University College of Wales (Aberystwyth, Wales)

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Name (Latin)
University College of Wales (Aberystwyth, Wales)
Other forms of name
Coleg Prifysgol Cymru (Aberystwyth, Wales)
Coleg y Brifysgol (Aberystwyth, Wales)
Old College (Aberystwyth, Wales)
U.C. of W. (University College of Wales)
U.C.W. (University College of Wales)
UCW Aberystwyth
University College Wales (Aberystwyth, Wales)
University of Wales. University College of Wales (Aberystwyth, Wales)
University College of Wales (Aberystwyth)
Coleg Prifysgol Cymru (Aberystwyth)
Wales. University College, Aberystwyth
University of Wales. University College of Wales (Aberystwyth)
Type of corporate body
Universities and colleges--Departments
Universities and colleges
Associated country
Great Britain
Field of activity
Education, Higher
Associated Language
eng
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 312594948
Wikidata: Q17735890
Library of congress: n 80043522
Sources of Information
  • A manual of prayer and praise : in use at the University College of Wales, 1873:cover (U.C. of W.)
  • Aberystwyth University website, viewed 13 Oct. 2016:history p. (in 1872, the University was opened in a half-finished hotel building on the sea front in Aberystwyth; on 9 July 1885, this, the University's iconic building known to later generations as 'Old College', was partially destroyed by fire, after which the Gogerddan estate on Penglais was donated to the College; from the 1960s the University relocated from the seafront to the Penglais campus)
  • Alumni Services webpages on Aberystwyth University website, viewed 13 Oct. 2016:under OSA (Aberystwyth Old Students' Association, OSA; membership is open to all former students, staff and former staff of Aberystwyth University (or UCW Aberystwyth, UW Aberystwyth))
  • Gloywi iaith, 1988 :v. 1, t.p. (Coleg Prifysgol Cymru)
  • Its Prospectus 1984/85:cover (The University College of Wales, Aberystwyth) cover verso (The University College of Wales, Old College, King Street, Aberystwyth, Dyfed SY23 2AX) added t.p. (Coleg Prifysgol Cymru) ; 1993/94, [1991]: cover (Coleg Prifysgol Cymru, Aberystwyth, The University College of Wales) ; 1994/95, [1993]: cover (The University of Wales, Aberystwyth) t.p. (Prifysgol Cymru, Aberystwyth, The University of Wales)
  • Old College, Aberystwyth, 1995 :p. 51 (University College of Wales)
  • The University College of Wales magazine, Nov. 1882:p.4 (on October 12th, a meeting of the Court of Governors and of the Constituents of the University College of Wales was held in the Library of the College) p.27 (college doors opened on October 15th, 1872) p.29 (Aberystwyth) p.48 (U.C.W.)
  • Univ. of Wales. Catalog, 1980 :(University College of Wales; located in Aberystwyth; one of the constituent colleges of the University of Wales)
  • Wikipedia, viewed 13 Oct. 2016:under Aberystwyth University (University College Wales, Aberystwyth founded in 1872; became a founder member of the University of Wales in 1894 and changed its name to the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth; in the mid-1990s, changed its name to the University of Wales, Aberystwyth; on 1 September 2007, the University of Wales ceased to be a federal university and Aberystwyth became independent again)
  • Yr Athro Evan James Williams, D.Sc., F.R.S., 1903-1945, 1970:t.p. (Coleg y Brifysgol, Aberystwyth)