University of Wales, Lampeter

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University of Wales, LampeterPrifysgol Cymru, Llanbedr Pont Steffan

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Motto

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Gair Duw Goreu DysgThe word of God is the best teacher

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Established

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1822

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Chancellor (UW)

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HRH the Prince of Wales

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Pro-Chancellor (UW)

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Dafydd Wigley

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Vice-Chancellor

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Professor Robert A Pearce (List of UWL VCs)

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Robert A Pearce - List of UWL VCs

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Location

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Lampeter, Wales, UK

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Lampeter - Wales - UK

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Students

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2,000

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Member of

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University of Wales, ACU, Universities UK

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University of Wales - ACU - Universities UK

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Homepage

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www.lamp.ac.uk

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University of Wales, Lampeter (Welsh: Prifysgol Cymru, Llanbedr Pont Steffan) is a university in Lampeter, Wales, the oldest degree awarding institution in Wales, and the third oldest in England and Wales after Oxford and Cambridge. The university started life in 1822 as St David's College (Coleg Dewi Sant), becoming St David's University College (Coleg Prifysgol Dewi Sant) in 1971. It is now part of the federal University of Wales. With under 2,000 full-time undergraduates, it is one of the smallest public universities in Europe. In many ways, then, it is miraculous that the university has survived in the increasingly competitive atmosphere of the British Higher Education sector, and the institution's financial health is often a cause for concern. Principal J.R. Lloyd Thomas's decision to lead the institution into the University of Wales in the 1970s rescued the college from bankruptcy once, and more recently, the college has had to pioneer foundation degrees and distance learning through its Voluntary Sector studies and Welsh language departments, which may have rescued the college once more from failure. Through this adversity, however, the university continues to rate highly in its teaching and research, particularly the Theology, Religious Studies and English Literature and Language departments which received the top rating in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise. The campus' beautiful setting in the Ceredigion hills, on the banks of the River Teifi attract a high proportion of mature students and students from outside Wales, who wish to escape the urban environments of the majority of the other British universities.

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Welsh - University - Lampeter - Wales - England and Wales - Oxford - Cambridge - 1822 - University of Wales - Public universities - Europe - J.R. Lloyd Thomas - 1970s - Foundation degrees - Distance learning - Voluntary Sector - Research Assessment Exercise - Ceredigion - River Teifi

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