Glamorgan

Posted August 2nd, 2007 by csc104

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University of Glamorgan Pontypridd Wales UK CF37 1DL

Contact number:

0800 716 925

Website:

http://wwww.glam.ac.uk

Brief history:

The University of Glamorgan was founded in 1913 as a School of Mines based in Trefforest to serve the large coal mining industry in the South Wales valleys. It later became Glamorgan Polytechnic, then The Polytechnic of Wales, before becoming The University of Glamorgan in 1992, the second established University in Wales.

University Life

Accommodation & Surrounding Areas:

Availability
- 1st year who accept unconditional offers usually get a place in halls, whilst others are likely to get approved private accommodation.

Costs
- Catered en suite room costs £100 per week.
- Caterd single room costs £87 per week.
- Self catered en suite costs £75 per week.
- Self caterer room with basin costs between £62 and £87.

Contract Period
- 38 weeks

Locations
- The halls are situated on a compact area, which is within walking distance of the Learning Resources Centre, computer rooms, the Centre for Sport and the Students’ Union.

Facilities
- Contents insurance included
- All charges for heating and lighting, are included in the halls fees.

Resources:

Library
- 250 000 books and journals
- 6000 electronic journals
- 800 study places

Opening hours
- 80 weekday hours
- 16 weekend hours

IT
- 1600 computers
- 24 hour access

Other
- Media centre
- Language labs
- Computer aided design labs

Transport:

Services
- The union operates a minibus shuttle service from the campus every night to ensure you get home safely.

Cost
- Free!

Welfare:

Services
- Counselling service
- Nurse run health centre (GP surgery available on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday!)
- Resident tutors
- Chaplaincy
- Student Union advice centre

Sporting facilities:

On-campus sports centre
- Large, indoor sports hall
- Unique, 9m climbing wall
- 6 badminton courts
- Aerobic studio for classes, table tennis, martial arts and fencing
- 4 squash courts
- Free weights room
- Sauna and solarium
- Sports Injury Clinic

Playing fields
- 30-acre facility at nearby Tyn-y-wern
- 7 Football pitches (2 floodlit)
- 2 rugby pitches (1 floodlit)
- All Weather Pitch and 3G Pitch
- New changing rooms
- Floodlit Scrummaging Area
- Full-size floodlit all-weather surface
- Self contained changing pavilion with mens and ladies showers
- Kitchen area for snacks, drinks and vending machines
- Seminar Room for 25 people, ideal for team/ tactical meetings (TV/video, OHP, Dry Wipe boards, flip charts)

Costs
- Annual gold student membership costs £45. (You have to pay a small fee for each visit to the facilities)

Sports Clubs
- Basketbal
- Cricket
- Football
- GAA (Gaelic Athletic Association)
- Golf
- Hockey
- Netball
- Rugby League
- Rugby Union
- Squash Badminton
- Climbing
- Jiu Jitsu
- Karate
- Scientific Diving
- Ski & Snowboard
- Swimming & Waterpolo

Boring but important

Fees and bursaries:

Undergraduate fees
- All courses set at £3070 per annum.
- Sandwich year/training placement year set at £610.

Bursary
- Welsh National Bursary; From 2007/08, Welsh domiciled students studying at a Welsh University will be eligible to apply for a non-means tested Fee Grant of £1,845 to help towards the cost of tuition fees. You should contact your Local Authority for further details.

- Glamorgan Bursary; This scheme will provide bursaries of at least £305 per year to students who are in receipt of the full Assembly Learning Grant / Higher Education Grant.

Scholarships
- Entry Scholarship 2008; £1000 per annum award for students achieving 300+ tarriff points (or equivalent) and are studying on Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science (except BSc Social Work), Bachelor of Engineering/Masters in Engineering, Bachelor of Law and Foundation Degrees.

- Residential Allowance 2008; £500 per annum awards for students who have to live away from home to attend university and both your home address and your last school address* must be more that 45 miles by road from the main University campus at Treforest

- Sports Scholarships; £500 per annum award for elite athletes plus one off £150 kit grant and sports centre membership.

- Crawshawy’s rugby scholarship; £1000 per annum award to support a talented young player through higher education at the University whilst pursuing a rugby career.

Additional scholarships
- The Aeronautical Society Centennial Scholarship Fund Provides awards for students studying a BEng or MEng in Aerospace.

- The Canadian Centennial Scholarship Fund; Awards of between £500 – £2500 to Canadian men and women who have already commenced their studies in the UK.

- Elizabeth Nuffield Foundation for female undergraduate students with children.

- Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust Undergraduate Bursaries for family of commercial travellers, chemists or grocers.

- Legal Services Commission grants for students undertaking the LPC.

- The Snowdon Awards Scheme for students with disabilities

- The Marks and Spencer Student Support Programme; offers financial support to 35 students whose parents have not attended university. You’ll be given up to £1,000 in your first year and then £500 a year for the rest of your course.

- The Royal Medical Benevolent Fund can give financial support in the forms of grants and loans to GMC registered doctors and their dependants in need, if resident in the UK.

Visiting

Open day dates:

2007
- Saturday 17 November 9.30 am - 3.00 pm

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Rail:

- Train users should head for the nearby Treforest station (and not the Treforest Industrial Estate stop), just a couple of minutes walk from the main campus.

From Cardiff: Trains run approximately every 15 minutes and generally leave from platform 6, bound for either Treherbert, Merthyr Tydfil or Aberdare.

From London: Gatwick and Heathrow airports have rail links to Cardiff. You are advised to buy tickets on arrival, with prices depending on departure time.

A regular mainline service running between London Paddington and Fishguard, Ceredigion, operates to Cardiff. Information and schedules: National Rail Enquiries, 08457 48 49 50.

Coach:

- National Express connects the UK, including Gatwick and Heathrow airports, to Cardiff, from where alternative transport is required to the university’s main campus in Treforest.

- Alternatively, Megabus operates a low-cost service to and from Cardiff, with savings for advance booking. Megabus

Road:

- Visiting Glamorgan is especially easy via the M4 motorway. Just head for junction 32 and take the A470 northbound toward Merthyr Tydfil.

- Exit at the Llantrisant signpost for the A473, then take the first exit for our main campus or the second exit followed by the first right for the adjacent Glyntaff campus.

- The new Cardiff campus is similarly well-served by the motorway – visitors should exit at junctions 29, 30, 32 or 33 and head south into the city. Traffic alerts: Traffic Wales.

Parking
- For the visitors’ car park, take the third exit on the mini roundabout in front of the main campus, then turn right whilst ascending the hill. All visitors should report to the main gatehouse upon ariival.

Transport within the city/town of:

- The main regional terminal, Cardiff International Airport, is 12 miles southwest of the capital’s centre and 20 miles from our main campus.

- A regular airbus service operates between the airport and the city, while an hourly rail link also connects Rhoose (one mile from the airport and reachable via shuttle bus) with Cardiff.

- A direct taxi costs approximately £35 and the Cardiff Airport Taxis company has adapted vehicles with hydraulic lifts for two wheelchairs and six seated passengers. Cardiff Airport Taxis (+44) (0)1446 710 693) / Traveline Cymru: 0870 608 2 608.