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Bangor University
Prifysgol Bangor
Motto:Welsh: Gorau Dawn Deall ("The Best Gift is Understanding")
Established:1884
Type:Public
Chancellor:HRH the Prince of Wales
President:Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas, AM
Vice-Chancellor:Professor Merfyn Jones
Students:14,020[1]
Undergraduates:8,500[1]
Postgraduates:2,030[1]
Other students:3,490 FE[1]
Location:Bangor, Wales, UK
Colours:
            
Affiliations:University of Wales
Website:http://www.bangor.ac.uk/

Bangor University (Welsh: Prifysgol Bangor) is a university based in the city of Bangor in the county of Gwynedd in north Wales. A motto (from the Italian word motto, meaning witticism sentence is a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group Welsh ( cy Cymraeg or cy y Gymraeg, kəmˈrɑːɨɡ and {{IPA|[ə ɡəmˈrɑːɨɡ]}}, is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic The date of establishment or date of founding of an Institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point A public university is a University that is predominantly funded by public means through a national or subnational government as opposed to private universities. A Chancellor is the head of a University. Other titles are sometimes used such as President or Rector. University president is the title of the highest ranking officer within a University, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as Dafydd Elis Elis-Thomas Baron Elis-Thomas PC AM, (born 18 October 1946 is a Welsh Politician and current Presiding Officer of the A Vice-Chancellor (commonly called the VC) of a University in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, New Zealand, Professor Merfyn Jones is a Historian, broadcaster, governor of the BBC and Vice-chancellor of Bangor University. The word student is etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation Verb "studēre" In some Educational systems undergraduate education is Post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelor's degree. See also Postgraduate Training in Education Postgraduate education (synonymous in North America with graduate education, and sometimes described Further education (often abbreviated "FE" is Post-secondary Education (in addition to that received at Secondary school) that is distinct from Bangor, in Gwynedd, North Wales, is one of the smallest cities in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located School colors are the Colors chosen by a School to represent it on uniforms and other items of identification The University of Wales ( Prifysgol Cymru in Welsh) is a confederal University founded in 1893. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Welsh ( cy Cymraeg or cy y Gymraeg, kəmˈrɑːɨɡ and {{IPA|[ə ɡəmˈrɑːɨɡ]}}, is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic Bangor, in Gwynedd, North Wales, is one of the smallest cities in the United Kingdom. A county is a Land area of Regional Government within a larger State. History Gwynedd was an independent kingdom from the end of the Roman period until the 13th Century when it was conquered and subjugated by England North Wales (Gogledd Cymru is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales, bordered to the south by Mid Wales and to the east by England.

The University occupies a substantial proportion of the city and also has some departments in Wrexham. Wrexham (Wrecsam is a town and principal area in Wales. It is the largest town in North Wales and lies to the east of the region One of the University's key selling-points is its location between Snowdonia and the island of Anglesey. Snowdonia (Eryri is a region of North Wales and a National park of in area History There are numerous Megalithic monuments and Menhirs present on Anglesey testifying to the presence of mankind in prehistory

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Naming

Until 1 September 2007 the University was part of the federal University of Wales, and was officially known for most of its history as the University College of North Wales ("UCNW", Coleg Prifysgol Gogledd Cymru in Welsh). Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The University of Wales ( Prifysgol Cymru in Welsh) is a confederal University founded in 1893. Welsh ( cy Cymraeg or cy y Gymraeg, kəmˈrɑːɨɡ and {{IPA|[ə ɡəmˈrɑːɨɡ]}}, is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic It later became "University College, Bangor" ("UCB", Coleg y Brifysgol, Bangor: not to be confused with the University College of Bangor, which is a campus of the University of Maine at Augusta). The University of Maine at Augusta, located in Augusta Maine, is a part of the University of Maine System. From 1995 until 31 August 2007 the University was known as "University of Wales, Bangor" ("UWB") and Prifysgol Cymru, Bangor ("PCB"). Events 1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill dying suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the Throne Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

The change of name to Bangor University or Prifysgol Bangor was instigated by the University following the decision of the University of Wales to change from a federal university to a confederal, non-membership organisation, and the granting of degree awarding powers to Bangor University itself. The University of Wales ( Prifysgol Cymru in Welsh) is a confederal University founded in 1893. Political federalism is a Political philosophy in which a group of members are bound together (Latin foedus, covenant) with a governing A confederation is a group of empowered states or communities usually created by treaty but often later adopting a common constitution The University has, however, decided not to take advantage of these powers and will continue to award degrees in the name of the University of Wales for the time being. [2]

History

The University was founded as the "University College of North Wales" on 18th October 1884 with an inaugural address by the Earl of Powis(sic) in Penrhyn Hall, there was then a procession to the college with 3,000 quarryman (quarrymen from Penrhyn Quarry and other quarries had subscribed over £1200 to the university)[3]. The result of a campaign for better higher education provision in Wales, it was incorporated by charter a year later. Higher education is Education that is provided by universities, vocational universities, Community colleges Liberal arts colleges A Royal Charter is a Charter granted by the Sovereign on the advice of the Privy council to legitimize an incorporated body such as a city company

The University was originally based in an old coaching inn called the Penrhyn Arms Hotel (which housed its 58 students and 12 teaching staff), but in 1911 it moved to a much larger new building which is now the old part of the Main Arts Building. This building was designed by Henry Hare and opened by King Edward VII. Henry Thomas Hare (1861&ndash1921 was an Edwardian English Architect, born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, who was responsible for a

Its students received degrees from the University of London until 1893 when UWB became a founding constituent institution of the federal University of Wales. The University of London is a university based primarily in London, England, UK. The University of Wales ( Prifysgol Cymru in Welsh) is a confederal University founded in 1893.

In 1898, the red-bricked Rathbone Accommodation Halls were built. They are named after Lady Rathbone, one of the early patrons of the University.

On 22 November 1965, during construction of the extension to the Department of Electronic Engineering in Dean Street, a crane collapsed on the building. Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. The three ton counterweight hit the second floor lecture theatre of the original building about thirty minutes before it would have been occupied by about 80 first year students. The counterweight went through to the ground floor. [4]

In 1967, the University was the venue for the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's lectures in Transcendental Meditation, at which The Beatles learnt of the death of their manager, Brian Epstein. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi ( January 12, 1917 &ndash February 5 2008) founded and developed the Transcendental Meditation technique and Transcendental Meditation or TM is the trademarked name of a Meditation technique introduced in 1958 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1917-2008 The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 NEMS Enterprises defaults here For the Latin American record label see NEMS Enterprises (label.

In 1996, Coleg Normal was merged with the University, as well as a franchise cooperation with Athens Metropolitan College located in Athens, Greece. Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία

In 2007, the University became an autonymous institution, albeit with degrees still being validated by the University of Wales.

Main Arts and other UWB buildings from Bangor Mountain
Main Arts and other UWB buildings from Bangor Mountain

Vice Chancellors (earlier Principals)

The University has had a total of six Principals/Vice-Chancellors:

People

Honorary Fellows

Notable academics

Notable alumni

Organisation

More than half of the academic departments at Bangor received an "Excellent" rating for the quality of teaching, and several departments scored very highly in the 2007 National Student Survey, with the School of Music occupying the top slot in the UK. Derek Almey Ratcliffe ( 9 July, 1929 &ndash 23 May, 2005) was one of the most significant British nature conservationists of the 20th "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. John Sessions (born 11 January 1953) is a Scottish Actor and Comedian. Ekow Spio-Garbrah (born 1953) is a citizen of Ghana and currently the CEO of The Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO based in London Ronald Stuart Thomas (29 March 1913 – 25 September 2000 (published as R Professor Derick S Thomson MA, BA, Dlitt, FRSE, FBA (born 1921 known as Ruaraidh MacThòmais in his native Scottish Scottish Gaelic ( Gàidhlig) is a member of the Goidelic branch of Celtic languages. Roger Whittaker (born March 22 1936 in Nairobi, Kenya) is an English - Kenyan Singer / Songwriter and Sir Ifor Williams ( April 16 1881 - November 4 1965) was a Welsh scholar who laid the foundations for the academic study of Old Welsh particularly The term Welsh literature may be used to refer to any Literature originating from Wales or by Welsh writers. Taliesin (c 534 – c 599 (spelled as Taliessin in Alfred Lord Tennyson 's Idylls of the King and in some subsequent works was a Brythonic Aneirin or Neirin was a late 6th century Brythonic Poet. He is believed to have been a Bard or 'court poet' in one of the Cumbric kingdoms The National Student Survey is a survey launched in 2005 of all final year degree students at institutions in England Wales and Northern Ireland [8] The University recently doubled its number of research contracts won, bringing Bangor's research contract income to £20M.

Following a reshuffle in August 2006, the University is divided into six Colleges. These are then broken down into Schools and Research Institutes. One of the departments that closed as a result of the reorganisation was Mathematics. The Guardian league table placed Bangor fifth in the UK for maths despite the University no longer admitting students. The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. [9]

Bangor's Colleges, and their constituent Schools and Research Institutes, are:

College of Arts and Humanities

College of Business, Social Sciences and Law

College of Education and Lifelong Learning

College of Natural Sciences

College of Health and Behavioural Sciences

College of Physical and Applied Sciences

Halls of residence

Accommodation is guaranteed for all single, undergraduate first year students at Bangor. There are over 2,000 rooms available in halls of residence, and all of the accommodation is within walking distance of the University. Dormitory typically refers in the United States to residence halls which are sleeping quarters or entire buildings primarily providing sleeping and residential quarters for

There are also a number of older halls buildings owned by the University that are no longer used and have become dilapidated due to maintenance costs.

There are 4 residential sites in current use:

Normal Site

The Normal Site is situated on the shores of the Menai Strait next to the School of Education and School of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences and the closest residences to the School of Ocean Sciences in Menai Bridge. The Menai Strait ( Afon Menai, the "River Menai" is a narrow stretch of shallow tidal water about 14 miles (23 km long which separates the island of Anglesey The site has two self-catered halls: Neuadd Seiriol and Neuadd Arfon.

St. Mary's Site

St. Mary's site is situated near the top of Lôn Pobty, overlooking the centre of Bangor, and very close to the Science Departments and School of Informatics. Originally a convent, St Mary's site was incorporated into the University in 1976. A convent is a community of Priests religious brothers religious sisters or Nuns or the building used by the community particularly in the Roman Catholic Church It was originally a college for women teachers. Since then, the site has been expanded and at one point even accommodated nearly 2,000 students, although in recent years the site has been falling into a state of disrepair (Barlows block was finally closed around 2003 due to asbestos issues). The Main block now accommodates over fifty students and there is accommodation for several families also on site.

In 1997, Bryn Eithin was built and added an extra 96 rooms to the site. Bryn Eithin, although managed by the University halls team, is owned by a housing association and is leased to the University until 2027. Bryn Eithin is reliant on St. Mary's site for its services. Post and laundrette services are all located on the site just over the road.

St. Mary's site is for sale and is due to be closed in the near future. Plans for Bryn Eithin when that does happen have not yet been released but it is believed that it will become either postgraduate accommodation or family accommodation.

College Road Site

John Morris Jones (JMJ) halls of residence
John Morris Jones (JMJ) halls of residence

The College Road Site is located a stone's throw from the original Top College building in Upper Bangor, and departments such as Psychology, Music and the School of Business and Regional Development. This site also has two accommodation halls - the Welsh speaking John Morris Jones (this was built in the early 1960s, originally for women only and called Neuadd Rathbone), and the English speaking Neuadd Rathbone (this was one of University's first halls of residance, originally for women only and called University Hall). Neuadd John Morris Jones started its life in 1974 and has, along with its equivalent Neuadd Pantycelyn in Aberystwyth, became a hub of Welsh identity and Nationalism. It is also the main focal point of Welsh language activities of the University and is an integral part of UMCB, which is the Welsh Students' Union, part of the main Students' Union body. The hall itself is affectionately known as 'JMJ' to all its current students and alumni. John Morris Jones was named after the first professor of Welsh at the University. Sir John Morris-Jones ( October 17, 1864 - April 16, 1929) was a Welsh grammarian and poet

Ffriddoedd Site

Entrance to the Ffriddoedd halls of residence site
Entrance to the Ffriddoedd halls of residence site

The largest accommodation site is the Friddoedd Site in Upper Bangor about 10 minutes walk from Top College, the Science Site and city centre. Bangor, in Gwynedd, North Wales, is one of the smallest cities in the United Kingdom. This site includes a coffee shop, laundrette, bar and 6 en-suite buildings (Bryn Dinas, Cefn y Coed, Elidir, Y Borth, Tegfan and Y Glyder) all constructed in the mid 1990s. It also houses the Maes Glas sports hall, which received National Lottery grant funding and is open to the community and students. The National Lottery is the largest Lottery in the United Kingdom.

Neuadd Reichel opened in 1942 and was named after Sir Harry Rudolf Reichel, first principal of the university. A large extension was completed in 1950. Plas Gwyn opened during the early 1960s and Neuadd Emrys Evans opened in 1966 with Llys Tryfan which was demolished over the summer of 2007 to make way for new halls to be built in the summer holidays of 2008. These older halls have shared bathroom and kitchen facilities. with blocks A to E with A being the biggest including many notable charchters such as Helen Aldred and Gareth Morris or "Morris". Llys Tryfan was arguably the best halls to live in before it's demolition in 2006, this is due to the communal nature of the shared accommodation and the strong links between people of different floors and blocks. Despite it having been knocked down many people have 'bits' of Llys Tryfan such as bricks that were stolen, room numbers, sink brackets and other removable products from the halls.

New University halls are currently being constructed on the Ffriddeodd site in two phases. Phase One began in October 2006, and when completed will be two new buildings constructed on what used to be the playing fields. Phase Two will see the demolition of the 1960s structures, and further new buildings erected in their place. Residents' main objections regard the height of the structures following the previous building project in the mid 1990s which included Bryn Dinas, a 7 storey building which can be seen from several miles in all directions and was found to be sinking into the ground due to poor foundations.

The new halls were named in July 2007 following a competition run by the University's Estates & Facilities department. The winner was Thomas Hecht (an Undergraduate in Electronic Engineering) and theme of water was chosen. The names chosen were: Crafnant (Llyn Crafnant), Llanddwyn (Ynys Llanddwyn), Glaslyn, Gwynant (Llyn Gwynant), Idwal (Llyn Idwal), Braint (Afon Braint), Alaw (Llyn Alaw), Peris (Llyn Peris), Enlli (Ynys Enlli), Aberffraw

Private halls

A private hall of residence called 'Neuadd Willis' (named after a well liked and respected architect) has been built (2006), incorporating the old listed British Hotel with a new build extension to the rear. Llyn Crafnant is a lake that lies in a beautiful valley in North Wales where the northern edge of the Gwydir Forest meets the lower slopes of the Carneddau Ynys Llanddwyn or Llanddwyn Island is a small Tidal island off the west coast of Anglesey, North Wales. Glaslyn ( Welsh for "blue lake" is a Lake in the Snowdonia National Park in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. Llyn Gwynant is a Lake in Snowdonia, Wales. Llyn Gwynant lies on the River Glaslyn, in the Nant Gwynant valley and is about Llyn Idwal is a small Lake (approx 800  m by 300 m within Cwm Idwal in the Glyderau mountains of Snowdonia. Llyn Alaw is a man-made Reservoir on Anglesey, North Wales. It is used to supply drinking water to the northern half of the island and does so Llyn Peris is a Lake in Snowdonia, Wales, approximately 18 km long and situated close to the villages of Llanberis and Nant Peris Bardsey Island (Ynys Enlli lies off the Llŷn peninsula, in Gwynedd, north Wales. Aberffraw is now a small Village on the south west coast of Anglesey, Wales (Ynys Môn by the west bank of the River Ffraw, at. This project is run by Watkin Jones (a local building firm) and Carlton North Wales Ltd and is not a University owned or managed hall. Local residents have mixed feelings about such developments, some feel it will ease pressure on the housing stock in the city, whilst others fear that it will create too much of a concentration of students in a given area.

Carlton North Wales and Watkin Jones is currently in the middle of building another Halls of Residence. This is to be on the site of the old cinema. Plans for this build incorporated a main office from which both sites could be run.

Students' Union

Students' Union as seen from Deiniol Road
Students' Union as seen from Deiniol Road

The Students' Union is situated on Deiniol Road at one end of College Park below the Main Arts building. The Refectory and Curved Lounge were built in 1963 and the main administrative building was added in 1969. The buildings were renovated in 1997 to create an 1100-capacity nightclub, Amser/Time, where the previous refectory space was. In 2004, the student-only venue located in the main admin building, Main Bar, was renovated to become the 700-capacity Academi. The overall complex also consists of two catering venues, Student Services department and the Students' Union offices. The Union buildings are in some need of development and the University's current Estates Strategy has earmarked the site for demolition and rebuilding by 2010.

The Union's day-to-day operations are run by an elected Executive Committee of which five are full-time paid officers and 10 are voluntary student officers. Policy of the Union is decided by a Council which is made up of 15 independent councillors, heads of standing committees, course reps, and JCR Heads. Council meets roughly once a month and takes reports from standing committees, votes on policy motions and approves changes to the Union's constitution.

All Bangor University students automatically become members of the Students' Union, which as well as having an entertainment function, has a dedicated Student Advice and Representation Centre and officers have seats on all major University committees.

The current president of the Students' Union is Sam Burnett, who took on the role in 2006, and was re-elected in March 2007.

Student radio

Storm 87. 7 FM
Storm FM logo
Broadcast areaBangor
Frequency87. Bangor, in Gwynedd, North Wales, is one of the smallest cities in the United Kingdom. Frequency is a measure of the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit Time. 7 MHz
First air date2001
FormatBangor's Student Sound
OwnerBangor University Students' Union

Storm FM is the official student radio station for Bangor University and is one of only three student radio stations in the UK to have a long term FM license. This article is about Broadcast radio, for other uses see Radio (disambiguation. Campus radio (also known as college radio, university radio or student radio) is a type of Radio station that is run by the students of a college The station is broadcast on 87. 7FM from a low powered FM transmitter based on the Ffriddoedd Site. Storm is run on a voluntary basis by around 90 students at the university.

History

Storm FM was set up in October 2001 by the then president of the Students' Union, Niall Duffy. A students' union, student government, student senate, students' association, or guild of students is a Student Organization The first show was broadcast at 13:00 on March 19, 2003. Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.

In 2005, two presenters received nominations at the Student Radio Awards; Emma Gascoigne for Best Female, and Spencer George for Best Newcomer. The Student Radio Awards is a UK awards scheme celebrating talent within the UK student radio industry held annually since 1996 by the Student Radio Association and supported The station was also nominated for Best Station Sound at the Student Radio Awards 2004. The Student Radio Awards is a UK awards scheme celebrating talent within the UK student radio industry held annually since 1996 by the Student Radio Association and supported

Following considerable time off-air, the 2006/07 academic year saw a totally re-branded Storm FM relocate to a new studio in the Students' Union building, directly under the control of the Students' Union. Until that point, broadcasts were made from the University's Media Centre in upper Bangor.

Former station manager, Spencer George and former assistant manager Tom Giddings were both awarded lifetime membership of the Students Union for their services to Storm and their work in relocating the studio.

In October 2007, Storm FM received two nominations at the Student Radio Awards for Best Marketing & Branding and Best Live Event/Outside Broadcast, the latter receiving a Bronze Award at the 2007 SRA ceremony for its local coverage of the National Assembly for Wales election, 2007. The Student Radio Awards is a UK awards scheme celebrating talent within the UK student radio industry held annually since 1996 by the Student Radio Association and supported The 2007 National Assembly election was held on Thursday 3 May 2007 to elect members to the National Assembly for Wales. [1]


Storm FM Executive (elected April 2008)

Station Manager: Matt Ison

Assistant Station Manager: Dan Williams

Programme Controller: Xanthe Larcombe

Secretary: Isa Wilson

Treasurer: Lisa Benson

Head of I. T: Peter Banks

Head of Production: Mike Walsh

Head of Music: David Horn

Head of Marketing: Will Bulteel

Events Co-Ordinator: Rob Hobbs

Welsh Language Officer: Elin Stewart

Further reading

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Table 0a - All students by institution, mode of study, level of study, gender and domicile 2006/07 (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet). Bangor, in Gwynedd, North Wales, is one of the smallest cities in the United Kingdom. The University of Wales ( Prifysgol Cymru in Welsh) is a confederal University founded in 1893. There are currently twelve universities in Wales. This is a list of Universities in the United Kingdom (alphabetical by substantive name Higher education is Education that is provided by universities, vocational universities, Community colleges Liberal arts colleges Student accommodation in the United Kingdom is a term used in debating the impact of student housing particularly with the recent expansion of numbers in Higher education In Computing, Microsoft Excel (full name Microsoft Office Excel) consists of a proprietary Spreadsheet -application written and distributed Higher Education Statistics Agency. The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA was established in 1993 by the UK higher education institutions as the central source for the collection and publication of Retrieved on 2008-04-19. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer
  2. ^ University Moves Towards University Title & Change Of Name
  3. ^ The Times, Monday, Oct 20, 1884; pg. 7; Issue 31269; col F
  4. ^ Publication: Guardian 1821-1975; Date: Nov 23, 1965; Section: None; Page: 6
  5. ^ Time Into the Vacuum 15 June 1970
  6. ^ Harries-Rees, Karen (2006). "A man for change". Chemistry World 3 (2): 42-44. The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC is a Learned society ( Professional association) in the United Kingdom with the goal of "advancing the  
  7. ^ Curriculum Vitae of Stefan Rahmstorf
  8. ^ http://www.bangor.ac.uk/news/full.php?Id=312
  9. ^ http://www.informatics.bangor.ac.uk/public/mathematics/news/manews.html

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