International students graduate in Wales
From Arts to Zoology, and from bachelor’s degree to PhD, thousands of international students are graduating from universities across Wales this week and last.
After years of hard study, in many cases in a foreign language, students from all over the world are this week collecting the qualifications they hope will set them on the path to success.
At Cardiff University, the graduation ceremony is broadcast live from St David’s Hall to the city on the BBC big screen so that members of the public as well as friends and families of graduates can watch the 2011 degree congregations as they happen.
All of the universities honour public figures alongside their graduates and this year at Bangor University, students join the likes of Duffy, the singer, and Welsh rugby international Shane Williams as they collect their degrees.
New graduates at University of Glamorgan are applauded by the Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor and academic staff, accompanied by musicians from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, as they are ceremoniously led out by the mace-bearer carrying the brass and chrome ornamental ceremonial mace representing the authority of the University.
Ms Syeda Sadiqha Kauser, from Bangalore India, graduating from Swansea Metropolitan University with an MBA in July 2011, said:
“My favourite memory is when I got the awesome chance to meet the First Minster of Wales; I was selected as the representative of Swansea Metropolitan University. It was a great feeling.
“While I was studying I was appointed an International Students Ambassador, which I enjoyed fully. I got the opportunity to meet different people from all around the world during the international student welcome programmes. I am also Vice President of the Indian Society at Swansea Metropolitan and a member of the MBA Students’ Society.
And Chi-Mao Wang, Taiwan, a PhD in Geography at Aberystwyth University, explains:
“I got two scholarships to study here, an Aberystwyth International Post-graduate Research Studentship (AIPRS) from Aberystwyth University and one from the Rotary Club which encourages ambassadorial scholarship students to become involve in local society; this includes presentations in various Rotary Clubs whilst we are studying abroad. People in my school and all around here are so friendly and also living in student halls provided an excellent opportunity to make friends. It’s an excellent studying environment”.
There are 10 universities recruiting international students into Wales as well as the Conservatoire, for Music & Drama,. Along with all UK universities and higher education institutions, they are part of a UK-wide quality assessment system which measures their research and teaching.
A number of the top research specialisations in the UK are based in universities in Wales including an award winning Film School, the leading Civil Engineering department, the leading Optometry & Vision Sciences department, the leading Architecture School, two of the top rated Psychology Schools, one of the leading International Politics departments, one of the top Materials Technology departments, three of the top Theology and Religious Studies schools and the top Accounting and Finance department in the UK (according to the most recent Research Assessment Exercise). And the last RAE saw strong performances in Wales over a range of subjects from art and design to physics, with world-class achievement in a number of areas including civil engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, computer science and informatics, psychiatry and neuroscience, psychology, allied health professions, business and management, politics and international studies, town and country planning and Celtic studies.
Wales is also home to the all-Steinway Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, one of the largest and most progressive Library Schools in Britain, two Business Schools that achieved the sought-after Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) approval, a renowned Manufacturing Engineering Centre and a Government Charter Mark holding university.
In the film Why Wales? Current international students explain why they chose to come to Wales http://www.walesinternationalconsortium.com/students/Why_Wales_film.shtml
The Wales International Consortium is an association all of higher education in Wales. It was established in October 2003 and is committed to attracting international students into Wales. It is a unique example of an entire sector working collaboratively together, to achieve shared benefits for Wales.
WIC works with partners of both national and international profile to enable the sharing of knowledge and best practice in international marketing and recruitment.
Institutional members subscribing to WIC are:
Aberystwyth University, Bangor University, Cardiff University, Glyndwr University, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Swansea Metropolitan University, Swansea University, University of Glamorgan, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, University of Wales Newport and University of Wales Trinity Saint David
WIC is co-funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales
Other subscribers:
Higher Education Funding Council for Wales, British Council Wales and the University of Wales.
To view an e-guide to higher education in Wales
http://www.i-studentadvisor.com/wic/
Find WIC on facebook
http://zh-cn.facebook.com/pages/Wales-International-Consortium/132035513475242
Find WIC on twitter
http://twitter.com/walesHE
After years of hard study, in many cases in a foreign language, students from all over the world are this week collecting the qualifications they hope will set them on the path to success.
At Cardiff University, the graduation ceremony is broadcast live from St David’s Hall to the city on the BBC big screen so that members of the public as well as friends and families of graduates can watch the 2011 degree congregations as they happen.
All of the universities honour public figures alongside their graduates and this year at Bangor University, students join the likes of Duffy, the singer, and Welsh rugby international Shane Williams as they collect their degrees.
New graduates at University of Glamorgan are applauded by the Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor and academic staff, accompanied by musicians from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, as they are ceremoniously led out by the mace-bearer carrying the brass and chrome ornamental ceremonial mace representing the authority of the University.
Ms Syeda Sadiqha Kauser, from Bangalore India, graduating from Swansea Metropolitan University with an MBA in July 2011, said:
“My favourite memory is when I got the awesome chance to meet the First Minster of Wales; I was selected as the representative of Swansea Metropolitan University. It was a great feeling.
“While I was studying I was appointed an International Students Ambassador, which I enjoyed fully. I got the opportunity to meet different people from all around the world during the international student welcome programmes. I am also Vice President of the Indian Society at Swansea Metropolitan and a member of the MBA Students’ Society.
And Chi-Mao Wang, Taiwan, a PhD in Geography at Aberystwyth University, explains:
“I got two scholarships to study here, an Aberystwyth International Post-graduate Research Studentship (AIPRS) from Aberystwyth University and one from the Rotary Club which encourages ambassadorial scholarship students to become involve in local society; this includes presentations in various Rotary Clubs whilst we are studying abroad. People in my school and all around here are so friendly and also living in student halls provided an excellent opportunity to make friends. It’s an excellent studying environment”.
There are 10 universities recruiting international students into Wales as well as the Conservatoire, for Music & Drama,. Along with all UK universities and higher education institutions, they are part of a UK-wide quality assessment system which measures their research and teaching.
A number of the top research specialisations in the UK are based in universities in Wales including an award winning Film School, the leading Civil Engineering department, the leading Optometry & Vision Sciences department, the leading Architecture School, two of the top rated Psychology Schools, one of the leading International Politics departments, one of the top Materials Technology departments, three of the top Theology and Religious Studies schools and the top Accounting and Finance department in the UK (according to the most recent Research Assessment Exercise). And the last RAE saw strong performances in Wales over a range of subjects from art and design to physics, with world-class achievement in a number of areas including civil engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, computer science and informatics, psychiatry and neuroscience, psychology, allied health professions, business and management, politics and international studies, town and country planning and Celtic studies.
Wales is also home to the all-Steinway Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, one of the largest and most progressive Library Schools in Britain, two Business Schools that achieved the sought-after Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) approval, a renowned Manufacturing Engineering Centre and a Government Charter Mark holding university.
In the film Why Wales? Current international students explain why they chose to come to Wales http://www.walesinternationalconsortium.com/students/Why_Wales_film.shtml
The Wales International Consortium is an association all of higher education in Wales. It was established in October 2003 and is committed to attracting international students into Wales. It is a unique example of an entire sector working collaboratively together, to achieve shared benefits for Wales.
WIC works with partners of both national and international profile to enable the sharing of knowledge and best practice in international marketing and recruitment.
Institutional members subscribing to WIC are:
Aberystwyth University, Bangor University, Cardiff University, Glyndwr University, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Swansea Metropolitan University, Swansea University, University of Glamorgan, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, University of Wales Newport and University of Wales Trinity Saint David
WIC is co-funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales
Other subscribers:
Higher Education Funding Council for Wales, British Council Wales and the University of Wales.
To view an e-guide to higher education in Wales
http://www.i-studentadvisor.com/wic/
Find WIC on facebook
http://zh-cn.facebook.com/pages/Wales-International-Consortium/132035513475242
Find WIC on twitter
http://twitter.com/walesHE
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