University of South Wales

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The University of South Wales was formed on 11 April 2013 by the merger of the University of Glamorgan and the University of Wales Newport

It has five campuses and 30,000 students - operating across Cardiff, Pontypridd and Newport – as well as maintaining a presence in Merthyr Tydfil.

Its web site is at http://www.southwales.ac.uk

History and further background

The University of South Wales was formed in 2013 by the merger of the University of Glamorgan and the University of Wales, Newport. Some of their many previous incarnations were the The South Wales and Monmouthshire School of Mines and the Caerleon College of Education.

It has two subsidiaries in The College Merthyr Tydfil and the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama - and also runs the UHOVI project

For more see http://www.southwales.ac.uk/about/history/

Open Educational Resources (OER)

The University of South Wales is an anchor partner of OER U via the University of Glamorgan

For more information see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_South_Wales

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