engineering F191 BEng Composites Engineering (4 year) F190 BEng Energy and Environmental Engineering∆ 42U0 BEng Energy and Environmental Engineering (4 year)∆ 48C3 BEng Extreme Sports Engineering∆ H340 BEng Extreme Sports Engineering (4 year)∆ CH61 BEng Humanitarian Engineering∆ 7C2J BEng Humanitarian Engineering (4 year)∆ 4S8D BEng Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering∆ BEng Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (4 year)∆ BEng Mechanical Engineering∆ BEng Mechanical Engineering (4 year)∆ BEng Motorcycle Engineering BEng Motorcycle Engineering (4 year) BSc Motorcycle Engineering BEng Motorcycle Engineering with Manufacturing BEng Motorcycle Engineering with Manufacturing (4 year)

HH37 HH3R H301 H300 H331 H390 H33L HH31 HH39

∆ Exisiting course with new modules subject to validation * Subject to Validation

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Engineering

BEng Motorsport Engineering H336 BEng Motorsport Engineering (4 year) H337 BSc Motorsport Engineering H333 BEng Motorsport Engineering with Manufacturing HH30 BEng Motorsport Engineering with Manufacturing (4 year) HH36 BEng Powertrain Engineering with Manufacturing BEng Powertrain Engineering with Manufacturing (4 year)

HH26 HH27

Certificate in Higher Education Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics* Successful completion of the Certificate in Higher Education provides the entry requirements to the programmes in the BSc/BEng portfolio.

Integrated Master’s MEng Advanced Engine Design B3G6 MEng Automotive Engineering 0PD5 MEng Automotive Engineering with Manufacturing HH34 MEng Composites Engineering F192 MEng Energy and Environmental Engineering∆ 0HRS MEng Extreme Sports Engineering∆ H338 MEng Humanitarian Engineering∆ 9H3Q MEng Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering∆ 3D7B MEng Mechanical Engineering∆ H302 MEng Motorcycle Engineering 6D4B MEng Motorcycle Engineering with Manufacturing HH32 MEng Motorsport Engineering 6W1M MEng Motorsport Engineering with Manufacturing HH29 MEng Powertrain Engineering with Manufacturing HH28 For full listings of our Master’s Programmes, please see our website

Higher National Diploma HND Automotive Engineering HND Motorcycle Engineering HND Motorsport Engineering

043H H339 033H

Related Programmes BEng Computer Networks Technology G420 BEng Computer Networks Technology (4 year) G421 BEng Computer Systems and Electronics H610 BEng Computer Systems and Electronics (4 year) H608 BEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3TY8 BSc Robotics and Intelligent Systems 3KFJ BSc Software Engineering G600 HND Electronic Engineering 116H HND Robotics and Intelligent Systems 13G7 HND Software Engineering 006G

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See also Classical Studies Education

English, Creative Writing, Publishing and TEFL Humanities

Digital Media

English is a dynamic and diverse subject, ranging from the bloody revenge dramas of the Renaissance to contemporary blockbusters. Taught by active researchers and practitioners, this degree combines a commitment to the large historical picture of English studies, including options in medieval literature, with a responsiveness to new directions and concerns of the subject.

English and TEFL (Teaching English and as Foreign Language) enables students to study English literature combined with modules on grammar, TEFL methodology, and mentor-supported classroom placement opportunities. This programme enables students to teach English as a foreign language at home or abroad.

Creative Writing is an exciting and challenging degree that will enable you to develop your skills as a writer. The course will nurture your creative talent across a range of different forms and genres, including short stories, screenplays, poetry, drama and novels. You will take modules in writing for the workplace, research and archiving, following which, under the supervision of a published writer, you will create a major piece of work which may lead to publication. Throughout your three years, you will have regular contact with, and support from, a range of different writers, and will be supported by other internationally renowned poets, playwrights, scriptwriters and novelists.

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It is also possible to study English or Creative Writing in combination with Publishing, focusing on the practical production of written material.

This programme includes modules on copywriting, the publishing process, publishing and the law. It has at its centre project-based modules where you will be involved in the creation of published content in a variety of forms from blogs to books.

Alternatively students may choose to combine their passion for English or Creative Writing with the study of another subject, in the form of a joint honours programme or a major/minor combination. This includes, for example, Creative Writing with Education Studies, a programme that gives insights into the world of teaching and education, or English with Digital Humanities.

All programmes are designed to offer a challenging and enjoyable intellectual experience. They also provide a foundation for a host of different careers, fostering and developing many of the skills necessary for the modern workplace.

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Lampeter Courses Single Honours BA Creative Writing BA English

W801 Q300

Joint Honours BA English & Anthropology BA English & Chinese Civilisation BA English & Chinese Studies BA English & Classical Studies BA English & Creative Writing BA English & Heritage Studies BA English & History BA English & Medieval Studies BA English & Philosophy BA English & Publishing BA English & TEFL BA Creative Writing & English BA Creative Writing & Heritage Studies BA Creative Writing & Philosophy BA Creative Writing & Publishing BA Classical Studies & Creative Writing

LQ63 T13Q TQ13 QQ38 QW38 9C3W QV31 VQ13 VQ53 329B Q3XC QW38 96C3 WV85 5RW2 5GTS

Major/Minor Honours BA English with Heritage Management BA English with Digital Humanities BA English with Education Studies BA Creative Writing with Digital Humanities BA Creative Writing with Heritage Management BA Creative Writing with Education Studies

636B 76G2 QL34 194T 1B3R 385V

Combined Honours BA English, History, Education Studies BA English, Archaeology, Education Studies BA English, Ancient History, Education Studies BA English, Classical studies, Education Studies BA English, Philosophy, Education Studies BA English, Anthropology, Education Studies BA English, Religious Studies, Education Studies

QVL5 QVL4 QVL3 QQL3 QVL6 QLL3 QVL7

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Environment The University of Wales Trinity Saint David has for many years offered programmes designed to develop and prepare students for a career in the environmental sector. The University led the way by becoming the first university to offer an Environmental Conservation degree in 1998 and is well regarded by the industry and other universities.

The University now offers a wide range of environmental programmes, including conservation, science, geography, maritime studies and sustainable construction.

Moreover the University, in expanding its innovative interdisciplinary programmes, has looked to develop the interface between the environment and environmentalism and the humanities with programmes that explore the environment and anthropology, philosophy and archaeology, covering themes such as environmental heritage, the ethics of environmental conservation, and a sustainable future.

Our programmes are all based on the fundamental philosophy of supporting students to develop their skills to promote employability in this multifaceted and fascinating subject area. Our programmes are renowned for their friendly, innovative, flexible, and student-centred approach to teaching and learning. All our programmes have been commended by students and external bodies and we pride ourselves on our engagement between academia and employers.

UWTSD is unsurpassed to study subjects within the environmental and geographical field. We have all the major conservation designations on our doorstep, a fantastic maritime environment and companies who excel in various aspects of the subject from habitat management to innovative recycling entrepreneurs. Our aim is to empower

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students with the knowledge, practical skills and confidence needed to ensure they are attractive to potential employers.

On the Swansea campus, The School of Architecture, Built & Natural Environment's curriculum draws from a reservoir of knowledge and experience of existing academic and professional staff, and the School has an excellent international research profile. All programmes engage with outside agencies allowing students to benefit from ‘real’ projects: in some instances students have worked alongside outside organisations in helping to provide solutions to many environmental challenges.

Many of our programmes are in the process of being accredited by professional bodies such as CIOB and CIES. Links with these bodies, as well as industry associations, allow student networking opportunities and strengthen employment links.

Swansea's campus now offers an 'Environmental cluster' of 4 Undergraduate and 1 postgraduate programmes drawing together the disciplines of marine and environmental science, geography, conservation and management.

Geography is traditionally divided between human and physical geography and founded on spatial analysis. However, a third category of ‘environmental geography’ has also been recognised, encompassing the many programmes that deal explicitly with humanenvironment relations and sustainable development, and building upon the role of geography in schools as the main discussion platform for environmental concerns.

On the Lampeter campus, the degree in Environmental Studies develops the synergies between the Humanities and environment

See also Architecture and Built Environment Humanities and environmentalism in the broadest sense, by offering three study pathways - philosophical, anthropological and archaeological, with additional elements from literature, history and Religious Studies. The rural context of this campus offers students the ideal environment to study subjects such as countryside management and rural enterprise.

There is a pressing need for people who understand both the environmental and social complexities of land and aquatic management, both of which are useful skillsets sought by industry, business and planners. The BSc Environmental Conservation integrates knowledge of physical processes and landforms with key environmental issues. This content is built on extending knowledge of physical geography, such as sea level change, mountain environments and soil science.

Within the maritime environment there is the opportunity to develop specialised knowledge to address the many problems faced by coastal and marine environments.

Flood and coastal erosion risk management is a major concern of authorities in recent years thereby reinforcing the need to develop the skills and knowledge to equip our students (future employees) in the field of risk management. Our programmes engage with local communities and environmental groups who are concerned about such environments.

Opportunities also exist to undertake a work placement at Level 6 and there are many practical fieldwork opportunities, complemented by computer aided modelling and GIS experience, throughout the degree.

The first Environmental Conservation degree - 1998

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Swansea Courses 310 voluntary hours carried out by the Environment Society last year

Single Honours

HND

BSc Architecture* BSc Architectural Conservation 8C2K BSc Architectural Technology 38VW BSc Building Surveying 8K32 BSc Civil Engineering & Environmental Management HF29 BSc Energy and Resource Management* BSc Environmental Conservation ∆ F901 BSc Environmental Sciences 9A2H BSc Geographical Information Systems and Environmental Conservation 8V2K BSc Habitat Management* BSc Project and Construction Management K220 BSc Property Management 6LR1 BSc Quantity Surveying K241 BSc Renewable Energy and the Built Environment 35V2 BA Sustainable Management 9J3B BSc Sustainable Construction 5K29

BEng Humanitarian Engineering 7C2J BEng Humanitarian Engineering (4 year) 4S8D BSc Humanitarian Logistics 0G4Z BEng Energy and Environmental Engineering 42U0 BEng Energy and Environmental Engineering (4 year) 48C3

Integrated Master’s MEng Applied Environmental Engineering* MEng Energy and Environmental Engineering MEng Humanitarian Engineering

0HRS 9H3Q

For full listings of our Master’s Programmes, please see our website The Integrated Master's in Applied Environmental Engineering brings together skill-sets from a range of engineering domains to produce new and innovative solutions to complex problems. Graduates will study specialist environmental modules and extend their parent undergraduate programme skill-set through pathway relevant modules. The Group Project provides a mechanism for meshing together diverse engineering skills from electrical, mechanical, software engineering and environmental monitoring.

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1S4H 3L1V 8K32 HF29 F901 9A2H

K220 6LR1 042K 35V2 5K29

Environment

Lampeter Courses Single Honours

Major/Minor Honours BSc Architectural Technology and Glass BSc Waste Resource Management with Logistics

5J7D 03B6

BA Environmental Studies 8V32 BA Environmental and Countryside Management OC32 BA Environmental Archaeology 0BW3

Major/Minor Honours BA Countryside Management with Rural Enterprise 3BDS

Carmarthen Courses Single Honours BA Art Practice (Environmental Art)

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6W39

*Subject to validation

∆

Exisiting course with new modules subject to validation

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See also Business and Management

Events The University offers a range of exciting Event Management programmes that will provide you with the management and employability skills required to succeed in this rapidly expanding global industry.

Our Events Management Programmes have a strong industry flavour, with close links with key Events organisations and venues both locally and internationally.

Furthermore these career-led courses have an excellent graduate employment record and one of the highest graduate start-up rates in Wales. Past graduates have enjoyed success as senior events managers with internationally renowned events venues, leading international event hotels, local and regional festivals and events, sports venues, major sports events, convention centres and local authority events teams as well as a number of successful entrepreneurs.

All of our programmes have a strong industry flavour and involve integrated internships with some of the leading events venues and events organisations both locally and internationally. These opportunities provide our students with outstanding career networks with Events organisers within the convention, sport and festival sectors.

The team is renowned for its friendly, supportive, and student-centred approach to teaching and learning. Tutors are still actively engaged with the industry, including regularly volunteering at local and international events. This allows us to utilise ‘real life’ case studies to bring learning alive and is further supported by field study trips at all levels of the programme which provide you with vital behind-the-scenes events experiences both locally and through a range of international trips.

Leisure and Tourism, Performing Arts Sport, Health and the Outdoors

We aim to develop distinctive global graduates with the skills required to succeed as the managers of the future.

Students are provided with the event management, hospitality and cuttingedge guest service skills which are central to all sectors of the events industry.

Flexibility is the key to our programmes which allow you to specialise in a specific events sectors or to follow a more generalist approach to events. We also offer a number of flexible part-time opportunities to study, which include our Certificate of Higher Education programme which can be studied while in employment.

We encourage and support enterprise and believe strongly in embedding sustainable development in our teaching and learning through focusing on the sustainable legacy of events. This ensures that our graduates leave us with a self-starting approach and an understanding of the need for sustainable business practices within strategic event planning.

We also offer programmes in Technical Theatre (Swansea) and Theatre Design and Production (Carmarthen) which may appeal to those who wish to develop careers in the development, design and production of live theatre events.

On several of our courses, students also have the opportunity to study part of their programme through the medium of Welsh and all students are able to submit their assessments in the Welsh language.

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Swansea Courses Single Honours BA Events Management N820 BA Technical Theatre (Top-up Level 6) W443 BA Curatorial Practice and Writing for the Arts 3TY7

Foundation Degree FdA Events Management FdA Technical Theatre

9NQY 3RT2

Higher National Diploma HND Events Management 3T0N

Higher National Certificate HNC Events Management

Welsh-medium programmes There are opportunities to study some modules through the medium of Welsh in the following: BA Rheolaeth Digwyddiadau FdA Rheolaeth Digwyddiadau HND Rheolaeth Digwyddiadau

N820

Carmarthen Courses Single Honours BA Theatre Design and Production

W460

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Fine Art / Art Practice See also Art and Design (Foundation Diploma) Design Glass Photography and Film Surface Pattern and Textiles Visual Communication

Are you a creative person who likes to experiment with ideas through visual expression?

At the core of our Art programmes is a desire to explore how you as an artist can express your ideas through a variety of visual media.

Students may choose to study Art in one of two locations, the Dynevor Campus in the city centre of Swansea or the Carmarthen Campus in rural West Wales.

BA Fine Art at our Swansea campus is currently divided into three pathways: Fine Art (Combined Media), Fine Art (Painting and Drawing) Fine Art (3D and Sculptural Practice). The course is equipped to support these distinct approaches, with excellent workshop and studio facilities,. However, we also encourage an interdisciplinary approach directed by the students’ individual creative process. As part of the first year of study, students learn technical skills, which can then be drawn on throughout the course, with the aim of developing a clear, confident, individual and distinctive, creative voice. Each year concludes with an exhibition in our Swansea City centre studios.

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At Swansea students have access to printmaking workshops, a resin room for mould making, ceramics studios with an excellent range of kilns, metalwork and woodwork workshops, together with large studio spaces and the use of a number of installation rooms.

We have strong links with galleries and curators within Wales and embed these connections into the BA Fine Art course, Swansea, with the aim of creating a bridge between university study and professional life. In addition to our core teaching staff we also have a number of visiting artists and lecturers and teaching is further enhanced by opportunities for BA students to interact with Swansea Contemporary Dialogues MA students and the Art and Design Faculty.

Studying Fine Art at UWTSD Swansea equips graduates with the skills to enter a number of career paths. Recent graduates have gone on to become visual artists and curators in their own right, winning the Wales Artist of the Year award and curating and exhibiting internationally. Some have initiated visual arts spaces such as Elysium and Red Door, while others have pursued careers in teaching, lecturing and arts administration.

Others have chosen to do residencies and postgraduate courses, including at the Royal College of Art.

Fine Art (Combined Media) Within the context of Fine Art all media are considered equal, you will be encouraged to experiment with any medium relative to their ideas or conversely to further develop their ideas as suggested by medium. The relationship between concept and material is always discussed within these studio processes. Combined media operates across all possible media in the concerns of fine art. It can be based on issues, concepts and forms of expression that involve the search or a balance between material and idea. It can be unpredictable, it can be innovative.

The work can straddle the norms of twodimensional and three-dimensional, object, image or performance.

Fine art (Painting & Drawing) The practice of painting and drawing promotes a sustained intimacy with materials and techniques that are used to integrate expression and meaning with method and physical process. The Painting & Drawing course engages with a range of perceptual, cognitive and speculative processes. This involves a technical grounding and a strong involvement in the critical and philosophical dimensions of practice.

“The Fine Art degree course provides a stimulating environment that continuously encourages students to develop and express their own individual visual language. Workshops offer the opportunity to enhance skills and the support from the tutors and technicians is invaluable.�

Nicola Dowdle

Fine Art (3D & Sculptural Practice)

is particularly suited to the student who wishes to explore and integrate different aspects of art and design, 2D and 3D work, and digital processes, into their professional development. A broad range of artistic, decision-making and communication skills will be developed throughout the degree and will be adaptable to the contemporary workplace. The course fosters a professional outlook on personal self-expression, enterprise and the culture of art and design.

The 3D & Sculptural Practice pathway encourages students to explore the expanding field of the sculptural arena.

This pathway is firmly placed within Fine Art and questions conventional attitudes towards sculpture within the context of this expanding field. Innovation and experimentation are actively encouraged and supported. It explores the use of materials and processes to enable students Art Practice is the creative art component of to develop their own personal visual the Art Practice degrees pathways that are language and understanding within a contemporary and broader Fine Art context. taught in combination. Students studying on these degrees will share 80 credits of a 120 credits in any given academic year. The On the Carmarthen Campus students student will study the remaining 40 credits may choose to study Art and Design or in Community, Health and Wellbeing or Art Practice pathways, which include Environmental Art. Students will develop Community, Health and Wellbeing and the essential skills to become a creative art Environmental Art. The school on the practitioner with a specialism in community Carmarthen campus is uniquely placed practice or expertise to work in positions to offer these degrees in English, Welsh of health and wellbeing or to engage with or bilingually with staff that have strong environmental art. local and global connections. International students are welcomed to the campus and The BA Art Practice (Community) allows for the opportunity to study abroad is also the development of creative art skills and available. exploration of the role of the community practitioner. Art in the community is often BA Art and Design/BA Celf a Dylunio are integral to the work of creative practitioners degrees where the development of multiwith artists frequently being called into disciplinary skills are encouraged schools, to engage on community projects within a unique environment where the or to hold workshops alongside an creative culture has strong links to Welsh exhibition. Interdisciplinary skills in art culture and language. This programme

practice and in community engagement are underpinned by theoretical ideas allowing the development of creative potential suitable for the contemporary community practitioner.

The BA Art Practice (Health and Wellbeing) course provides the chance to work on strong practical skills in order to become a creative art practitioner with expertise in Health and Wellbeing. Engagement with multi-disciplinary practice will allow the development of practical and specialist skills.

Students are actively encouraged to engage with the development of knowledge of health and wellbeing, planning, processes and practical skills, and to develop and explore aspects of their degree to foster the essential skills for employment or postgraduate study in the field.

The BA Art practice (Environmental Art) promotes the discovery and application of practical creative skills with a focus on Environmental art. Skills are practised in supportive studio, workshop and sitespecific environments, underpinned by theoretical and critical knowledge of contemporary visual culture. Throughout the degree an awareness of placing objects within environmental spaces and the exploration of environmental impact will be undertaken.

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Swansea Courses Single Honours

BA Fine Art (Combined Media) W100 BA Fine Art (Painting & Drawing) W101 BA Fine Art (3D and Sculptural Practice) W130

Foundation Diploma (WJEC) Diploma in Foundation Studies (Art and Design)

Integrated Master's MArts Fine Art * *Subject to validation there will be the option to study on a four-year MArts course that allows you to achieve a Master’s award within a single fee structure.

Carmarthen Courses Single Honours BA Art Practice (Environmental Art) 6W39 BA Art Practice (Community) 83C2 BA Art Practice (Health and Wellbeing) 9V2W BA Art and Design 639N

Welsh-medium and Bilingual Programmes BA Celf Ymarferol (Celf Amgylcheddol) BA Celf Ymarferol (Cymuned) BA Celf Ymarferol (Lechyd a Lles) BA Celf a Dylunio

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5TD8 05B2 367C WW12

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Glass

See also Art and Design (Foundation Diploma) Fine Art Design

discover more www.uwtsd.ac.uk/art-design

Swansea School of Glass is a unique centre of excellence in the practice of architectural and stained glass, with almost 80 years of teaching in this specialist field.

The School offers a portfolio of courses specialising in architectural glass and glass in the public arts, either as the core subject or as part of a programme of study related to another subject or profession.

Architecture and Built Environment Surface Pattern and Textiles

teaching and learning, ensuring graduates leave with the necessary skills for the industry. We build enterprise and entrepreneurship into all the courses through teaching and various events that occur through the duration of the programme, such as glass sales, fairs, exhibitions, competitions and live projects.

The school is renowned for its friendly, flexible and student-centred approach to teaching and learning that gives the All the courses have a strong vocational student the opportunity to focus on element that draws together the best traditions of hand-working in glass, with the areas of specialism and benefit from live commission opportunities within the latest creative technologies. Students duration of the course. In addition to this, study traditional and contemporary students are actively encouraged to practice, underpinned by solid craft skills, enter national and international glass including drawing, design and realisation alongside historical and contextual studies. competitions. Over the years, our students have enjoyed consistent success in the Stevens Competition for Architectural Glass Swansea School of Glass has a long and successful record of producing graduates of run by the Worshipful Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass. the highest professional calibre in the field of architectural and stained glass, leading to The programmes are delivered at the career opportunities such as: newly developed ALEX Design Exchange in Swansea’s vibrant Arts Quarter.

• Establishing you as an artist, designer The school works with the School of or maker; • Setting up a studio as a sole supplier or in Industrial Design to ensure students have access to excellent facilities including a partnership with others; dedicated design studios with individual • Employment in specialist glass studios; work spaces, traditional glass workshops • Teaching; and, supported by a comprehensive computer • Academic research. suite to support digital design. Students can gain experience of working with wood, The courses offered by the School train metal, plastics, glass, ceramics and styling you in the skills required for working in the industry. We offer specialisms that focus on clay. The campus has a strong sense of community and there are opportunities particular areas of interest ranging from to attend social events, such as enterprise traditional bench working to computer initiatives, exhibitions and guest lectures visualisation. The courses embed from industry and alumni. sustainable development into our

The teaching team consists of highly experienced glass artists and designers who are either engaged in professional practice or are research active, supported by industrially trained technical staff. This ensures the course delivers a qualification and experience that is highly relevant to the changing needs of the industry and wider architectural glass community.

Swansea Courses Single Honours BA Glass: Contemporary Practice BA Glass: Architectural Arts*

W773 2LD2

Integrated Master’s MDes Glass: Contemporary Practice** 0H3A MDes Glass: Architectural Arts** 5H3M **Subject to validation there will be the option to study on a four-year MDes course that allows you to achieve a Master’s award within a single fee structure.

For full listings of our Master’s Programmes, please see our website *subject to validation

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Health and Social Care The University offers a range of programmes Our aim is to support you in gaining an integrated knowledge base, enabling you related to health and social care across our to select from contributing disciplines and Swansea and Carmarthen campuses. philosophies and apply these to your area of interest/practice. You will gain a specific This series of programmes offers students knowledge and understanding related the opportunity to study subject areas to the support of service-users within a relevant to their chosen career aspirations. complex health and social care context.

The various programmes of study provide Our commitment to promoting vocational students with the appropriate knowledge skills ensures that you will be well prepared and skills to enter the health sector and for work in the childcare workforce, allied workforce. The programmes include NHS, social services, voluntary, private strong links with the health and social care and third sector. sector and include a range of placements and health industry internships giving We also offer a number of programmes students first-hand experience. in Health, Exercise, Nutrition and Physical Education on our Carmarthen campus, The programmes also have an excellent focusing on careers in the promotion of record of graduate employment in a range healthy lifestyles through education and of organisations in the health sector, with public and private sector industries. See former students often found in senior ‘Sport, Health and the Outdoors’ for more management positions. Some of these information on these programmes. programmes are delivered full-time, while others are part-time, providing flexibility of On several of our courses, students also have the opportunity to study part or all study, encouraging students to balance of their programme through the medium their academic work and personal of Welsh and all students may submit their commitments. assessments in the Welsh language.

A range of related programmes explore working with children and young people.

These programmes provide the opportunity to develop your professional knowledge, understanding, competency and key skills within the childcare and allied sectors.

Outstanding features of our programmes include the excellent communication between students and lecturers and the ability to bridge links between abstract concepts and practice through professional experiences. We are renowned for our student-centred approach and make ourselves available to support our students.

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See also Counselling Early Childhood Psychology Public Services Social Inclusion and Social Policy Youth and Community

Swansea Courses Single Honours BSc Children and Young People BSc Health and Social Care BSc Health Management

Foundation Degree FdA Children and Young People

Higher National Diploma HND Health and Social Care HND Health Management HND Health and Informatics

Higher National Certificate HNC Health and Social Care HNC Health Management

Certificate of HE Cert HE Advocacy Cert HE Health Management

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Carmarthen Courses Single Honours BSc Health, Nutrition and Lifestyle L510 BA Social Inclusion 07B3 (Health and Social Care) BA Social Inclusion (Communities, Families and Individuals) BA Social Inclusion 1A7F (Additional Needs) BA Art Practice (Health and Wellbeing) BSc Sport Therapy 015L 3LN4 Diploma of HE

LB54 L500 L540 L593 9V2W BC61

Dip HE Nursing Studies and Health*

Certificate of HE

Cert HE Young People’s Health and Wellbeing

Related Programmes BSc Personal Training (Health and Exercise) BA Physical Education BA Health and Exercise & Sports Studies

4B32 CX69 BC46

Welsh-medium and Bilingual Programmes

*subject to validation

BA Addysg Gorfforol BA Celf Ymarferol (Iechyd a Lles) Cert HE Iechyd a Lles Pobl Ifanc

XC96 367C

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See also

Heritage

Archaeology History Ancient Civilisations Humanities

It can draw upon a unique set of heritage resources within the Roderic Bowen Library and Archives with its special collections, amounting to some 30,000 volumes, printed between 1470 and 1850.

The University also operates a local history museum run in collaboration with Hanes Llambed, the local history society.

Both the archive and museum offer On the single honours Heritage courses, students will acquire a broad understanding students the opportunity to gain valuable practical experiences. Lampeter is the and appreciation of the wider field of home of the Wales Heritage Academy and Heritage, including a compulsory work just 20 minutes north of the town lies Strata placement at level 5, and, a period at level 6, in the University’s own special collections Florida, an archaeological dig on the site of a ruined Medieval Abbey, offering further housed in the Roderic Bowen Library and opportunities for students.

Archives. Students have a choice of four pathways through which to explore more Heritage can be studied either as a single specialised or focused aspects of heritage honours programme or a joint honours, in which include, Archives and Museums, conjunction with a Humanities subject. It Digital Humanities, Nautical Archaeology, can also be studied as a major/minor with and the Built Environment. This suite of Heritage Management which takes a Heritage programmes offers a unique more business and tourism-centred combination of the general and the approach to the question of Heritage. particular - an awareness of wider heritage issues and concerns, alongside a more concentrated and specialised focus.

This mix will equip students with an attractive and appropriate set of skills and understandings applicable to a broad range of posts in the Heritage sector or cultural industries more generally.

Our cluster of programmes and study pathways, grouped around the broad field of Heritage and Heritage Studies, offers students a suite of popular course options that combine study of the Humanities with a more professionally-orientated range of heritage issues and subjects.

The Faculty of Humanities, and Lampeter campus in particular, is uniquely positioned to offer students a range of Heritage studies programmes. The Faculty enjoys an extensive range of contacts with practitioners and professionals in the Heritage sector such as CADW, the Royal Commission, local County Councils, the National Trust, and the National Library.

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Lampeter Courses Single Honours BA Heritage Studies

3B5D

Joint Honours BA Heritage Studies & History BA Heritage Studies & Archaeology BA Heritage Studies & Anthropology BA Heritage Studies & Philosophy BA Heritage Studies & Medieval History BA Heritage Studies & English BA Heritage Studies & Creative Writing BA Heritage Studies & Chinese Studies BA Heritage Studies & Theology BA Heritage Studies & Religious Studies BA Heritage Studies & Ancient History BA Heritage Studies & Classical Studies

529B 4B29 8V3Q 73D7 43N1 9C3W 96C3 5B29 3X29 9C2M 32N7 635L

Major/Minor Honours BA Heritage Studies with Nautical Archaeology BA Heritage Studies with Museums & Archives BA Heritage Studies with The Built Environment BA Heritage Studies with Digital Humanities BA History with Heritage Management BA Medieval Studies with Heritage Management BA Archaeology with Heritage Management BA Anthropology with Heritage Management BA English with Heritage Management BA Philosophy with Heritage Management BA Creative Writing with Heritage Management BA Chinese Studies with Heritage Management BA Theology with Heritage Management BA Religious Studies with Heritage Management BA Ancient History with Heritage Management BA Classical Studies with Heritage Management

3B5N 0C3W 6C3S 42V1 T921 0X32 6D28 3N2W 636B 9G32 1B3R 34Z1 6C30 72XS 4N6X 7G34

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See also Humanities

History

History is one of the largest, most varied and research-active academic fields within the University, thus enabling it to offer students a broad range of programmes covering several millennia, from the Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt through to the collapse of the Soviet Union and ending of the Cold War. Our History provision spans different regions, societies and cultures of the world.

It approaches the past in a multitude of ways, be that through the lens of economics, politics, social formations, cultural constructions, literary heritage, ideologies, religious beliefs or material cultures.

Our modules look at a broad array of subjects, as diverse as the Wars of the Roses through to the Nuclear Bomb, or from the Great War to Chaucer’s comic tales, or even from modern Terrorism to the Medieval Monasticism. Whether your interest is to study across this broad range of periods or whether it is to focus upon a particular interest in the ancient, medieval or modern worlds, you will be taught by lecturers who research and publish in their chosen fields. Students are taught in small collaborative groups and settings, rather than big impersonal

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Heritage Ancient History Ancient Civilisations Archaeology

lectures. And whichever particular History programme is studied, all will begin on a fascinating journey that combines infinite fascination and relevance to the world, with the acquisition of the right set of transferable skills with which to enter the jobs market.

Alternatively you may choose to combine a passion for History with the study of another subject, in the form of a joint honours programme or a major/minor combination. This includes, for example, History with Education Studies, a programme that gives insights into the world of teaching and education, while providing an invaluable route into a career for those interested in teaching as a profession. Alternatively, there is History with Heritage Studies, which opens up opportunities for work in museums, archives, libraries and the heritage sector, or perhaps History with Digital Humanities which further enhances computing skills while deepening knowledge and understanding of the past.

All our History programmes offer students the chance to pursue a significant research project of their own, on a topic of their choosing. All our students will have the opportunity to undertake field trips and visits, and will be introduced during the course of their studies to a unique set of original source materials in our archive, ranging from medieval illuminated manuscripts to the travel writings of an East Indian Company civil servant.

Students will also have the opportunity for international exchange or the chance to work in our library special collections and archives, and in the local museum.

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Lampeter Courses Single Honours BA History BA Medieval Studies BA Ancient and Medieval History BA Modern Historical Studies BA Conflict and War

V100 V130 V115 V192 9C3R

Joint Honours BA History & Heritage Studies BA History & Ancient History BA History & Anthropology BA History & Archaeology BA History & English BA History & Medieval Studies BA History & Philosophy BA History & Theology BA Medieval History & Heritage Studies BA Medieval Studies & Chinese Civilisation BA Medieval Studies & Chinese Studies BA Medieval Studies & Anthropology BA Medieval Studies & Archaeology BA Medieval Studies & Classical Studies BA Medieval Studies & English BA Medieval Studies & Modern Historical Studies BA Medieval Studies & Philosophy

529B V112 LVP1 VV14 QV31 V138 VV5C VV16 43N1 T1V1 TV11 VL16 VV41 VQ18 VQ13 V191 VV5D

Major/Minors Honours BA History with Education Studies BA History with Heritage Management BA History with Digital Humanities BA Medieval Studies with Heritage Management

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VL14 T921 39B2 0X32

History

Combined Honours BA History, English, Education Studies BA History, Philosophy, Education Studies BA History, Anthropology, Education Studies BA History, Classical Studies, Education Studies BA History, Ancient History, Education Studies BA History, Religious Studies, Education Studies BA History, Archaeology, Education Studies

QVL5 VVL7 LVL7 QVL9 VVL1 V6L6 VLV4

Related Programmes BA Heritage Studies 3B5D BA Heritage Studies with Museums and Archives 0C3W BA Ancient History V110 BA Ancient Civilisations V901 BA Classical Civilisation Q820

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See also

Humanities The Humanities offer a wide range of disciplines, from Medieval Studies to Archaeology, from Classical Studies to Ancient History, from Chinese Studies to Creative Writing, and from Philosophy to Theology. Some of the subjects that we offer are widely available at Schools and Sixth Form Colleges: English, History, Religious Studies, and increasingly Philosophy. Whether you are studying Philosophy or Islamic Studies, History or Anthropology, all humanities programmes are highly relevant for understanding the major problems and issues that the world faces today. As a result our humanities subjects are exciting, fascinating and thought-provoking, as at their core is the exploration of the essence of what it is to be human.

conservation and environmentalism.

Similarly our programme BA in Heritage Studies covers the theme of heritage from the angle of archives and museums, the digitisation of heritage, the underpinning philosophical nature of heritage, the business and tourism basis to heritage, and questions relating to the visualisation and representation of heritage in the modern world.

Heritage History Ancient Civilisations Environment

Lampeter Courses Single Honours BA Humanities 0G6H BA Conflict and War 9C3R BA Heritage Studies 3B5D BA Heritage Studies with Museums and Archives 0C3W BA Environmental Studies 8V32 BA Ancient Civilisations V901

Building on this innate relevance and importance, the Faculty is keen to offer its core subjects in interesting ways and with innovative combinations. For example our major/minors allow for the study of a humanities major with a more professionbased minor subject, including a Humanities subject with Education Studies, or with Digital Humanities or with Heritage Studies.

Students who wish to sample a range of these subjects can now do so through a new BA in Humanities. This is an exciting interdisciplinary programme that offers students the opportunity to study five broadly defined Humanities strands during their first year. These strands include historical enquiry, cultural engagement, practical humanities, English literature and the human mind. During their second and third years, students begin to narrow down their choice of area as they specialise in subjects of particular interest to them.

The Gateway to the Humanities offers a similar broadly based Humanities qualification, aimed at those who would prefer a slower and well supported pathway into studying at HE.

The faculty also offers a range of programmes that include a thematic and interdisciplinary approach across all the four Schools and subject disciplines.

This includes BA Conflict and War which explores war and warfare from a range of different angles and approaches including the historical, the philosophical and ethical dimension, the literary representations of war, and the archaeology of war and warfare. Our BA in Environmental Studies embraces modules from across the Faculty, and indeed from across the University, around the theme of the environment,

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Certificate of Higher Education Cert HE Gateway to the Humanities

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Leisure and Tourism

The University offers a range of exciting programmes within Tourism and Leisure Management that will provide you with the employability and cutting-edge guest service skills required to succeed in this rapidly expanding global market.

Our programmes have a strong industry flavour, with outstanding links with key organisations both locally and internationally.

Furthermore these career-led courses have an excellent graduate employment record and one of the highest graduate start-up rates in Wales. This is best demonstrated by the success of our graduates who have attained a range of key senior management positions in theme parks, resorts, local and international hotels, at leisure attractions and as tour operators. There are also among our former graduates a number of highly successful entrepreneurs.

The team is renowned for its friendly, supportive, and student-centred approach to teaching and learning. Tutors are still actively engaged with the industry which allows us to utilise ‘real life’ case studies to bring learning alive. This is further supported by field study trips at all levels of the programme which provide you with vital behind-the-scenes experiences locally and through a range of international trips.

We aim to develop distinctive graduates with the skills required to succeed as the managers of the future. As well as offering a range of languages and cultural skills within our Tourism pathways, Leisure pathways provide students with both coaching and event management skills. All students also develop hospitality and guest service skills which are vital to all sectors of the industry.

Flexibility is the key to our programmes which allow you to specialise in the specific All of our programmes have a strong Tourism Sectors in which you develop industry flavour and involve integrated internships with some leading organisations a particular interest, or to follow a more generalist approach to Leisure Management. both locally and internationally. These We also offer a number of flexible part-time opportunities provide our students with opportunities to study, which include our outstanding career networks with the Certificate of Higher Education programme market leaders from Aspen to Dubai, or which can be studied alongside a job.

London to Cardiff and Tenby.

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See also Business and Management Events Heritage

We encourage and support enterprise and believe strongly in embedding sustainable development in our teaching and learning as well as focusing directly on Sustainable Tourism Issues. This ensures that our graduates leave us with a self-starting approach and an understanding of the need for sustainable business practices within Leisure and Tourism.

Our Faculty of Humanities at Lampeter offers Heritage Management programmes either as a single honours subject, or with a variety of options to study alongside another subject. These programmes focus on developing the vocational skills necessary to work in the heritage management industry alongside a broader understanding of the heritage field.

On several of our courses, students also have the opportunity to study part of their programme through the medium of Welsh and all students may submit their assessments in the Welsh language.

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Swansea Courses Single Honours BA International Travel and Tourism BA Leisure Management BA Tourism Management BA Sports Management

N840 N872 N800 N871

Foundation Degree FdA Tourism Management

3RX8

Higher National Diploma HND Tourism Management

238N

Higher National Certificate HNC Tourism Management

Certificate of Higher Education Cert HE Tourism Management

Welsh-medium programmes There are opportunities to study some modules through the medium of Welsh in the following: BA Rheolaeth Hamdden BA Rheolaeth Teithio a Thwristiaeth Rhyngwladol BA Rheolaeth Twristiaeth FdA Rheolaeth Twristiaeth HND Rheolaeth Twristiaeth

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N872 N840 N800 3RX8 238N

Leisure and Tourism

Lampeter Courses Single Honours BA Heritage Studies

3B5D

Joint Honours BA Heritage Studies and History BA Heritage Studies and Archaeology BA Heritage Studies and Anthropology BA Heritage Studies and Philosophy BA Heritage Studies and Medieval History BA Heritage Studies and English BA Heritage Studies and Creative Writing BA Heritage Studies and Chinese Studies BA Heritage Studies and Theology BA Heritage Studies and Religious Studies BA Heritage Studies and Ancient History BA Heritage Studies and Classical Studies BA Heritage Studies and the Built Environment

529B 4B29 8V3Q 73D7 43N1 9C3W 96C3 5B29 3X29 9C2M 32N7 635L 6C3S

Major/Minor Honours BA Heritage Studies with Museums and Archives BA Heritage Studies with Digital Humanities BA History with Heritage Management BA Medieval Studies with Heritage Management BA Archaeology with Heritage Management BA Anthropology with Heritage Management BA English with Heritage Management BA Philosophy with Heritage Management BA Creative Writing with Heritage Management BA Chinese Studies with Heritage Management BA Theology with Heritage Management BA Religious Studies with Heritage Management BA Ancient History with Heritage Management BA Classical Studies with Heritage Management

0C3W 42V1 T921 0X32 6D28 3N2W 636B 9G32 1B3R 34Z1 6C30 72XS 4N6X 7G34

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of graduates in work or study six months after graduating - UNISTATS

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Logistics and Transport How do you get what you want, where you want it, when you need it? Acquiring the knowledge to answer this and other questions can open doors to a challenging career with good pay and opportunities to travel.

there are excellent opportunities for rapid career progression for those with the drive to succeed. Careers in logistics and transportation offer early responsibility, exciting challenges with good remuneration and opportunities to travel.

To do this you need to know about logistics and transport. At UWTSD Swansea we have a number of programmes offering you the opportunity to develop the skills and expertise you need. If you are interested in racing you may be excited to learn what we have to offer in this field too.

The School also offers a highly successful programme in Motorsport Management.

These programmes have been designed with the advice of experts in the field of motorsport to produce graduates who could enter this high profile industry.

Students from these programmes are able to exploit opportunities in this young and expanding industrial sector.

The place to come is our School of Engineering, Manufacturing and Logistics, in the Faculty of Architecture, Computing and Engineering, where you will find a logistics portfolio incorporating Logistics, Transport, Supply Chain Management and Motorsport Management.

Logistics plays a vital part in the economy and community life. Sourcing products from the world’s best suppliers and the capability to reach new markets creates major logistical challenges for companies.

This means businesses have to reappraise the way they manage their supply chains – complex sequence of events and decisions which connect sourcing raw materials with manufacturing and end consumer.

These courses are designed to develop graduates with the knowledge and skills required to start a career in the logistics and transportation sector.

A career in logistics will continually develop an individual’s potential and reward ambition in a challenging global environment. The demand for logistics professionals outstrips the supply; therefore

It is acknowledged that the motorsport industry supports approximately 4,500 engineering and service firms, employing around 38,000 people. It is one of the UK’s key sectors contributing £6bn to the economy of which £3.6bn is in export earnings. Approximately 30% of these jobs are in non-engineering disciplines, such as management, marketing, promotion and the social side of the motorsport industry.

The Motorsport Logistics programmes have been designed to enable graduates to move into these areas and gain expertise essential to business in the Motorsport industry.

Students from these courses have found employment in companies such as Prodrive, Bentley, Porsche, Jaguar, Mercedes-Benz and McLaren. Transport forms a principal element in any consideration of logistical activity and is derived from the needs of the chain of supply and demand.

Note: Statistics from House of Commons – ‘Full Speed Ahead’ Report (2010).

Swansea Courses Single Honours BSc Humanitarian Logistics BSc Logistics BSc Military Logistics BSc Motorsport Management BSc Transport Management*

0G4Z 4T8K 4Q1U H3N2

Higher National Diploma HND Humanitarian Logistics HND Logistics HND Military Logistics HND Motorsport Management HND Transport Management*

3Z9T 0A6F 0B3G 2N3H

*New for 2016 - Subject to Validation

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Music

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Digital Media

The University offers two distinctive approaches to Music on our Carmarthen and Swansea Campuses.

individually. Music is at the heart of the Carmarthen campus, and there are great opportunities to get involved with extracurricular opportunities such as the annual Music Festival, with the Stuart Burrows International Voice Award as its main event.

The University Choir is also open to all students studying in Carmarthen.

The well-established BSc Music Technology course in Swansea is extremely popular and recruits to capacity each year. State-ofthe-art Music production facilities include professional standard Pro-Tools and the course is based in a building that was originally designed for the BBC, with dedicated tracking and post-production studios and a superb Performance Hall with excellent acoustic characteristics. Students are expected to record and produce a range of live performances across various genres.

More recently, additional pathways have been added to allow students to specialise in industry-focused roles in Computer Games, Animation and Film and applied music theory.

The BA Sonic Art programme is largely practice-based, focusing on innovation in sound production across contemporary media. As such, a Sonic Art student may well encompass composing, programming, manipulating, improvising, diffusing, and performing at any given time.

On our Carmarthen Campus music performance is an integrated part of our BA Acting degree, which aims to create confident actor-musicians and musical performers with experience working in varied styles, both collaboratively and

Performing Arts

Swansea Courses Single Honours BA Sonic Art* 8BR4 BSc Music Technology J931 BSc Music Technology (Audio Production) WJ39 BSc Music Technology (Game Audio) WW36 BSc Music Technology (Sound for Moving Image) WW3P

To ensure that our courses remain relevant within an ever-changing industry all of our programmes place great emphasis on students’ engagement with current professionals and companies of national and international significance. We work closely with our students to develop their Integrated Master's innate musical abilities and encourage them to find their own unique musical voice.

MArts Music Performance and Production** We aim to nurture makers of music who MArts Music Technology** have the ability and the willingness to take creative risks by experimenting, developing MArts Sonic Arts** and displaying their work in live recital events and across alternative platforms, genres and media.

Carmarthen Courses **Subject to validation there will be the option to study on a four-year MArts course that allows you to achieve a Master’s award within a single fee structure.

Single Honours BA Acting W401

*Subject to validation

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Performing Arts

The University offers an exciting portfolio of Performing Arts programmes. On the University’s Carmarthen campus there are degrees in Acting, Dance and Theatre Design and Production. On our Swansea campus in Townhill, there are programmes in Applied Drama, Performing Arts (Contemporary Performance) and a Foundation Degree in Technical Theatre with an option to top-up to a full degree.

Each programme offers an intensive, practice-based approach to study with a carefully structured balance of hands-on training underpinned by academic study.

To ensure that our courses remain relevant within an ever-changing industry, all of the programmes place great emphasis on the students’ engagement with current professionals of national and international significance.

We are committed to showcasing our students’ work and aim to deliver practical training within the Performing Arts. Each year we produce work in a variety of exciting and innovative formats, creating multiple performance opportunities for our students.

It is not uncommon to find us performing across Wales and the UK in theatres and schools, on moving trains, in abandoned

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houses and on National Trust sites, as well as within our own theatres on campus. This commitment to showcasing our students’ work with industry professionals and the public not only contributes to an extremely high standard of performance, but also provides key opportunities for future employment. In addition to those graduates who have carved out a more traditional career as actors, designers, directors and technicians, there is also a wide range of alumni working in teaching, management, public relations, youth and social work, marketing and advertising.

With this in mind, all of the University’s performing arts provision places great emphasis on the wide range of linked employment opportunities for our graduates. So many graduate attributes demanded by employers from all walks of life are integral to the students’ training within the Performing Arts. Our graduates are confident, articulate and proactive.

They are great at working in teams, solving problems and meeting deadlines.

Above all, they learn by ‘doing’, by engaging with each other, the audience and the community in their creative work.

Fine Art/ Art Practice Events Digital Media

There are also lots of examples of performing arts graduates generating their own work and starting companies of their own upon graduation, as well as going on to postgraduate conservatoire study. The Applied Theatre course on the Swansea campus enables students to become involved with numerous community events, and the entirely production-based final year for the Carmarthen courses ensures they get plenty of opportunities to showcase their work to paying audiences. Our Contemporary Performance students are also very visible, generating innovative street-theatre and performance events across the city.

The Performing Arts have strong international links and many of our students take the opportunity to study abroad with University partners in California, North Carolina, New Mexico and Vancouver. Each year we welcome students from all over the globe to study with us, and encourage our students to travel and explore different cultures and countries during their time with us.

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Carmarthen Courses Single Honours BA Acting BA Dance BA Theatre Design and Production

W410 W502 W460

Welsh-medium and Bilingual Programmes A range of exciting programmes is being developed in preparation for S4C’s relocation to Carmarthen. Please see the Welsh prospectus for further information.

Cardiff Courses

BA Perfformio*

*Subject to validation

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C68M

Performing Arts

Swansea Courses Single Honours

BA Applied Drama W401 BA Performing Arts (Contemporary Performance) W400 BA Technical Theatre (Top-up Level 6) W443

Foundation Degree FdA Technical Theatre

3RT2

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Philosophy Philosophy is different from other academic disciplines in that it teaches you not what to think, but how to think. Philosophy explores the big questions – Who are we? What is our place in the world? How should we live?

What is reality? Philosophy approaches such questions through argument, but also through vision and imagination.

Philosophy concerns every aspect of our lives, practical as well as theoretical.

Through its grounding in real social relations and human activities, it seeks to understand and address the whole spectrum of social and ethical issues that face us. Through Philosophy, we are able not only to understand life, but to shape it.

If your interests extend to life, the universe and everything, if you want to develop a rich set of life skills and the power to influence positive change, then philosophy is your subject.

Students also have the opportunity to explore ethical and political considerations through the programme BA Ethical and Political Studies. This programme draws upon expertise in philosophy, ethics, anthropology, history, psychology and religious studies to explore the ideas and theories that underpin contemporary ethical and political debates.

The programme explores issues such as climate change, the ethics of war, the nature and ethics of political protest, poverty, animal rights, medical ethics, the nature of social relationships and the nature and degree of our obligations to others.

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See also Religion and Theology Anthropology

To develop as philosophers students need to be able to engage with the ideas and arguments, which is why we place an emphasis on small group teaching, to allow you become involved in debate, hone your critical thinking skills, and to develop your own ideas.

Students may choose to combine their passion for Philosophy with the study of another subject, in the form of a joint honours programme or with a major/minor combination. This includes Philosophy with Education Studies, a programme that gives insights into the world of teaching and education, while providing an invaluable route for those interested in teaching as a profession. Also available as a major/ minor are Philosophy with Psychology or Philosophy with Heritage Management, which opens up opportunities for work in museums, archives, libraries and the heritage sector.

Lampeter Courses Single Honours BA Philosophy

V502

Joint Honours BA Philosophy & Anthropology BA Philosophy & Religious Studies BA Philosophy & Theology BA Philosophy & Chinese Studies BA Philosophy & Classical Studies BA Philosophy & English BA Philosophy & History BA Philosophy & Medieval Studies BA Philosophy & Creative Writing BA Philosophy & History BA Philosophy & Heritage Studies BA Ethical and Political Studies

VL56 VV6M VVP5 TV1M VQ58 VQ53 VV5C VV5D WV85 VV5C 73D7 D429

Major/Minor Honours BA Philosophy with Education Studies BA Philosophy with Heritage Management

VL54 9G32

Combined Honours BA Philosophy, English, Education Studies BA Philosophy, History, Education Studies BA Philosophy, Anthropology, Education Studies BA Philosophy, Archaeology, Education Studies BA Philosophy, Religious Studies, Education Studies BA Philosophy, Classical Studies, Education Studies BA Philosophy, Ancient History, Education Studies

QVL6 VVL7 VLL5 VVL6 VVL8 VQL5 VVL5

Related Programmes BA Anthropology BA Environmental Studies BA Study of Religions

L600 8V32 L350

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Photography & Film

Digital technology has created a cultural context where everyone is now a mobile image maker. Whether using phones or traditional cameras the production of still and moving imagery has become a visual phenomenon that dominates all areas of communication within society.

Photography and Film at UWTSD offers an exciting platform from which to explore and challenge conventions through the development of your own voice.

There are a variety of courses you may choose from, in fields such as photography in the arts, photojournalism, video, film and television production, and visual culture.

The Photojournalism degree emphasises the construction of photo-essays, the use of image and text and the application of journalistic principles to both assigned briefs and self-initiated ideas. In addition you will be challenged to find your own voice as a photographer by being made aware of photojournalism’s contextual position within the contemporary culture and by experimenting with the medium itself.

Photography in the Arts encourages students to explore and challenge the conventions of contemporary photographic

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art practice. Underpinned by historical and critical research, students are expected to undertake an extensive, risk-taking enquiry into the possibilities of photography, with individual creativity and personal ambition at the core of the course’s philosophy.

The programme is predominantly self-directed and allows for a flexible approach to image-making in relation to both subject-matter and technique. This flexible approach reflects the evolving nature of photographic art practice, with photographers increasingly pushing the potential of the medium in unexpected and innovative directions.

Both courses are concerned with exploration, self-discovery and innovation through the medium of contemporary photography and students are encouraged to pursue personal interests and individual pathways in order to develop a unique visual photographic signature.

The photographic workshops are well resourced and include excellent studio and darkroom facilities including digital applications that reflect the diversity of photographic practice of the students.

The Faculty has excellent connections with the photographic industry, from the gallery network through to documentary

See also Art and Design (Foundation Diploma) Fine Art Design Digital Media Visual Communication

and advertising agencies. This ensures opportunities for employment and a growing international market for student work. Graduates are employed in a wide range of photographic activities including fashion, portraiture, editorial and documentary.

Digital Film and Television Production students are continuously creating short films throughout the course, and you will have the chance to develop a personal voice in digital filmmaking. The course will give you training and guidance on industry practice and technical skills. As an Avid academic partner you will be able to gain Avid certification as part of the course.

Studying Documentary Video, you will be able to discover your own personal approach to fact-based digital filmmaking as you make a succession of projects throughout the degree course. You will learn the technical knowledge required by today’s multi-skilled practitioners, as well as gaining an appreciation of the implications of the documentary form.

The Video Arts course equips you with the technical skills to develop your ideas from concepts through to exhibition. With an

discover more www.uwtsd.ac.uk/art-design magazines you will address the needs of the contemporary and future creative industries in compelling new ways. The course is working with Creative Skillset to ensure that it meets the current and future needs of industry and to give students access to The Film and Visual Culture course engages industry leaders during their studies. with film alongside other contemporary The bedrock of the photography and film visual media, such as television, comics, programmes is the excellent student/ graphic novels and interactive media. staff interaction and communication. We By combining the analysis of film with recognise that the most effective way practical and creative approaches, and to develop your personal practice is to enter engaging with practitioners from industry, into a discourse of ideas and images with you will be equipped to develop the your lecturers and contemporaries. This necessary skills to shape a career in the exciting fields of film and media. The course ongoing dialogue takes place in the form of regular critiques, seminars and tutorials. focuses on the academic study of film and other visual media and combines this If you choose to study film on either with creative production of individual campus you will have access to excellent pieces of work in specialised fields. By facilities and will regularly interact with combining theory and practice, you are encouraged to enhance your understanding professional industry contacts through visiting lecturers and live projects. In of cinema through academic analysis and addition, students have the opportunity the creation of practical work. to attend film and television festivals, where they can network with directors, Storytelling, interactive design and meeting producers and other industry figures. the needs of a web-based mobile audience are the hallmarks of our New Media course.

By creating and combining genres such as film, animation, sequential art, photography, web design, mobile Apps and online emphasis on exploring experimental and innovative digital video work relevant to contemporary arts practice, you will have the freedom to discover your own personal creative direction.

Swansea Courses Single Honours BA Digital Film and Television Production BA Documentary Video BA Photography in the Arts BA Photojournalism BA Video Arts

W610 W600 W643 W6P5 W611

Integrated Master's MArts Photojournalism* MArts Photography in the Arts* MArts Digital Film & Television Production*

Carmarthen Courses BA Film and Visual Culture P30H BA New Media Production PH10 *Subject to validation there will be the option to study on a four-year MArts course that allows you to achieve a Master’s award within a single fee structure.

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Psychology discover more www.uwtsd.ac.uk/ug-psychology

Psychology is a fascinating and rewarding field of study which has a huge impact on all aspects of public life, particularly in areas such as education, health, the economy, industry and social justice. With several study options for joint or single honours programmes based on our Swansea and Carmarthen campuses, there are opportunities to focus your studies fully on the discipline or combine it with Counselling, offering a wide range of future career opportunities. In addition, the Lampeter campus has a suite of major/minor honours degrees in Religion, Philosophy and Anthropology.

Our single honours BSc Psychology degree at Swansea allows students to study a challenging and rewarding programme of psychological scholarship delivered in a supportive environment by an established team of psychology lecturers. In line with the strong research culture of the School of Psychology, the single honours programme is structured around research-informed modules delivered by internationally recognised lecturers, with a focus on how we can use psychological theory to understand and improve the health of individuals, organisations and society as a whole. The single honours programme at the Swansea campus is accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS) meaning that those who graduate with a minimum lower second class honours classification are eligible for the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) of the British Psychological Society – often an important prerequisite for students wishing to go on to further postgraduate study or training in psychology.

Our popular BA joint honours degree in Counselling Studies and Psychology delivered at the Swansea campus also offers British Psychological Society (BPS) accreditation, providing students with a unique set of skills and a fascinating insight into understanding human behaviour from differing perspectives.

The single honours BSc Applied Psychology programme, based on our Carmarthen campus, aims to offer students the opportunity to study issues and concerns relevant to Psychology in the 21st century and apply psychological evidence and theories to real-world situations. This programme provides a rich and diverse foundation that will include the rigour of science and its application in informing practice at all levels in society.

We also have a new part-time Graduate Certificate in Adolescent Psychology designed for those who are either working in, or interested in working in, related fields such as youth work and teaching, and who would like to develop their knowledge of this specific area of psychology.

Whichever option you choose, you will be actively engaged in research from your first day on the course, and in your final year will be encouraged to present your research at national conferences. The school has close links with the Welsh Branch of the British Psychological Society and has an active student-led Psychology Society.

We offer a friendly, communicative approach to education. Small group work is used to consolidate knowledge that is presented

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in lectures, and lecturers are approachable and available to answer queries at dedicated times. For graduates of these degree programmes a number of postgraduate routes for further study are available within the School.

Carmarthen Courses Single Honours BSc Applied Psychology L3C8

Swansea Courses Single Honours BSc Psychology 3UC3

Joint Honours BA Counselling Studies & Psychology BC98

Lampeter Courses Major/Minor Honours BA Religious Studies with Applied Psychology 7C29 BA Philosophy with Applied Psychology 4H62 BA Anthropology with Applied Psychology 32MD

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Public Services discover more www.uwtsd.ac.uk/ug-publicservices

Our volunteer schemes allow the students to gain valuable insight into various organisations in the public sector, such as South Wales Police, Mid and West Wales Fire & Rescue Service, Swansea Prison, the NHS and NHS Wales First Response Team, developing their own networks and contacts to increase their future employment opportunities. We build experience and employability into our The public services programme gives you course, and believe strongly in embedding the specialist skills necessary for a range of this into our teaching and learning – career opportunities when you graduate.

The course has been designed and updated ensuring that our graduates leave us with a confident and skilled approach and a to reflect the current public sector and its role in society. Certain lectures are delivered realistic understanding of the public sector services. On several of our courses, students by serving members of the uniformed also have the opportunity to study part of public services ensuring that modules are their programme through the medium of up-to-date and relevant to the current Welsh and all students may submit their climate. The Certificate of Knowledge of assessments in the Welsh language.

Policing has been incorporated within the course to provide a unique opportunity for students to gain this qualification as part of their degree course, a qualification that is becoming essential to anyone wishing to join the Police force.

Studying BA Public Services or HND Public Services provides you with extremely valuable skills and knowledge to help you build a career in the public sector or in private or third-sector organisations. With strong links to the local public services, our career-led courses have an excellent graduate employment record.

The flexibility of study on the programme empowers students to gear their studies to their career ambitions and personal circumstances. We’re renowned for our friendly, flexible, and student-centred approach to teaching and learning, and offer the opportunity to specialise in areas to develop a particular interest as you progress through the course.

See also Health and Social Care Social Inclusion and Social Policy Youth and Community

Swansea Courses Single Honours BA Law and Public Services* BA Public Services

42G5 L490

Higher National Diploma HND Public Services

064L

Higher National Certificate HNC Public Services

Carmarthen Courses Related Programmes

* Subject to Validation

BA Social Inclusion (Additional Needs) L593 BA Social Inclusion (Health and Social Care) L500 BA Social Inclusion (Communities, Families and Individuals) L540

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Religion and Theology

Our society, history and the world around us can only truly be understood alongside an understanding of religion in all its fascinating, and occasionally perplexing, diversity. Our programmes are designed to help students understand religions in their cultural, sociological and historical contexts. You will be exposed to the dynamic relationship between religion and society and will examine the roles that religions play in the pressing issues of our time.

The programmes take students beyond superficial media coverage of contemporary events into deeper issues of history, identity, and the implications of religious commitment for issues of world concern.

The courses cover an extensive array of themes and assess religions and religious practice in their global context. This will give you a real insight into the human condition and the multiplicity of religions in the world. You will have the opportunity to visit places of worship and acquire practical, firsthand engagement with a variety of cultures and religions.

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See also Philosophy Anthropology

As with other academic areas, our Theology and Religious Studies degree programmes apply analytical and critical approaches to each subject area. A range of options allow specialised work in fields such as religious ritual, religion and the media, religion and film, the history of Christian thought, Hindu traditions and rituals, monotheistic religions, eastern traditions and Islam and Christianity in dialogue. Our courses will therefore enable you to explore religion as a major component in the contemporary world, dealing with issues surrounding gender, conflict, pluralism, secularism and post-modernism.

As well as being fascinating subjects in their own right, degrees in Theology and Religious Studies have relevance for those wishing to pursue careers in fields such as education, social services, media, diplomacy, or business.

This programme is a highly desirable qualification in terms of engaging in a multicultural, multi-faith society. It is a soughtafter degree by employers who want staff to engage with a diverse society. Consequently, many of our students find employment and

build careers in social services, counselling, nursing, policing, and fire and rescue services.

A number of students move onto a PGCE in primary or secondary Religious Education.

Alternatively you can now take Religious Studies with Education Studies, as a major/ minor. This is a programme that allows you to study two-thirds of your degree in Religious Studies or Theology, and one third in Education, thus giving you insights into the world of teaching and education, while providing an invaluable route towards teaching as a profession.

You can also take Religious Studies with Applied Psychology as a major/minor, and the School has recently introduced a wide range of Combined Honours programmes which enable you to combine any three of the following subjects: Applied Psychology, Ethics, Philosophy, Religious Studies and Theology.

Programmes in religion are offered on both the Lampeter and Carmarthen campuses.

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Carmarthen Courses Single Honours BA Islamic Studies K5NW BA Religious Studies RV60

Joint Honours BA Islamic Studies & Religious Studies

TV66

Welsh-medium Programmes There are opportunities to study modules through the medium of Welsh on this course: BA Astudiaethau Crefyddol

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L351

Religion and Theology

Lampeter Courses Single Honours

Combined Honours

BA Religious Studies RV60

BA, Religious Studies, Ancient History, Education Studies BA, Religious Studies, Anthropology, Education Studies - BA Religious Studies, Archaeology, Education Studies BA Religious Studies, Classical Studies, Education Studies BA Religious Studies, History, Education Studies BA Religious Studies, Philosophy, Education Studies BA Theology, Philosophy and Ethics BA Philosophy, Religion and Applied Psychology BA Theology, Religion and Applied Psychology BA Religion, Ethics and Applied Psychology BA Religion, Philosophy and Ethics BA Religion, Theology and Ethics BA Religion, Theology and Philosophy

Joint Honours BA Religious Studies & Theology BA Religious Studies & Anthropology BA Religious Studies & Chinese Studies BA Religious Studies & Classical Studies BA Religious Studies & Philosophy BA Religious Studies & Chinese Civilisation BA Religious Studies & Heritage Studies BA Theology & Classical Studies BA Theology & History BA Theology & Philosophy BA Theology & Heritage Studies

V616 LV66 TV16 QVV6 VV6M T1V6 9C2M QV86 VV16 VVP5 3X29

Major/Minor Honours BA Religious Studies with Applied Psychology 7C29 BA Theology with Heritage Management 6C30 BA Religious Studies with Heritage Management 72XS BA Theology with Education Studies 1QR4 BA Religious Studies with Education Studies VL64

VVL2 LVL8 VVL9 QVL0 V6L6 VVL8 C32B 2F56 27YP BSA1 D2N4 JKS2 K219

Related Programmes BA Applied Philosophy BA Philosophy BA Anthropology BA Applied Anthropology BA Classical Civilisation

V503 V502 L600 3NY6 Q820

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Social Inclusion and Social Policy discover more www.uwtsd.ac.uk/ug-social The issue of Social Inclusion, and how to tackle the Social Exclusion of disadvantaged groups in society, remains high on Welsh, UK and European political agendas. At the University of Wales Trinity Saint David we offer a range of unique programmes in this field in that they embody social theory, social policy and professional practice.

Social Inclusion draws its body of theory from social policy, sociology and psychology.

However it is not just about social policy and social theory. The principles of inclusive practice are embedded into the programme.

Through observational placements, you will have the opportunity to gain insight into working with groups and individuals, reflecting on your own values and that of the organisation you are observing.

You will have the opportunity to study in a specialised area, by following one of the three named pathways available: This Additional Needs pathway focuses on the broad range of groups and individuals who may require additional support through the course of their life. These include those with mental health issues, additional learning needs and people facing challenging life situations, such as domestic violence or seeking refuge from their country of origin. The programme will allow you to explore the policy and good practices aimed at addressing these needs, and equip you with the skills and knowledge to take up a career in a wide range of settings that provide services for people with additional needs.

See also Counselling Health and Social Care Psychology Youth and Community Public Services

Carmarthen Courses The Communities, Families and Individuals pathway will allow you to explore the relationship between individuals, families and their communities, and the role these relationships play in Social Policy, social justice and inclusion. The pathway embraces the Welsh Government agenda on sustainable community development, and how social exclusion is best challenged through strengthening communities and families. It therefore will equip you with knowledge and skills within an area that is of fundamental political significance, looking at debates such as citizenship and human rights. This pathway will enable you to work with individuals and groups in a variety of voluntary and public sector services, social enterprise or even private sector services.

Single Honours BA Social Inclusion (Additional Needs) BA Social Inclusion (Health and Social Care) BA Social Inclusion (Communities, Families and Individuals)

L593 L500 L540

Foundation Degree FdA Inclusive Studies for Teaching Assistants

Certificate of HE Cert HE Young People’s Health and Wellbeing

Welsh-medium programmes There are opportunities to study some modules through the medium of Welsh in the following:

Health and Social Care remains an extremely popular choice for anyone wishing to work with children and young people or adults, either as professional social workers with further qualifications, or the many opportunities that occur within the NHS, National and Local Government, and the public, private and third sectors. This pathway will give you the opportunity to explore issues central to the provision of health and social care in a changing world.

You will engage in current debates, such as the challenges of providing care in to an ageing population, debates of increasing concern to policy-makers and providers.

BA Cynhwysiant Cymdeithasol (Anghenion Ychwangenol) 73L8 BA Cynhwysiant Cymdeithasol (Cymunedau, Teuluoedd ac Unigolion) 83BY BA Cynhwysiant Cymdeithasol (Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol) 99H7 FdA Astudiaethau Cynhwysol ar gyfer Cynorthwywyr Addysgu

All of our Social Inclusion programmes are taught by experienced and research-active staff in a friendly, supportive environment on our Carmarthen Campus.

Related Programmes

Swansea Courses Certificate of HE Cert HE Advocacy

BA Applied Drama BA Public Services

W401 L490

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Sport, Health and the Outdoors

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The University offers an exciting portfolio of courses linked to sporting activities, healthy lifestyles and outdoor education.

For students interested in exploring these subject areas the University offers a range of opportunities and perspectives.

On the Carmarthen campus, the School of Sport, Health and Outdoor Education concentrates on practice-based, high-activity programmes for students interested in exploring Outdoor Education, Sport Therapy, Physical Education, Personal Training, Health and Exercise & Sports Studies, and Health, Nutrition and Lifestyle. A careful synthesis of physical practice underpinned by academic study is a fundamental characteristic of each programme of study. Development within the School has been led by UK and Welsh Government policies linked to health, social cohesion and a concern for low levels of physical activity within the population. It highlights the inclusive, performance and vocational-related focus of all the courses. The University’s strong health focus was evident in a student-led Health Promotion in Motion event organised by second-year students. It addressed sexual health, alcohol awareness, nutritional awareness and food hygiene.

The Carmarthen programmes utilise the fantastic, natural resources of West Wales and also offer exciting international opportunities to study abroad in Norway, Canada and the United States.

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Rachel Jones (BA Health and Sport Studies) believes her experience at the University of North Carolina “helped me grow in confidence and also helped me to believe in my ability more. At the beginning I was unsure whether I would be able to survive on my own in a completely different country, and maybe going in at the deep end helped, not knowing anyone else, but I did it and enjoyed every minute of it. The friends I have made and the things I have learned will stay with me for life.”

postgraduate programmes, focusing on the management of sport, leisure and events.

Sport is becoming one of the key global industry sectors with diverse provision in community settings through to elite and professional sport. The sports management programme aims to prepare students for future sports and recreation management careers in traditional public and voluntary sectors and the rapidly expanding commercially-driven private sport, health and fitness sectors.

Other students, such as surf kayaker Sam Davenport (BA Physical Education), have been able to combine their sporting passion with their studies. As well as achieving a silver medal in the 2011 World Championships in Connecticut, Sam has excelled at junior and senior level gaining a host of other national and international awards.

Students will benefit from studying in a region boasting a highly successful sporting heritage with a number of professional sports clubs and franchises playing in topflight competitions. There is also a rapidly expanding modern sporting infrastructure developing as a result of significant investment in community and private sport.

Making all courses relevant to future employment is a fundamental aspect of our provision and includes providing additional opportunities to achieve external, professional, qualifications (such as the Gym Instructor and Mountain Leader Awards) that are so valued by employers and professional organisations.

Similarly, the innovative product design programmes within the Faculty of Applied Design and Engineering offer cutting-edge courses in Extreme Sports Engineering.

In Swansea, the emphasis is on Sports Management which is studied within the Faculty of Business and Management as part of a suite of undergraduate and

If you want a degree programme that emphasises health, activity, lifestyle and genuine career opportunities – we could be the right place for you.

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Carmarthen Courses Single Honours BSc Health, Nutrition and Lifestyle LB54 BA Outdoor Education X390 BSc Outdoor Fitness BA Physical Education CX69 BSc Personal Training (Health and Exercise) 4B32 BSc Sport Therapy BC61

Joint Honours BA Health and Exercise & Sports Studies

BC46

Welsh-medium Programmes There are opportunities to study some modules through the medium of Welsh in the following: BA Addysg Awyr Agored X391 BA Addysg Gorfforol XC96 BSc Therapi Chwaraeon BC61

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Sport, Health and the Outdoors

Swansea Courses Single Honours

BA Sports Management BEng Extreme Sports Engineering ∆ BEng Extreme Sports Engineering (4 year)

N871 H340 CH61

Integrated Master’s MEng Extreme Sports Engineering

H338

For full listings of our Master’s Programmes, please see our website

Foundation Degree FdA Sports Management

5J1A

Higher National Diploma HND Sports Management

178N

Higher National Certificate HNC Sports Management

Certificate of HE Cert HE Sports Management

Welsh-medium Programmes There are opportunities to study some modules through the medium of Welsh in the following: BA Rheolaeth Chwaraeon

∆

N871

Exisiting course with new modules subject to validation

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Surface Pattern and Textiles For those with a passion for the creation of exciting and innovative surfaces and structures, Surface Pattern and Textiles offers exciting opportunities to consider colour, texture, image and concept within the context of contemporary Textiles and Applied Arts practice.

The focus is on creative inspiration, which allows students to fully develop their individual voice and style. At our Swansea Campus there are four pathways in the Surface Pattern and Textiles cluster: • Textiles for Interiors; • Textiles for Fashion; • Fashion Object; and, • Maker.

A wide range of techniques, processes and materials are taught across the pathways through a vibrant series of workshops, lectures and seminars, supported by regular tutorials and group critiques. We imaginatively explore the exciting potential that comes with combining traditional skills with the latest cutting-edge digital technology. Workshops include dyeing and printing, fine art printmaking, stitch, knit, embellishment and manipulation of a wide variety of materials, including paper, wire, metal, glass, plastics, acrylics and, of course, textiles.

The department has an excellent range of digital equipment and facilities, including a

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large Apple Mac computer suite, laser cutters and engravers, digital textile printers, a digital embroiderer and water jet cutter. The non-digital equipment is equally impressive with full facilities for dyeing, screen printing, stitch, metalwork and much more. In addition to this, every student has their own personal space in the lively, light and airy studio accommodating all three years of the course.

There are many links, collaborations and live briefs with industry, external projects and placements as well as foreign opportunities and trips abroad.

The Textiles for Interiors pathway is designed for students wishing to specialise as designers and makers, with a passion for enhancing interior spaces with innovative textiles. A strong emphasis is placed on conceptual development, as is a sound understanding of the issues and expectations associated with a 21st century lifestyle. The aim is to challenge and influence the interiors of the future with surfaces to excite the senses.

The Textiles for Fashion pathway is for those students wishing to specialise in Textiles for Fashion. Through workshops, lectures, seminars and visits, students develop a sound understanding of how to meet the particular needs of the fashion industry.

Emphasis is placed on innovation with materials and techniques, supported and encouraged by highly experienced tutors.

You will learn how to identify trends, market

See also Art and Design (Foundation Diploma) Fine Art Design Glass Photography and Film Visual Communication

requirements and client profiles, and create fashion textile design collections to show your understanding and increasingly establish your own unique identity as a designer for this fastmoving context.

The Fashion Object pathway aims to produce designers and makers who can create cuttingedge work to influence the way we look and feel, and who will have a dynamic impact on the fashion world. The course is a dynamic hybrid of fashion design, fine detailing and styling to create unique three-dimensional wearable pieces or fashion ‘objects’. This attention to detailing and embellishment within a fashion context will allow students to design, make and style one-off garments/ sculptures, fashion jewellery and accessories.

The multi-disciplinary Surface Pattern Design Maker pathway provides the framework for students to develop dynamic and innovative ideas in a variety of materials. The central philosophy is to foster the creativity of students who will enjoy experimenting with a range of materials and who might consider themselves to be ‘makers’.

There are major studies in Textiles and Fine Art Printmaking but you may well find yourself specialising in other materials such as metal, ceramics, glass, wood, paper, or plastics.

“ Surface Pattern Design has provided me with a variety of experience and skills in a wide range of digital and traditional practices. It has been the ultimate experience and has given me great confidence for the future in designing textiles for fashion”.

Daisy Jones

discover more www.uwtsd.ac.uk/art-design Swansea Courses Single Honours BA Surface Pattern Design (Maker) BA Surface Pattern Design (Textiles for Fashion) BA Surface Pattern Design (Textiles for Interiors) BA Surface Pattern Design (Fashion Object)

W790 W234 W235 W230

Integrated Master's MDes Surface Pattern Design*

Related Programmes BA Glass: Contemporary Practice BA Glass: Architectural Arts* MDes Glass: Contemporary Practice** MDes Glass: Architectural Arts**

W773 2LD2 0H3A 5H3M

*Subject to validation **Subject to validation there will be the option to study on a four-year MDes course that allows you to achieve a Master’s award within a single fee structure.

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See also

Teaching

Early Childhood Education Youth and Community For postgraduate routes see UCAS Teacher Training

The University offers two undergraduate programmes of Primary initial teacher education and training (ITET) leading to the award of Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), one through the medium of English and one through the medium of Welsh. Primary and Secondary postgraduate routes with QTS are also available if you have an undergraduate degree (see UCAS-Teacher Training).

Undertaking a programme of Primary ITET leading to QTS enables you to enter the teaching profession as a newly qualified teacher. The programme provides you with extremely valuable skills and knowledge to help you build your career in education, either in school or in education-related areas of work. With strong links to partnership schools, our professionoriented programmes have an excellent graduate employment record.

Our graduates leave us with an ability to resolve education-related problems, plan for the learning of children with a variety of learning requirements and work as an effective team member in school.

Carmarthen Courses Single Honours

Our undergraduate programmes are BA Primary Education with QTS X120 based on the Carmarthen campus and the postgraduate routes are offered from the Swansea campus in Townhill. There are Welsh-medium Programme specialist teaching facilities across both sites and we work closely with local schools BA Addysg Gynradd gyda SAC X123 who offer sector-leading observation facilities for Primary trainees to support the student learning experience. There is a strong sense of community across the Faculty and access to a range of special events such as professional conferences, excellence events, guest lectures from inspiring educational practitioners and alumni. We also offer the opportunity to undertake education-related travel opportunities nationally and internationally.

The Primary BA Education with QTS programme offers routes to specialise in, for All our programmes result in the award example, early years, Key stage 2, Literacy of QTS and registration with the General and English/Welsh, Numeracy and Mathematics, Humanities, the Arts and Science. Teaching Council of Wales. You will gain work experience during your ITET programme through placement in schools We’re renowned for our friendly, flexible for at least 24 weeks on an undergraduate and student-centred approach to teaching and learning, and offer you the opportunity ITET route. Students undertaking the Welsh-medium programme will be placed to specialise in areas according to your particular interests as you progress through in Welsh-medium school settings. There are also options open to English-medium the programme. The teaching team, all of whom are qualified teachers, make effective students who have appropriate Welsh language skills. use of new information technologies and students can be involved in pilot projects to develop new ways of working both in schools and in University.

We build sustainable development into our teaching and learning and use innovative teaching methods to exemplify best practice in Primary classrooms in Wales.

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“ I have no doubt in my mind, that Swansea helped me achieve my full potential as a Graphic Designer. The theory taught broadened my understanding of design.

The work pushed my creativity in new, interesting ways, while the lecturers were both encouraging and insightful, going above and beyond to help when needed. If you’re considering a career in Graphic Design, I can recommend nowhere better”.

Matthew Boyle - graphic design Graphic Designer at Lego, Denmark

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Visual Communication

See also

Advertising / Graphic Design / Illustration

Surface Pattern and Textiles

Art and Design (Foundation Diploma) Fine Art Design Digital Media Photography and Film

discover more www.uwtsd.ac.uk/art-design Visual Communication is a vibrant, friendly and professional department that encourages students to pursue innovative futures in a range of creative industries. The school has an excellent reputation in providing students with all the skills, knowledge and confidence they need to succeed.

We focus on developing individual creativity, supported by a wide variety of specialist skill-based workshops to help students communicate striking and searching messages about the world we live in. There are three courses within the subject cluster Visual Communication: BA(Hons) Graphic Design, BA(Hons) Illustration, and BA(Hons) Advertising and Brand Design. All three are based at our Dynevor Campus in Swansea city centre. While each course focuses on clearly defined areas of study, all courses encourage traditional, new and innovative ways of challenging the wider subject area of visual communication.

Departmental resources include a large printmaking facility with letterpresses, screen printing, relief printing and etching.

There are six lively practice-based studios and three Apple Mac suites equipped with the latest software along with large format printing and laser cutting facilities. There is also access to the latest digital technologies and publishing software in our state-of-theart new media facilities.

BA(Hons) Graphic Design is integral to our visual culture and professional graphic designers play a key role as prime cultural producers and communicators. The graphic

designer creates, manipulates and gives visual form to words and imagery in order to inform, persuade, delight - and occasionally disturb. The programme provides you with a broad education in graphic design and, with an inbuilt degree of flexibility, it enables you to pursue individual interests whether in the fields of corporate graphics and brand identity, publishing, general design for print, packaging or interactive screen-based design.

BA(Hons) Illustration is all about imagemaking and effective communication.

As a dynamic and evolving discipline, it not only explores drawing and painting through structured workshops, but pursues illustration of many other kinds, through typography, collage, printmaking, ceramics, motion, as well as mixed and digital media.

Utilising both traditional, digital and experimental materials and processes, students determine their own eventual working practices. As well as annual study trips to Europe, a full programme of visiting professionals also ensures that strong links with industry and the commercial world are maintained.

BA(Hons) Advertising and Brand Design is a bit Fine Art, a bit Graphic Design and a bit Business - all tied up with the latest digital technologies and then amplified by every possible media. People in advertising have an immense creative ability and a real desire to make their mark. Above everything, they are ideas people. This course aims to make every day an exciting challenge to find something new and innovative. The course

prides itself on liaising with actual businesses to find real problems to solve. Students then apply creativity and ingenuity to find effective and original solutions. Our ‘hands on’ projects include design for branding, creative art direction (working with photographers and video students among others), ‘pitching’ concepts and ideas to clients, marketing strategies and conceiving innovative new campaigns.

Visual Communication is an exciting and vibrant area of study that can lead to a very successful and productive career within the creative industries. Our lecturers pride themselves on being approachable and friendly, in order to provide students with all the support, advice and encouragement they need for success.

Swansea Courses Single Honours BA Advertising and Brand Design BA Illustration BA Graphic Design

W221 W220 W210

MDes Advertising & Brand Design* MDes Illustration* MDes Graphic Design* *Subject to validation there will be the option to study on a four-year MDes course that allows you to achieve a Master’s award within a single fee structure.

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Welsh and Bilingualism The University is one of the key providers of Welsh medium undergraduate courses and offers a wide range of opportunities for students wishing to study their degree either wholly in Welsh or bilingually.

Our school of Welsh and Bilingual Studies offers a number of programmes related to the Welsh language and bilingualism.

These include our new BA(Hons) Applied Bilingualism (Welsh with English) which is offered at our Carmarthen campus. This programme is specifically for those who have learned Welsh as a Second Language and its main aim is to strengthen linguistic skills and create confidence in the ability to use both Welsh and English.

Nevertheless, the emphasis is not solely on developing linguistic skills. The social contexts of both languages are also considered in a programme which treats languages as living means of communication used by communities at all levels in their daily lives.

The course doesn’t just look at Welsh and English, though, but considers also the relationship between languages in a global context and the future of the world’s languages at a time when many of them are disappearing.

The ability to communicate effectively is one of the skills most valued by employers, and the objective of this course is to create

individuals who are completely confident in Welsh and English, and prepare them for work in fields such as translation, subtitling, language teaching, TEFL, TESOL and language planning, as well as a host of other jobs which place value on high level communication skills. Opportunities are also available for work experience or an original project.

Two thirds of the modules are offered mainly in Welsh, and one third mainly in English thereby ensuring the development of high level skills in both languages This is a unique degree scheme which fully equips those who come from a Welsh Second Language background for living and working in a bilingual society.

Carmarthen Courses Single Honours BA Applied Bilingualism (Welsh with English)/ Dwyieithrwydd Cymhwysol (Cymraeg gyda Saesneg)

0R1C

Related Programmes Certificate in Practical Welsh (Foundation) Certificate in Practical Welsh (Intermediate) Tystysgrif mewn Cymraeg Ymarferol

As well as this campus-based degree scheme, the School offers a range of online part-time courses for Welsh learners such as the 60 credit Certificate in Practical Welsh available from all levels from beginners through to advanced level. The School also offers an online 60 credit Certificate of Continuing Education in Professional Communication for those fluent in the Welsh language.

Visit our website www.uwtsd.ac.uk for details.

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Workplace Studies See also discover more www.uwtsd.ac.uk/ug-workplace

Business and Management Social Inclusion and Social Policy

The University offers a range of undergraduate programmes specifically designed for progression within the workplace. Some programmes contextualise the workplace experience in the modules being studied (CertHE Skills for the Workplace/BA Management Skills for the Workplace), others offer extensive placement opportunities within the workplace (Social Inclusion) and some are entirely based within the workplace (Professional Practice Framework). In all instances the programmes have been developed in conjunction with industry, business and the relevant public bodies to ensure that as a University we are meeting the needs of learners and employers.

The principles of inclusive practice are embedded into the programme.

Through observational placements, you will have the opportunity to gain insight into working with groups and individuals, reflecting on your own values and those of the organisation you are observing.

The Certificate of Higher Education, Foundation Degree, Graduate Certificate and BA Professional Practice is an integrated bilingual professional development framework programme incorporating accreditation of employers’ staff development programmes, accreditation of prior experiential learning, and delivery of a range of modules leading to an academic qualification in Professional Practice.

It has a distinctive portfolio of employmentfocused programmes that are delivered through blended learning routes.

The Cert HE Skills for the Workplace and its full-degree progression route, BA Management Skills for the Workplace, are full-time courses, delivered flexibly within the community, at times convenient to non-traditional learners with extensive online support. The modules concentrate on generic business and management skills applicable in a range of employment contexts. The programmes are particularly valuable for career progression, for those seeking to return to the workplace, or after a period of absence.

A Foundation Degree in Inclusive Studies for Teaching Assistants, which is Carmarthenbased and delivered across Wales in Welsh, English and Bilingually, according to your choice, and a Swansea-based Foundation Degree in Learning Support, full-time and part-time, are also available.

The learner voice is central to the planning, delivery and review of learning opportunities and the team works closely with employers and learners, celebrating achievements at the end of each academic year.

The Social Inclusion programmes are unique in that they embody social theory, social policy and professional practice.

Social Inclusion, now recognised as a field in its own right, draws its body of theory from social policy, sociology and psychology. However it is not just about social policy and social theory.

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The Wales Institute for Work-based Learning deliver the University’s Workbased Learning (WBL) provision and is run by a dynamic team who deliver a range of high quality, innovative bilingual learning opportunities for its diverse body of learners. It comprises a highly qualified and highly respected team of staff, many of whom have influenced and shaped regional and national agendas and polices in their respective areas. The team is learner-centred, encourages inclusion, widening access and lifelong learning.

Learners are employed and normally commence their studies with a Learning Plan which provides them with an opportunity to reflect on experiential learning achieved while working. This also identifies developmental needs and an opportunity to create an individual learning programme to address personal needs. A mandatory component of any award is the Work-based Learning Project which enables learners to pursue an independent work-based learning project which has been negotiated with both their organisation and their assigned tutor.

Carmarthen Courses Single Honours BA Management Skills for the Workplace Apply Direct BA Professional Practice Apply Direct BA Social Inclusion (Additional Needs) L593 BA Social Inclusion (Health and Social Care) L500 BA Social Inclusion (Communities, Families and Individuals) L540

Foundation Degree FdA Degree in Inclusive Studies for Teaching Assistants

Welsh-medium Programmes BA Arfer Proffesiynol FdA Arfer Proffesiynol Tyst AU Arfer Proffesiynol

Swansea Courses Foundation Degree FdA Degree in Learning Support

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Youth and Community Work Youth work is a profession with a clearly stated purpose, values, and principles. The key purpose of youth work in the United Kingdom is to:

issues that impact on young people’s lives, such as the nature of society and issues of social inclusion, sociology and psychology of young people. Students are required to complete 800 hours of assessed fieldwork placements during the programme, as well as attend observational visits to support other modules.

‘Enable young people to develop holistically, working with them to facilitate their personal, social and educational development, to enable them to develop their voice, influence and place in society and to reach their full potential’. The course is offered through the medium of English, Welsh and bilingually. It is supported by a developing e-library which contains all This statement refers to the holistic the major publications affecting work with development of young people, recognising young people in Wales. In addition, part that personal, social and educational of the Wales Youth Work Library Collection development can also include, for example, physical, political and spiritual development is now located at the University, affording students the opportunity to access key (LSIS, 2012). historical texts and policy documents, as well as other key youth work resources.

The BA(Hons) Youth and Community Work programme at the University of Wales In addition we offer a Foundation degree Trinity Saint David offers a professional in Children and Young People on our qualification, underpinned by the core Swansea campus for those seeking to build principles and values of youth work. The a career in related fields. For those who programme carries ETS Wales endorsement are interested in the role the Arts play in which is a JNC recognised qualification our community and in developing related widely recognised across the world. The practice, we offer a BA(Hons) Art Practice degree explores how to facilitate and (Community) taught in either Welsh or support young people’s growth, and English on our Carmarthen Campus. personal and social development, in a variety of informal and non-formal settings.

We have also launched a number of It reflects current youth policy and practice innovative new Certificate of Higher in both Wales and the UK and is relevant to Education programmes in related subjects. the occupational sector, local and national These programmes promote flexible employers and voluntary sectors. learning, so those busy with personal, Placements are integral to the course in both professional and other commitments can statutory and voluntary youth work settings, access high quality education. The Certificate of Higher Education in Advocacy has been and are underpinned by critically assessing

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See also Education Health and Social Care Psychology, Social Inclusion and Social Policy Sport, Health and the Outdoors

developed to support those who promote the independent voice and protect the rights and choices of individuals in society.

Advocacy promotes social inclusion, equality and social justice for those groups in need of support, such as children and families, those with intellectual and/or physical disability, elderly at home, and elderly in residential care.

The Cert HE in Young People’s Health and Wellbeing has a practice-based curriculum designed to integrate significant core skills into the programme. Skills such as communication, problem-solving and team working are combined with specific skills, such as the delivery of health-based sessions to young people and literacy which feature strongly.

The Cert HE in Playwork is unique in Wales, and introduces you to a range of topics, relevant and stimulating subjects that enable you to better understand children, young people, organisations and the community. The programme is ideal for those who are interested in a career in Playwork, who wish to give something back to their community and who may not have any prior qualifications.

We also have a new part-time Graduate Certificate in Adolescent Psychology. This is designed for those who are either working in, or interested in working in, related fields such as youth work and teaching, and who would like to develop their knowledge of this specific area of psychology.

Carmarthen Courses Single Honours BA Youth and Community Work

L592

Welsh-medium Programmes BA Gwaith Ieuenctid a Chymuned BA Celf Ymarferol (Cymuned)

L591 05B2

Related Programmes BA Art Practice (Community)

83C2

Swansea Courses Foundation Degree FdA Children and Young People

1A7F

Certificate of HE Cert HE Advocacy Cert HE Playwork Cert HE Young People’s Health and Wellbeing

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HOW TO APPLY Applying online at ucas.com All applications to study for a full-time undergraduate degree programme or Higher National Diploma at the University are made through UCAS using Apply - an online application system available at: ucas.com/apply

Institution Codes The University has recently gone through a merger and so we have different UCAS codes depending upon the main campus of study.

The UCAS codes, at the time of going to press are: S96 – UWTSD Swansea T80 – UWTSD Carmarthen/ Lampeter/ London But please check the University website for any updates before applying via UCAS.

Students at a school or college registered with UCAS All UK schools and colleges (and a small number of establishments overseas) are registered with UCAS to manage their students’ applications. You will need to obtain a ‘buzzword’ from your tutor or careers adviser, which you will need when you register with UCAS. This establishes the organisation from which you are applying and allows your referee to attach your reference. You may pay for your application either by credit or debit card online, or by paying your school or other registered centre who will then pay UCAS.

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Independent applicants in the UK Other UK applicants, who are not at school or college, apply online independently and are responsible for paying the correct application fee, for requesting the academic reference to be attached and for submitting the completed application online to UCAS. Your referee should be a teacher or professional who knows you well enough to write about you and your suitability for higher education. You will need to make your payment online using a credit or debit card. The card need not be in your own name, but you will require the consent of the cardholder.

International applicants outside the UK (EU and worldwide) Individuals from the EU (excluding the UK) and worldwide, apply directly to the University, except for those whose school or college is registered with UCAS. Advice is available from British Council offices and other centres overseas, such as your school or college.

For all applicants, there are full instructions at www.ucas.com to make it as easy as

possible for you to fill in your online application. If you require further information and advice, you can contact the UCAS Customer Service Unit on +44 (0)871 468 0468, open Monday to Friday, 08.30 - 18.00 (UK time).

When to apply UCAS will begin to process applications for the new academic year from early September. The majority of our fulltime undergraduate programmes have a UCAS application deadline the 15th of January. However, you should check the application deadline for your chosen course(s) on the UCAS website.

You are advised to submit your application to UCAS prior to the deadline specified; however you can apply after that date if we still have vacancies for the course(s) that you have selected.

Part-time undergraduate students Details of how to apply for part-time programmes are available on the website.

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Entry Requirements The University of Wales Trinity Saint David welcomes applicants with a diverse range of UK and international qualifications.

We are committed to increasing participation in higher education and therefore consider each applicant on his or her individual merit. For some programmes we invite applicants to the University to discuss their chosen course and are pleased to advise potential students on the appropriate programme and preparation for studying at higher education.

The University will make offers for each individual undergraduate programme in the form of subjects, grades, units or UCAS Tariff points.

What is the UCAS Tariff? 路 It is a points score system to report achievement for entry to higher education. 路 It gives numerical values to qualifications. 路 It establishes agreed equivalences between different types of qualifications. 路 It provides comparisons between applicants with different types of achievement

How does the point score system work?

Point scores can be accumulated from different qualifications, eg GCE A level/ Advanced Subsidiary (AS). There is no ceiling to the number of points which can be achieved, thereby recognising the full breadth and depth of students' achievements.

There is no double counting - students cannot count the same or similar qualifications twice.

Advanced Subsidiary scores will be subsumed into the A level scores in the same subject. Scottish Higher scores will be subsumed into Advanced Higher Scores in the same subject. A table showing the UCAS Tariff for all qualifications can be found at: www.ucas.com/students/ucas_tariff

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Minimum Entry Requirements International Qualifications Below are some typical minimum requirements for applicants, however, for specific entry requirements for each course, please visit our website www.uwtsd.ac.uk or the UCAS website.

Honours Degree Programmes Typically a minimum of two A levels and supporting AS level qualifications, or equivalent. There may be some specific course requirements to be taken into account.

Higher National Diplomas Typically a minimum of one A level and supporting AS level qualifications, or equivalent.

Key Skills

We recognise a wide range of international qualifications, including the International, French and European Baccalaureates.

If you are applying from outside the UK, typically a minimum of the equivalent of two A-Level passes for an honours degree programme and the equivalent of one UK A-Level pass for an HND programme will meet the University entry requirements.

The University will also accept students who have completed a recognised International Foundation Programme, for example, those offered by UK Further Education Colleges, Universities, and Colleges of Higher Education.

English Language Requirements If you are an international student, you will be required to have sufficient command of the English language to enable you to follow your course without linguistic difficulties.

The University warmly welcomes applications from students studying Key Skills qualifications, but offers will not usually include more than 20 points for Level 3 Key skills.

For example, for study at undergraduate level and above, your English language must be assessed at CEFR Level B2 which is equivalent to a minimum of IELTS 6.0 overall with no less than 5.5 in reading, writing, listening and speaking.

Access Courses

If you wish to study below degree level you must provide evidence of a Secure English Language Test (SELT). For a list of these and for further information regarding Home Office English language requirements please go to

An increasing number of students now apply after completing Access courses, and we warmly welcome such applicants. Access courses are run in partnership with local Further Education colleges. Such courses are specifically designed for students with few, or no, formal qualifications, who would benefit from study experience before going on to apply for a place in higher education.

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/ visasimmigration/studying/adult-students/ canyou-apply/english-language/ If you have any questions regarding this please e-mail international@sm.uwtsd.ac.uk

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Visas Procedures for International Students Students who come from outside of the European Union/EEA will be required to have a visa before they can study in the UK. Although there are many types of visa, if you are applying for a visa to study for the first time, you will be required to apply for a Tier 4 student visa. Once you have received an offer from the University and met all of the conditions, we will be able to offer you guidance and advice regarding your visa application.

If you hold a current visa under another category, you may be able to study at UWTSD. If you are unsure, please e-mail: Carmarthen internationalcc@uwtsd.ac.uk Swansea internationaloffice@uwtsd.ac.uk Lampeter internationallc@uwtsd.ac.uk For more details regarding the visa application process, please visit: http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/ visasimmigration/studying/ http://www.ukcisa.org.uk/InternationalStudents/Preparing--planning/Visasandimmigration/

How to Apply

Returning to Study?

Non-standard Qualifications?

We welcome applications from adult learners who may not possess formal qualifications but have the motivation and commitment to study for Higher Education qualifications. We are keen to encourage students who are returning to study onto our programmes and are able to consider applications based on your individual merit. If you are able to demonstrate appropriate experience, knowledge or evidence of recent study, we may be able to consider these in lieu of formal academic qualifications.

We will invite you to an interview to discuss an appropriate course and preparation for studying towards a qualification.

Please contact Eve Warburton E-mail: e.warburton@uwtsd.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)1570 424867

Recognition of Prior Learning The University is pleased to consider applications from individuals with relevant certificated qualifications, or evidence of experiential learning, that may allow them to enter a programme at an advanced level. Applicants will be asked to complete a Recognition of Prior Learning Form at the application stage.

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MORE Open Days and Visits Attending an Open Day is an excellent way for you to find out about the University and the programmes. They provide an opportunity for you and your family to ask questions to ensure that you are making the right decision by:

• Meeting the academic staff to discuss course options, entry requirements and learn what your course will entail.

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Talking to our finance officers and learn about the costs of Higher Education and the financial support available. You may also discuss your individual situation.

• Meeting our Learning Support Team to discuss any special learning support that you may require.

• Touring our campuses, with superb facilities, and viewing accommodation.

• Meeting current students and talking to them about their experiences of life at the University.

If you live outside the area, you’ll also get an opportunity to get to know the town and the region in which your chosen campus is located.

Although we encourage prospective students to visit during Open Days, our admissions officers will do their best to accommodate visits at any time during the year.

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Lampeter Campus Visit Days Visit days are held every Wednesday on the Lampeter Campus and give you a genuine insight into life at University of Wales Trinity Saint David before you apply.

Open Day Dates Swansea July 4, 2015 August 15, 2015 (Clearing) September 25 & 26, 2015 November 7, 2015 December 5, 2015 Carmarthen June 19, 2015 August 15, 2015 (Clearing) October 9 & 10, 2015 Lampeter June 20, 2015 August 15, 2015 (Clearing) September 12, 2015 November 7, 2015

Book your place: uwtsd.ac.uk/opendays There are also opportunities to visit our campuses throughout the year.

To find out more go to: uwtsd.ac.uk/visitus

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Schools and Colleges Liaison The University is a member of HELOA - the Higher Education Liaison Officers Association - and therefore we are in regular contact with our colleagues in other universities and colleges in the UK. We aim to provide a professional advice service that considers your needs and career aspirations.

Our recruitment team regularly attends mock interviews and careers events organised by schools and colleges throughout the UK, as well as many of the UCAS events. We also attend the careers events held each autumn in Dublin and Cork. We provide a comprehensive support service for schools and colleges which includes arranging course specific Study Days for students in Years 12 & 13, subject-specific lectures by academic staff, as well as general talks on other issues affecting the choice of HE courses, for example: • Planning Your Career; • Choosing the Right Course/University or College; • How to Complete a UCAS Form; • Study Skills - The Expectation at University; • Financing Higher Education.

Contact our Schools and Colleges Liaison Team: Melanie Jones Executive Schools & Colleges Liaison Officer Tel: +44 (0)1267 6767 94 E-mail: melanie.jones@uwtsd.ac.uk Online You’ll find detailed information about individual programmes and life at UWTSD online on our website: www.uwtsd.ac.uk

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Location Maps and directions

For further information e-mail: registryadmissions@uwtsd.ac.uk

For detailed directions and travel information for our campuses please visit: www.uwtsd.ac.uk/location

Carmarthen Campus University of Wales Trinity Saint David Carmarthen Campus Carmarthen SA31 3EP Tel: +44 (0)1267 676767 Admissions Telephone: 0300 500 5054

Lampeter Campus University of Wales Trinity Saint David Lampeter Campus Ceredigion SA48 7ED Tel: +44 (0)1570 422351 Admissions Telephone: 0300 500 5054

Campus Locations Carmarthen Campus Postcode for Sat Nav: SA31 3EP Lampeter Campus Postcode for Sat Nav: SA48 7ED Swansea Campuses Postcode for SATNav: SA1 6ED Our Swansea campus is spread across several locations within the city. The postcode above is for our central reception in Mount Pleasant.

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Correspondence address: University of Wales Trinity Saint David Mount Pleasant Swansea SA1 6ED Tel: +44 (0)1792 481000 Registry/Admissions Telephone: +44 (0)1792 481010

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FEES AND FINANCE Full-time Undergraduate Students from Wales or the EU (except the rest of UK) Tuition fees For information about fees please visit our website: uwtsd.ac.uk/finance/tuition-fees

Sources of Funding for Your Studies Welsh Government Learning Grant Students normally resident in Wales can apply to Student Finance Wales for a means-tested Welsh Government Learning Grant (WGLG).

Further information is available on the Student Finance Wales website: studentfinancewales.co.uk

Maintenance loans You can apply for a student maintenance loan to cover your remaining living expenses.

Tuition fee loans You can apply for a tuition fee loan to cover your tuition fees. This is paid directly to the University.

Special support grant The Special Support Grant replaces the Maintenance Grant in certain circumstances.

It can help with extra course-related costs such as books, equipment, travel, or childcare.

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Full-time Undergraduate Students from England, Scotland, Northern Ireland Tuition fees For information about fees please visit our website: uwtsd.ac.uk/finance/tuition-fees

Sources of Funding for Your Studies Maintenance Grant - Students normally resident in the rest of the UK can apply for a Maintenance Grant. This grant is means-tested and does not have to be repaid, however the amount you receive as a Student Loan may be reduced.

Maintenance loans You can apply for a student maintenance loan to cover your remaining living expenses.

Tuition fee loans You can apply for a tuition fee loan to cover your tuition fees. This is paid directly to the University.

Special support grant The Special Support Grant replaces the Maintenance Grant in certain circumstances.

It can help with extra course-related costs such as books, equipment, travel, or childcare.

International Students Full-time Undergraduate Students from outside the EU "At UWTSD we offer a range of bursaries and scholarships, as we believe higher education should be available to all those who would benefit from it."

Tuition fees Students living outside the EU are normally expected to pay their own tuition fees.

For information about fees please visit our website: uwtsd.ac.uk/finance/tuition-fees

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Part-time Undergraduate Students

How to Apply for Financial Support (UK/EU Applicants)

Tuition fees

It’s really important that you apply as soon as possible for financial support for your studies, as this will help ensure that you receive any support you are entitled to in good time.

Part-time undergraduate fees are structured in a very different way to full-time fees.

You will be required to pay per module of study. Please visit our website or contact the University for information about fees and the financial assistance available for part-time students.

To find out more about how and when to apply please contact the agency for the area in which you live now for full details. Here’s the list of contacts for each part of the UK and the European Union:

Additional help Supplementary Allowances Additional funding is available to students in particular circumstances, including if you are disabled or have dependants, e.g., Special Support Grant, Childcare Grant, Parents’ Learning Allowance. The University provides help with applications for the Disabled Student’s Allowance, the Non-Medical Helper’s Allowance and the Equipment Allowance where appropriate.

Money Advice Service The University runs a money advice service to help you manage your money including advice on setting and keeping to a budget so that you avoid financial difficulties.

Who to Contact Wales Student Finance Wales Tel: 0300 200 4050 www.studentfinancewales.co.uk England Student Finance Direct Tel: 0300 100 0607 www.gov.uk/student-finance Scotland Student Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS) www.saas.gov.uk

Please contact Student Services for more details:

Northern Ireland

Carmarthen Tel: +44 (0)1267 676830 Lampeter Tel: +44 (0)1570 424722 Swansea Tel: +44 (0)1792 481123

Student Finance NI Tel: 0300 100 0077 www.studentfinanceni.co.uk

*The information provided here is correct at the time of writing but you should check the relevant websites above or speak to a student finance adviser. Up-to-date information will also be posted on our website as it becomes available. Fees are payable at the beginning of the course, or alternatively you can arrange to pay in two instalments. Contact the University Finance Office on 01267 676704 to arrange this option.

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Another EU Country You may get support for tuition fees on a similar basis to UK students but you will not be eligible to apply for a Student Loan, Supplementary Grants, or Access to Learning Funds. For an application form for help with tuition fees, please contact: Student Finance Services non-UK TeamStudent Loans Company PO Box 89 Darlington County Durham England DL1 9AZ Tel: +44 (0)141 243 3570 Call the Student Finance team on: Carmarthen Tel: +44 (0)1267 676830 Lampeter Tel: +44 (0)1570 424722 Swansea Tel: +44 (0)1792 481123

Scholarships and Bursaries The University has a number of scholarships and bursaries available to provide extra support for undergraduate students.

All scholarships and bursaries are subject to making a successful application through Student Services on each campus. Some examples of the scholarships and bursaries available include:

Departmental scholarships A number of scholarships are available for undergraduate students in all academic areas:

Trinity Saint David Bursary The University has a number of bursaries which are targeted at full-time undergraduate students from low income households.

Welsh-medium/Bilingual Scholarships These are University scholarships for credits successfully completed through the medium of Welsh or bilingually. Modules must be a minimum 50% bilingual. In addition, Y Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol offers additional scholarships for studying a degree through the medium of Welsh.

For further information, visit: www.colegcymraeg.ac.uk

Internships After you commence your undergraduate course, you may apply for a bursary to enable you to work during your summer holidays.

Child Care Bursaries Financial support is potentially available for those students unable to access the Child Care Grant.

Residential Bursaries A number of means-tested residential bursaries are available to full fee-paying undergraduate students.

International students The University offers a range of awards for international students including scholarships, internships, and an exceptional circumstances fund which provides assistance for international students experiencing financial difficulties.

Please visit our website for more information about out scholarships and bursaries as the information above is subject to change: uwtsd.ac.uk/finance/tuition-fees

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The University supports equality and diversity in all aspects of its work.

The Student Charter Our Student Charter sets out the responsibilities which the University will fulfil to its students. It also explains the responsibilities which students will have to fulfil while studying at the University.

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In addition it also outlines the responsibility of the Students’ Union to the University and its students. By having a Student Charter in place, the University demonstrates its full commitment to continually improving the quality of its services, and recognises that students are at the heart of the institution.

The Student Charter is available on the University website.

Equal Opportunities The University is committed to ensuring equality of opportunity for all students and staff and has named inclusivity as one of seven core values at the heart of its strategic plan. We welcome applications from everyone, irrespective of gender, marital status, nationality, race, disability or age. Admissions decisions are made on the basis of an individual’s academic merit and/or potential.

The University has a comprehensive Equal Opportunities Policy and working groups for staff and students aimed at making these policies fully effective.

Quality Assurance The University has in place a Quality Assurance system which seeks to ensure rigorous course preparation and teaching.

The University has full responsibility for the approval, validation and monitoring of all courses offered by the University.

Each course is monitored, reviewed and critically appraised on a regular basis.

The University is committed to the principle that students should be given opportunities to contribute to quality assurance processes by being: • represented on committees dealing with the annual reviews of courses • represented on various other monitoring and review processes.

• encouraged to discuss matters directly with all staff, in particular, their personal tutors.

Students are represented on most of the University’s committees, including the Governing Body.

IPR Policy The University has a forward-looking and supportive policy on intellectual property rights. We work with our students to realise the full commercial value of ideas, inventions and discoveries. This ensures that our students receive the highest financial reward under the revenue-sharing scheme. Further details are available on request.

Welsh Language Welsh and English enjoy equal status as official languages of the University and the institution is committed to meeting its obligations under the Welsh Language Act 1993 by providing high quality services through the medium of Welsh.

Not a Welsh speaker? Don’t worry, you don’t need to speak Welsh for your studies, unless you choose a course clearly delivered in Welsh.

The best place to look for these course is in our Welsh language prospectus, which is available on request. Please visit our Welsh language website www.pcydds.ac.uk for further information.

Subject to Validation All courses at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David have to go through a process of ‘validation’ before they are approved for delivery. Validation is a process where the awarding body (the University of Wales Trinity Saint David or other awarding body, dependent upon the qualification) judges the quality of the proposed programme to guarantee it meets the required standards.

Some of the programmes listed in this prospectus were subject to validation at the time of going to press in February 2015. This means the University was awaiting the approval of the awarding body for the delivery of certain courses as this depends on the outcome of this process. Please check the website for the latest information.

Charitable Status Registered Charity No: 1149535 Copyright University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 2015.

All Rights Reserved.

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Index A

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Accommodation - Carmarthen 16 - Lampeter 23 - Swansea 11 Accounting and Finance 72-73 Addresses 199 Admissions 192, 199 Advertising & Brand Design 184 Advice and support 42-45 ALEX Design Exchange 8 Ancient Civilisations 74-75 Ancient History 76-77 Anthropology 78-79 Applying for entry 192-195 Archaeological Research and Consultancy 56 Archaeology 80-83 Architecture and Built Environment 84 Art and culture 60-63 Art and Design Foundation Diploma 88-89 Art Practice 134-137 Automotive 90

B Bursaries Business and Management

Early Childhood Education Electronics Engineering English, Creative Writing, Publishing and TEFL Environment Events

Design Digital Media Dylan Thomas

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Maps and travel information Marine Mammals Research Marketing Money Advice Music 126-127 My Story 128 132 N

Fairtrade Fees Film Fine Art Funding

G Glass Graphic Design Green Dragon Award Guardian Award

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L 108 Lampeter 112 Learning Resources 40 Leisure and Tourism Libraries Life Design Logistics and Transport

204 56 95. 96 202 156-157 34-35

Newport Ship Non-Destructive Testing

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58 200-203 O 164 134-137 Open Day dates 200-203 Open Day booking Our commitment to you

196 197 202-203

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203 94 Health and Social Care Heritage History C Humanities Careers Guidance 30-31 Carmarthen 12-17 I Classical Studies 100 Computing 102 Illustration Contact us (telephone numbers) 199 Industrial Design Counselling 106 INSPIRE Creative Bubble 54-55 International students

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138 185 People and Planet 58 Performing Arts 58 Philosophy Photography Postcodes for Sat Nav Psychology 140-141 Public Services 142-143 144 Q 148

58 158 162-163 164 204 166 168

Qualifications (listing and explanation) 70 Quality Assurance 204 184 108 R 58-59 50, 203 Religion and Theology 170-173 Roderic Bowen Library and Archives 22, 48

18-23 46-49 150-151 46-49 32-33 154-155

S S4C headquarters 14 SA1 development 8 Scholarships 203 Schools and Colleges Liaison 198 Social Media 198 Sociology Inclusion and Social Policy 176-177 Sport, Health and Outdoor Education 176 Sport 64-65, 68-69 Strata Florida 80 Students’ Charter 204 Students’ Experiences 34-35 Students’ Union 68-69 Subject to Validation 205 Sustainability 58 Surface Pattern and Textiles 180

T Teaching Telephone numbers Timeline

182-187 199 26-27

U UWTSD History

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V Validation Visual Communication

205 184

W Wales Heritage Academy WIAV Welfare Welsh and Bilingualism Welsh Language

57 62, 66 42-45 188-191 205

Y Youth and Community Work

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