Aberystwyth University staff and students thank generous supporters
Students and staff at Aberystwyth University are wearing purple ribbons (30 October - 6 November) to mark Philanthropy Week in Wales and to show their appreciation for those who have donated money to the University over the years. Aberystwyth University is an official partner of Philanthropy Week Wales, an initiative convened by the Community Foundation in Wales to celebrate, promote and explore philanthropy in Wales. In 1867 the iconic Old College, with the help of Sir Hugh Owen, was bought with money raised by the people of Wales, the local people of Aberystwyth and individuals who felt strongly about establishing a university in mid Wales. The very land on which Penglais Campus was built, along with around 400 acres of land, was donated by Lord Stuart Rendel, Joseph Davies Bryan and David Alban Davies to the University in the 1880s. In 1875 chapels throughout Wales declared the last Sunday in October ‘Sul y Brifysgol / University Sunday’ and devoted to a collection for the College a...