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University of Wales abolished after visa scandal - Telegraph I'm finding it hard to get my head around what's gone on here with the University of Wales abolished and another 'University of Wales' taking its place. But perhaps ths helps - The University of Wales (UoW) will cease to exist after mounting pressure to draw a line under a series of damaging revelations. Its chairman Hugh Thomas resigned on Friday. The university was a federation of institutions across the Principality, and its constituent parts will now go their separate ways. Two - Newport and Glyndwr, in Wrexham - will become independent universities, while Swansea Metropolitan will merge with Trinity St David, based in Lampeter and Carmarthen.

They are full of red hot ideas at the University of Glamorgan in Pontypridd – and the launch of the HPC Wales super computer project will enable them to fire up even more innovations. Steven Wilcox, the university’s Professor of Intelligent Systems Engineering, is thrilled at the benefits HPC will bring. “Quite simply, work which could take us up to a week currently could be done in less than an hour,” he said. “The difference in computer power is that dramatic and it will open up a whole host of new horizons for us.” The Department of Engineering ( www.engineering.research.glam.ac.uk ) at the Treforest Campus is currently studying industrial furnaces in collaboration with EU industrial partners such as Corus. Professor Wilcox explained: “We produce computer models to replicate the behaviour of glass furnaces which produce molten bottle glass. We can use the models to study the placing of auxiliary burners, how to use fuel more efficiently and how to reduce emissions. “Computational fl...

In a free concert at the University of Wales, Lampeter, this November, the Nanjing University Orchestra will provide a rare opportunity to hear indigenous melodies from the Chinese province of Southern Jiangsu, as well as traditional pieces reflecting the unique character of other regions. Specialising in recreating the authentic sound of traditional Chinese music on instruments such bamboo flute and zheng, better known in the west as the zither, the orchestra has received world-wide praise for their refreshing and original rendering of traditional Chinese folk songs and dance music. Founded in 1996, Nanjing University Traditional Instrument Orchestra is composed of a group of dedicated undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students from various departments of the university, such as Literature, History, Philosophy, Law, Economics, Business Management, Natural Sciences, Engineering Science and Medical Science. The amateur orchestra has toured the United States, Japan, Korea and Malaysia...