Bangor University
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Bangor University is a university based in the city of Bangor
in the county of Gwynedd
in North
Wales
-United Kingdom
.
It was officially known for most of its history as the University College of North Wales ("UCNW", Coleg Prifysgol Gogledd Cymru in Welsh). From 1995 until 31 August 2007 the University was known as University of Wales, Bangor ("UWB") and Prifysgol Cymru, Bangor ("PCB").
, the College's first President, in Penrhyn Hall. There was then a procession to the college with 3,000 quarryman (quarrymen from Penrhyn Quarry
and other quarries had subscribed over £1200 to the university). The result of a campaign for better higher education
provision in Wales
,and following some rivalry between North Wales towns as to which was to be the base of the new college, it was incorporated by charter
a year later.
Its students received degrees from the University of London
until 1893 when UCNW became a founding constituent institution of the federal University of Wales
.
During the Second World War, paintings from national arts galleries were located at the Prichard-Jones Hall to protect them from enemy bombing; they were later moved to slate mines at Blaenau Ffestiniog
. Students from University College, London were evacuated to continue their studies in a safer environment at Bangor.
During the 1960s, the University shared in the general expansion of Higher Education in the UK following the Robbins Report
, with a number of new departments being created and new buildings built. On 22 November 1965, during construction of the extension to the Department of Electronic Engineering in Dean Street, a crane collapsed on the building. The three ton counterweight hit the second floor lecture theatre of the original building about thirty minutes before it would have been occupied by about 80 first year students. The counterweight went through to the ground floor.
In 1967, the Bangor Normal College
, now part of the University, was the venue for the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
's lectures in Transcendental Meditation
, at which The Beatles
learnt of the death of their manager, Brian Epstein
.
Student protest in the 1970s focused mainly on the role of the Welsh language
at the University, with many calling for Welsh-medium teaching and a more thorough approach to bilingualism at the institution. Around this time, too consideration began of mergers with two Bangor colleges of education - St. Mary's College, a college for women student-teachers and the larger and older Normal College/Coleg Normal
. The merger of St. Mary's was concluded in 1977, but the Coleg Normal merger fell through. Ultimately, Coleg Normal merged with the University in 1996.
The change of name to Bangor University or Prifysgol Bangor was instigated by the University following the decision of the University of Wales
to change from a federal
university to a confederal, non-membership organisation, and the granting of degree awarding powers to Bangor University itself. The University has decided to take advantage of these powers, and every student starting 2009 will have a degree from Bangor University, whereas any student who started prior to 2009 has the option to chose Bangor University or University of Wales Bangor to have on their final graduation certificate.
. One of the University's key selling-points is its location between Snowdonia
and the island of Anglesey
.
, had its foundation stone laid by King Edward VII
on 9 July 1907, and was formally opened by King George V
in 1911. This iconic building in a visible position overlooking the city, gave the college its Welsh nickname Y Coleg ar y Bryn ("The College on the Hill"). The building included the large Prichard-Jones Hall, named after Sir John Prichard-Jones
a local man who became a partner of London department store Dickins & Jones and who had been a substantial benefactor of the building.
The building became a Grade 1 listed building in 1949.
A modern extension, completing a quadrangle on the College Road side of the building, was completed in 1969.
This is now known as the Main Arts Building.
The red-brick 'University Hall', built in a Queen Anne style, was the first substantial block, opened in 1897. This building was to become the Welsh language
hall 'Neuadd John Morris-Jones' in 1974 (named after professor John Morris Jones and is the current Neuadd Rathbone.
Neuadd Reichel, built on the Ffriddoedd farm site, designed in a neo-Georgian style by architect Percy Thomas
, was opened in 1942 as a hostel for men students.
Expansion in the 1960s led to the development of Plas Gwyn in 1963/64 and Neuadd Emrys Evans in 1965, both on the Ffriddoedd site, and Neuadd Rathbone at the top of Love Lane in 1965. Neuadd Rathbone, designed by Colwyn Foulkes and named after the second President of the college, was originally for women students only. The names of Neuadd Rathbone and Neuadd John Morris-Jones were later exchanged with each other. The building originally opened as Neuadd Rathbone is now known as Neuadd Garth.
Plas Gwyn and Neuadd Emrys Evans were demolished in 2008-2009 to make way for the present halls.
All the sites are managed directly from the Halls Office. Support is available during the daytime from the Halls Office, University Security Staff and Student Services and out of hours and at weekend from the resident Senior Wardens. The University also employs a team of Student Wardens to live in every hall of residence.
There are four residential sites in current use:
The largest accommodation site is the Friddoedd Site in Upper Bangor about 10 minutes walk from Top College, the Science Site and city centre. This site has 11 new en-suite Halls completed in 2009, 6 other en-suite halls built in the 1990s and Neuadd Reichel built in the 1940s, and includes a coffee shop, launderettes, convenience shop, Bar Uno and Maes Glas Sports Hall.
Two of the en-suite Halls, Bryn Dinas and Tegfan, now incorporate the new Neuadd John Morris Jones which started its life in 1974 in College road and has, along with its equivalent Neuadd Pantycelyn in Aberystwyth, became a hub of Welsh identity. It is also the main focal point of Welsh language activities of the University and is an integral part of UMCB, which is the Welsh Students' Union, part of the main Students' Union body. The hall itself is affectionately known as 'JMJ' to all its students and alumni.
The Halls on "Ffridd" (pron. frith) site include: Cefn y Coed, Y Glyder, Y Borth, Elidir, JMJ Bryn Dinas and JMJ Tegfan, all of which were built in the early 1990s, Adda, Alaw, Braint, Crafnant, Enlli, Peris, Glaslyn, Llanddwyn, Ffraw, Idwal and Gwynant, which were all built in the late 2000s and the newly refurbished Neuadd Reichel, built in the 1940s.
"Ffridd" is the Welsh
word for mountain pasture or sheep path; "ffriddoedd" is its plural form.
The Normal Site is situated on the shores of the Menai Strait
next to the School of Education and School of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences and the closest residences to the School of Ocean Sciences in Menai Bridge. The site has two self-catered halls: Neuadd Seiriol and Neuadd Arfon.
The site is named after the former Bangor Normal College
, which has since been incorporated into the University (see History above), and was established for the training of teachers (see Normal School
).
Bryn Eithin overlooks the centre of Bangor and is close to the Science Departments and School of Informatics. This is a Postgraduate site and has three blocks accommodating ninety six students.
In Welsh
, "Bryn" means "hill," and "Eithin" means "gorse."
College Road has one hall situated there, Neuadd Garth (formerly Neuadd John Morris Jones, before that Neuadd Rathbone), this is the only catered hall. The site is located a stone's throw from the Main Arts building in Upper Bangor, and departments such as Psychology, Music and the College of Business, Social Sciences and Law. Neuadd Rathbone (formerly Neuadd John Morris Jones, before that University Hall) which is located on the site, was previously a Hall of Residence but will be remodeled during the academic year 2011-2012, to accommodate Student Services and will no longer be occupied by students as a Hall of Residence.
The Students' Union building until 2010 was situated on Deiniol Road at one end of College Park below the Main Arts building. The Refectory and Curved Lounge were built in 1963 and the main administrative building was added in 1969. The building was known as Steve Biko House in the 1970s to early 1990s, named after student activist Steve Biko
who had been killed in anti-apartheid
protests in South Africa
. The buildings were renovated in 1997 to create an 1100-capacity nightclub, Amser/Time, where the previous refectory space was. In 2004, the student-only venue located in the main admin building, Main Bar, was renovated to become the 700-capacity Academi. The overall complex also consisted of two catering venues, Student Services department and the Students' Union offices. Demolition of the Union buildings and Theatr Gwynedd began in July 2010 to make room for the proposed Pontio Arts and Innovation Centre. The Centre will include a theatre with a capacity of between 450-550 seats, cinema space, a studio theatre, and an outdoor amphitheatre, all accompanied by new social facilities including bars, dining and park areas in a family-friendly environment.
, with the School of Music occupying the top slot in the UK. The University recently doubled its number of research contracts won, bringing Bangor's research contract income to £20M.
Following a reshuffle in August 2006, the University is divided into six Colleges. These are then broken down into Schools and Research Institutes. One of the departments that closed as a result of the reorganisation was Mathematics. The Guardian
league table placed Bangor fifth in the UK for maths despite the University no longer admitting students.
Bangor's Colleges, and their constituent Schools and Research Institutes, are:
College of Arts, Education and Humanities
College of Business, Social Sciences and Law
College of Lifelong Learning
College of Natural Sciences
College of Health and Behavioural Sciences
College of Physical and Applied Sciences
Paid sabbatical posts are held by (2011/12)
Student Volunteering Bangor is a student-led charity that’s involved with projects with the young, the elderly and the disabled amongst others.
You can learn more about Nightline and how to volunteer with the service or more about what it can offer you on the website at Bangor University Nightline and on this article on the bangor university webpage Nightline You can also find Nightline (Bangor Nightline) and their mascot Dafydd (Dafydd Nightline) on facebook.
license. The station is broadcast on 87.7FM from a low powered FM transmitter based on the Ffriddoedd Site. Storm is run on a voluntary basis by around 90 students at the university. Unfortunately, the FM licence only allows for broadcast to a very small area of Bangor - namely the Ffriddoed Road Halls of Residence. On March 1, 2009, Storm FM officially went online, with the service being available to anyone who accesses the Storm website http://www.stormfm.com.
Storm FM was set up in October 2001 by the then president of the Students' Union
, Niall Duffy. The first show was broadcast at 13:00 on March 19, 2003.
In 2005, two presenters received nominations at the Student Radio Awards
; Emma Gascoigne for Best Female, and Spencer George for Best Newcomer. The station was also nominated for Best Station Sound at the Student Radio Awards
2004.
Following considerable time off-air, the 2006/07 academic year saw a totally re-branded Storm FM relocate to a new studio in the Students' Union building, directly under the control of the Students' Union. Until that point, broadcasts were made from the University's Media Centre in upper Bangor.
In October 2007, Storm FM received two nominations at the Student Radio Awards
for Best Marketing & Branding and Best Live Event/Outside Broadcast, the latter receiving a Bronze Award at the 2007 SRA ceremony for its local coverage of the National Assembly for Wales election, 2007
.http://www.studentradio.org.uk/awards/2007/winners.html
's 1996 novel "Bridget Jones's Diary
", the title character attended Bangor University.
Bangor, Wales
Bangor is a city in Gwynedd, north west Wales, and one of the smallest cities in Britain. It is a university city with a population of 13,725 at the 2001 census, not including around 10,000 students at Bangor University. Including nearby Menai Bridge on Anglesey, which does not however form part of...
in the county of Gwynedd
Gwynedd
Gwynedd is a county in north-west Wales, named after the old Kingdom of Gwynedd. Although the second biggest in terms of geographical area, it is also one of the most sparsely populated...
in North
North Wales
North Wales is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales. It is bordered to the south by the counties of Ceredigion and Powys in Mid Wales and to the east by the counties of Shropshire in the West Midlands and Cheshire in North West England...
Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
-United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
.
It was officially known for most of its history as the University College of North Wales ("UCNW", Coleg Prifysgol Gogledd Cymru in Welsh). From 1995 until 31 August 2007 the University was known as University of Wales, Bangor ("UWB") and Prifysgol Cymru, Bangor ("PCB").
History
The University was founded as the "University College of North Wales" (UCNW) on 18 October 1884 with an inaugural address by the Earl of PowisEdward Herbert, 3rd Earl of Powis
Edward James Herbert, 3rd Earl of Powis , styled Viscount Clive between 1839 and 1848, was a British peer and politician.-Background:...
, the College's first President, in Penrhyn Hall. There was then a procession to the college with 3,000 quarryman (quarrymen from Penrhyn Quarry
Penrhyn Quarry
The Penrhyn Slate Quarry is a slate quarry located near Bethesda in north Wales. At the end of the nineteenth century it was the world's largest slate quarry; the main pit is nearly long and deep, and it was worked by nearly 3,000 quarrymen. It has since been superseded in size by slate quarries...
and other quarries had subscribed over £1200 to the university). The result of a campaign for better higher education
Higher education
Higher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...
provision in Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
,and following some rivalry between North Wales towns as to which was to be the base of the new college, it was incorporated by charter
Royal Charter
A royal charter is a formal document issued by a monarch as letters patent, granting a right or power to an individual or a body corporate. They were, and are still, used to establish significant organizations such as cities or universities. Charters should be distinguished from warrants and...
a year later.
Its students received degrees from the University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
until 1893 when UCNW became a founding constituent institution of the federal University of Wales
University of Wales
The University of Wales was a confederal university founded in 1893. It had accredited institutions throughout Wales, and formerly accredited courses in Britain and abroad, with over 100,000 students, but in October 2011, after a number of scandals, it withdrew all accreditation, and it was...
.
During the Second World War, paintings from national arts galleries were located at the Prichard-Jones Hall to protect them from enemy bombing; they were later moved to slate mines at Blaenau Ffestiniog
Blaenau Ffestiniog
Blaenau Ffestiniog is a town in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. It has a population of 5,000, including Llan Ffestiniog, which makes it the third largest town in Gwynedd, behind Caernarfon & Porthmadog. Although the population reached 12,000 at the peak of the slate industry, the population fell due to...
. Students from University College, London were evacuated to continue their studies in a safer environment at Bangor.
During the 1960s, the University shared in the general expansion of Higher Education in the UK following the Robbins Report
Robbins Report
The Robbins Report was commissioned by the British government and published in 1963. The Committee met from 1961 to 1963...
, with a number of new departments being created and new buildings built. On 22 November 1965, during construction of the extension to the Department of Electronic Engineering in Dean Street, a crane collapsed on the building. The three ton counterweight hit the second floor lecture theatre of the original building about thirty minutes before it would have been occupied by about 80 first year students. The counterweight went through to the ground floor.
In 1967, the Bangor Normal College
Bangor Normal College
The Normal College, Bangor was an independent teacher training college, founded in 1861 until 1996, when the College became part of University of Wales Bangor...
, now part of the University, was the venue for the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi , born Mahesh Prasad Varma , developed the Transcendental Meditation technique and was the leader and guru of the TM movement, characterised as a new religious movement and also as non-religious...
's lectures in Transcendental Meditation
Transcendental Meditation
Transcendental Meditation refers to the Transcendental Meditation technique, a specific form of mantra meditation, and to the Transcendental Meditation movement, a spiritual movement...
, at which The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
learnt of the death of their manager, Brian Epstein
Brian Epstein
Brian Samuel Epstein , was an English music entrepreneur, and is best known for being the manager of The Beatles up until his death. He also managed several other musical artists such as Gerry & the Pacemakers, Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, Cilla Black, The Remo Four & The Cyrkle...
.
Student protest in the 1970s focused mainly on the role of the Welsh language
Welsh language
Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...
at the University, with many calling for Welsh-medium teaching and a more thorough approach to bilingualism at the institution. Around this time, too consideration began of mergers with two Bangor colleges of education - St. Mary's College, a college for women student-teachers and the larger and older Normal College/Coleg Normal
Bangor Normal College
The Normal College, Bangor was an independent teacher training college, founded in 1861 until 1996, when the College became part of University of Wales Bangor...
. The merger of St. Mary's was concluded in 1977, but the Coleg Normal merger fell through. Ultimately, Coleg Normal merged with the University in 1996.
The change of name to Bangor University or Prifysgol Bangor was instigated by the University following the decision of the University of Wales
University of Wales
The University of Wales was a confederal university founded in 1893. It had accredited institutions throughout Wales, and formerly accredited courses in Britain and abroad, with over 100,000 students, but in October 2011, after a number of scandals, it withdrew all accreditation, and it was...
to change from a federal
Federalism
Federalism is a political concept in which a group of members are bound together by covenant with a governing representative head. The term "federalism" is also used to describe a system of the government in which sovereignty is constitutionally divided between a central governing authority and...
university to a confederal, non-membership organisation, and the granting of degree awarding powers to Bangor University itself. The University has decided to take advantage of these powers, and every student starting 2009 will have a degree from Bangor University, whereas any student who started prior to 2009 has the option to chose Bangor University or University of Wales Bangor to have on their final graduation certificate.
Campus and Buildings
The University occupies a substantial proportion of the city and also has some departments in WrexhamWrexham
Wrexham is a town in Wales. It is the administrative centre of the wider Wrexham County Borough, and the largest town in North Wales, located in the east of the region. It is situated between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley close to the border with Cheshire, England...
. One of the University's key selling-points is its location between Snowdonia
Snowdonia
Snowdonia is a region in north Wales and a national park of in area. It was the first to be designated of the three National Parks in Wales, in 1951.-Name and extent:...
and the island of Anglesey
Anglesey
Anglesey , also known by its Welsh name Ynys Môn , is an island and, as Isle of Anglesey, a county off the north west coast of Wales...
.
Arts Building
The University was originally based in an old coaching inn called the Penrhyn Arms Hotel (which housed its 58 students and 12 teaching staff), but in 1911 it moved to a much larger new building which is now the old part of the Main Arts Building. This building, designed by Henry HareHenry Hare
Henry Thomas Hare was an Edwardian English architect, born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, who was responsible for a trail of municipal buildings around Britain....
, had its foundation stone laid by King Edward VII
Edward VII of the United Kingdom
Edward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910...
on 9 July 1907, and was formally opened by King George V
George V of the United Kingdom
George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....
in 1911. This iconic building in a visible position overlooking the city, gave the college its Welsh nickname Y Coleg ar y Bryn ("The College on the Hill"). The building included the large Prichard-Jones Hall, named after Sir John Prichard-Jones
John Prichard-Jones
Sir John Prichard-Jones, 1st Baronet was born at Tyn-y-Coed, a small farm at Newborough, Anglesey. When he was fourteen he was apprenticed to a draper in Caernarfon and afterwards moved to Pwllheli, then Bangor and eventually, when he was nineteen, to London.In 1872 he entered the firm of Dickins,...
a local man who became a partner of London department store Dickins & Jones and who had been a substantial benefactor of the building.
The building became a Grade 1 listed building in 1949.
A modern extension, completing a quadrangle on the College Road side of the building, was completed in 1969.
This is now known as the Main Arts Building.
Development
The story of the halls of residence is complicated by the changes of name associated with particular buildings.The red-brick 'University Hall', built in a Queen Anne style, was the first substantial block, opened in 1897. This building was to become the Welsh language
Welsh language
Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...
hall 'Neuadd John Morris-Jones' in 1974 (named after professor John Morris Jones and is the current Neuadd Rathbone.
Neuadd Reichel, built on the Ffriddoedd farm site, designed in a neo-Georgian style by architect Percy Thomas
Percy Thomas
Sir Percy Edward Thomas OBE , was an award-winning British architect based in Wales for the majority of his life. He was twice RIBA president ....
, was opened in 1942 as a hostel for men students.
Expansion in the 1960s led to the development of Plas Gwyn in 1963/64 and Neuadd Emrys Evans in 1965, both on the Ffriddoedd site, and Neuadd Rathbone at the top of Love Lane in 1965. Neuadd Rathbone, designed by Colwyn Foulkes and named after the second President of the college, was originally for women students only. The names of Neuadd Rathbone and Neuadd John Morris-Jones were later exchanged with each other. The building originally opened as Neuadd Rathbone is now known as Neuadd Garth.
Plas Gwyn and Neuadd Emrys Evans were demolished in 2008-2009 to make way for the present halls.
Current Provision
Accommodation is guaranteed for all single, undergraduate first year students at Bangor. There are over 2,000 rooms available in halls of residence, and all of the accommodation is within walking distance of the University.All the sites are managed directly from the Halls Office. Support is available during the daytime from the Halls Office, University Security Staff and Student Services and out of hours and at weekend from the resident Senior Wardens. The University also employs a team of Student Wardens to live in every hall of residence.
There are four residential sites in current use:
Ffriddoedd Site
Two of the en-suite Halls, Bryn Dinas and Tegfan, now incorporate the new Neuadd John Morris Jones which started its life in 1974 in College road and has, along with its equivalent Neuadd Pantycelyn in Aberystwyth, became a hub of Welsh identity. It is also the main focal point of Welsh language activities of the University and is an integral part of UMCB, which is the Welsh Students' Union, part of the main Students' Union body. The hall itself is affectionately known as 'JMJ' to all its students and alumni.
The Halls on "Ffridd" (pron. frith) site include: Cefn y Coed, Y Glyder, Y Borth, Elidir, JMJ Bryn Dinas and JMJ Tegfan, all of which were built in the early 1990s, Adda, Alaw, Braint, Crafnant, Enlli, Peris, Glaslyn, Llanddwyn, Ffraw, Idwal and Gwynant, which were all built in the late 2000s and the newly refurbished Neuadd Reichel, built in the 1940s.
"Ffridd" is the Welsh
Welsh language
Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...
word for mountain pasture or sheep path; "ffriddoedd" is its plural form.
Normal Site
The Normal Site is situated on the shores of the Menai Strait
Menai Strait
The Menai Strait is a narrow stretch of shallow tidal water about long, which separates the island of Anglesey from the mainland of Wales.The strait is bridged in two places - the main A5 road is carried over the strait by Thomas Telford's elegant iron suspension bridge, the first of its kind,...
next to the School of Education and School of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences and the closest residences to the School of Ocean Sciences in Menai Bridge. The site has two self-catered halls: Neuadd Seiriol and Neuadd Arfon.
The site is named after the former Bangor Normal College
Bangor Normal College
The Normal College, Bangor was an independent teacher training college, founded in 1861 until 1996, when the College became part of University of Wales Bangor...
, which has since been incorporated into the University (see History above), and was established for the training of teachers (see Normal School
Normal school
A normal school is a school created to train high school graduates to be teachers. Its purpose is to establish teaching standards or norms, hence its name...
).
Bryn Eithin
Bryn Eithin overlooks the centre of Bangor and is close to the Science Departments and School of Informatics. This is a Postgraduate site and has three blocks accommodating ninety six students.
In Welsh
Welsh language
Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...
, "Bryn" means "hill," and "Eithin" means "gorse."
College Road
College Road has one hall situated there, Neuadd Garth (formerly Neuadd John Morris Jones, before that Neuadd Rathbone), this is the only catered hall. The site is located a stone's throw from the Main Arts building in Upper Bangor, and departments such as Psychology, Music and the College of Business, Social Sciences and Law. Neuadd Rathbone (formerly Neuadd John Morris Jones, before that University Hall) which is located on the site, was previously a Hall of Residence but will be remodeled during the academic year 2011-2012, to accommodate Student Services and will no longer be occupied by students as a Hall of Residence.
Private halls
A private hall of residence called 'Neuadd Willis' (named after a well-liked and respected architect) has been built (2006), incorporating the old listed British Hotel with a new build extension to the rear and a further Hall on the site of the old Plaza cinema. This is not a University owned or managed hall.Former Refectory and Student Union Buildings
Steve Biko
Stephen Biko was a noted anti-apartheid activist in South Africa in the 1960s and 1970s. A student leader, he later founded the Black Consciousness Movement which would empower and mobilize much of the urban black population. Since his death in police custody, he has been called a martyr of the...
who had been killed in anti-apartheid
Internal resistance to South African apartheid
Internal resistance to the apartheid system in South Africa came from several sectors of society and saw the creation of organisations dedicated variously to peaceful protests, passive resistance and armed insurrection. It came from both black activists like Steve Biko and Desmond Tutu as well as...
protests in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
. The buildings were renovated in 1997 to create an 1100-capacity nightclub, Amser/Time, where the previous refectory space was. In 2004, the student-only venue located in the main admin building, Main Bar, was renovated to become the 700-capacity Academi. The overall complex also consisted of two catering venues, Student Services department and the Students' Union offices. Demolition of the Union buildings and Theatr Gwynedd began in July 2010 to make room for the proposed Pontio Arts and Innovation Centre. The Centre will include a theatre with a capacity of between 450-550 seats, cinema space, a studio theatre, and an outdoor amphitheatre, all accompanied by new social facilities including bars, dining and park areas in a family-friendly environment.
Organisation
More than half of the academic departments at Bangor received an "Excellent" rating for the quality of teaching, and several departments scored very highly in the 2007 National Student SurveyNational student survey
The National Student Survey is a survey, launched in 2005, of all final year degree students at institutions in England, Wales and Northern Ireland...
, with the School of Music occupying the top slot in the UK. The University recently doubled its number of research contracts won, bringing Bangor's research contract income to £20M.
Following a reshuffle in August 2006, the University is divided into six Colleges. These are then broken down into Schools and Research Institutes. One of the departments that closed as a result of the reorganisation was Mathematics. The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
league table placed Bangor fifth in the UK for maths despite the University no longer admitting students.
Bangor's Colleges, and their constituent Schools and Research Institutes, are:
College of Arts, Education and Humanities
- School of Creative Studies and Media
- School of Education
- School of EnglishSchool of English (Bangor University)The School of English at Bangor University teaches writing across all the major literary periods from Old English through to the 21st century. Its particular areas of expertise lie in Medieval Literature, the Early Modern period, Romanticism, literary Modernism and Contemporary fiction and poetry...
- School of History, Welsh History and Archaeology
- School of Linguistics and English Language
- School of Modern Languages
- School of Music
- School of Theology and Religious Studies
- School of Welsh
- NIECI (National Institute for Excellence in the Creative Industries)
- ELCOS (English Language Centre for Overseas Students)
- WISCA (Welsh Institute for Social and Cultural Affairs)
- ESRC Centre for Research on Bilingualism
College of Business, Social Sciences and Law
- Bangor Business School
- School of Law
- School of Social Sciences
College of Lifelong Learning
- School of Lifelong Learning
College of Natural Sciences
- School of Biological Sciences (includes Treborth Botanic GardenTreborth Botanic GardenTreborth Botanic Garden , is a botanic garden in Wales, close to the city of Bangor, Gwynedd. It is owned by Bangor University, and is used in teaching for University students, local schools and community groups...
) - School of the Environment, Natural Resources and Geography
- School of Ocean Sciences
- Welsh Institute of Natural Resources
College of Health and Behavioural Sciences
- School of Healthcare Sciences
- School of Medical Sciences
- School of Psychology, Bangor UniversitySchool of Psychology, Bangor UniversityThe School of Psychology at Bangor University is one of the largest psychology departments of any university in the United Kingdom. The school forms a large part of the College of Health and Behavioural Sciences. In the latest Research Assessment Exercise, the School's Ph.D...
- School of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences
- Institute of Medical and Social Care Research
College of Physical and Applied Sciences
- School of Chemistry
- School of Computer Science (previously School of Informatics)
- School of Electronics
Students' Union
The Students’ Union provides services, support, activities and entertainment for students. All Bangor University students automatically become members of the Students' Union and officers have seats on all major University committees.Paid sabbatical posts are held by (2011/12)
- Jo Caulfield - Union President,
- Danielle Buckley - VP Education & Welfare,
- Danielle Giles - VP Sport & Healthy Living,
- Rich Gorman - VP Societies & Community
Clubs and Societies
There are over 100 clubs and societies on offer varying from academic societies such as the Geographical Society, archaeology, and Psychology to the more fun societies such as film, photography, drama, to sport clubs such as canoeing, football, surfing and gymnastics.Student Volunteering Bangor is a student-led charity that’s involved with projects with the young, the elderly and the disabled amongst others.
Bangor Nightline
Nightline is a voluntarily run, confidential and anonymous information and listening service, run by university students for university students. It is part of the National Nightline Association (National Nightline website) and is a society at Bangor University. In May 2010 Bangor Nightline won the Achievement of the Year award, and was runner up for the Society of the Year award at the Student Union Society awards. Later that year, it was also the first Nightline to achieve the Good Practice Guidelines accreditation and to be awarded the National Nightline Best Practice Award in all of the UK.History
In 1974 Bangor University opened the tenth Nightline in the UK, and it is still going strong today. Bangor Nightline has developed a lot in its 37 years of service. It has gone from a handful of student volunteers to almost 70 volunteers who donate more than 5000 hours a year to support and assist almost 1000 callers a year. It has regular recruitment and training sessions with valuable sessions from the School of Lifelong Learning, the Samaritans, and other national support agencies. Its opening times have been extended over the years and it now offers the service from 8pm-8am every night of term.You can learn more about Nightline and how to volunteer with the service or more about what it can offer you on the website at Bangor University Nightline and on this article on the bangor university webpage Nightline You can also find Nightline (Bangor Nightline) and their mascot Dafydd (Dafydd Nightline) on facebook.
Student radio
Storm FM is the official student radio station for Bangor University and is one of only three student radio stations in the UK to have a long term FMFM broadcasting
FM broadcasting is a broadcasting technology pioneered by Edwin Howard Armstrong which uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. The term "FM band" describes the "frequency band in which FM is used for broadcasting"...
license. The station is broadcast on 87.7FM from a low powered FM transmitter based on the Ffriddoedd Site. Storm is run on a voluntary basis by around 90 students at the university. Unfortunately, the FM licence only allows for broadcast to a very small area of Bangor - namely the Ffriddoed Road Halls of Residence. On March 1, 2009, Storm FM officially went online, with the service being available to anyone who accesses the Storm website http://www.stormfm.com.
History
Bangor Rag Radio Stereo FM started in 1972 by a number of Dean Street (Electronics Engineering) students, initially just for Rag Week. This was a pirate radio station, possibly the first University stereo FM station in the UK. The FM transmitter was moved around Bangor to avoid capture by the GPO, often with a microwave link line-of-sight from the Student's Union building roof to provide live studio radio programmes.Its predecessor was on Medium Wave only, and was started shortly after World War II. Rag Radio later spawned BRBS the Bangor Rag Broadcasting System, which ran until 1991.Storm FM was set up in October 2001 by the then president of the Students' Union
Students' union
A students' union, student government, student senate, students' association, guild of students or government of student body is a student organization present in many colleges and universities, and has started appearing in some high schools...
, Niall Duffy. The first show was broadcast at 13:00 on March 19, 2003.
In 2005, two presenters received nominations at the Student Radio Awards
Student Radio Awards
The Student Radio Awards is a UK awards scheme celebrating talent within the UK student radio industry, held annually since 1996 by the Student Radio Association and supported by BBC Radio 1....
; Emma Gascoigne for Best Female, and Spencer George for Best Newcomer. The station was also nominated for Best Station Sound at the Student Radio Awards
Student Radio Awards
The Student Radio Awards is a UK awards scheme celebrating talent within the UK student radio industry, held annually since 1996 by the Student Radio Association and supported by BBC Radio 1....
2004.
Following considerable time off-air, the 2006/07 academic year saw a totally re-branded Storm FM relocate to a new studio in the Students' Union building, directly under the control of the Students' Union. Until that point, broadcasts were made from the University's Media Centre in upper Bangor.
In October 2007, Storm FM received two nominations at the Student Radio Awards
Student Radio Awards
The Student Radio Awards is a UK awards scheme celebrating talent within the UK student radio industry, held annually since 1996 by the Student Radio Association and supported by BBC Radio 1....
for Best Marketing & Branding and Best Live Event/Outside Broadcast, the latter receiving a Bronze Award at the 2007 SRA ceremony for its local coverage of the National Assembly for Wales election, 2007
National Assembly for Wales election, 2007
The 2007 National Assembly election was held on Thursday 3 May 2007 to elect members to the National Assembly for Wales. It was the third general election. On the same day local elections in England and Scotland, and the Scottish Parliament election took place...
.http://www.studentradio.org.uk/awards/2007/winners.html
Presidents
- Earl of PowisEdward Herbert, 3rd Earl of PowisEdward James Herbert, 3rd Earl of Powis , styled Viscount Clive between 1839 and 1848, was a British peer and politician.-Background:...
, 1884–1891 - William RathboneWilliam Rathbone VIWilliam Rathbone VI was an English merchant and businessman noted for his philanthropic and public work...
1891-1900 - Lloyd Tyrell-Kenyon, 4th Baron KenyonLloyd Tyrell-Kenyon, 4th Baron KenyonLloyd Tyrell-Kenyon, 4th Baron Kenyon, TD , was a British peer and Conservative politician.Kenyon was the son of the Hon. Lloyd Kenyon, son of Lloyd Kenyon, 3rd Baron Kenyon. He succeeded his grandfather as fourth Baron Kenyon in 1869, aged only five, and was able to take his seat in the House of...
1900-1927 - Lord GladstoneHerbert Gladstone, 1st Viscount GladstoneHerbert John Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone GCB, GCMG, GBE, PC, JP was a British Liberal statesman. The youngest son of William Ewart Gladstone, he was Home Secretary from 1905 to 1910 and Governor-General of the Union of South Africa from 1910 to 1914.-Background and education:Gladstone was...
1927-1935 - Lord Howard de WaldenThomas Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de WaldenThomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden, 4th Baron Seaford , was a British peer, landowner, writer and patron of the arts. He was also a motorboat racer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.-Biography:...
1935-1940 - Lord HarlechWilliam Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron HarlechWilliam George Arthur Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech KG, GCMG, PC , known as William Ormsby-Gore until 1938, was a British Conservative politician and banker.-Background:...
1940-1945 - Charles Paget, 6th Marquess of AngleseyCharles Paget, 6th Marquess of AngleseyCharles Henry Alexander Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey GCVO was a British peer.Paget was born in 1885, the son of Lord Alexander Paget, was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College Sandhurst and in 1905 he succeeded as Marquess of Anglesey on the demise of his childless cousin, the 5th...
1945-1947 - Lloyd Tyrell-Kenyon, 5th Baron Kenyon 1947-1982
- Sir William Mars-Jones 1982-1995
- Lord CledwynCledwyn HughesCledwyn Hughes, Baron Cledwyn of Penrhos, CH, PC, , was a Welsh Labour politician.Born in Holyhead and educated at the Holyhead Grammar School and at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, he served in the RAFVR in the Second World War. He became a solicitor and a town clerk of Holyhead...
1995-2000 - Lord Elis-ThomasDafydd Elis-ThomasDafydd Elis Elis-Thomas, Baron Elis-Thomas, PC, AM, is a Welsh politician and was the Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales until 2011...
2000-
Vice Chancellors (earlier Principals)
The University has had a total of seven Principals/Vice-Chancellors:- Henry ReichelHenry ReichelSir Henry Rudolf Reichel , was a founder of the University of Wales. Born in Belfast, Reichel was educated at Oxford University and in 1884 was appointed the first principal of the University College of North Wales, in Bangor...
, Principal 1884–1927 - David Emrys Evans, Principal 1927–1958
- Charles Evans, Principal 1958–1984
- Eric Sunderland, Principal, Vice-Chancellor 1984–1995
- Professor Roy EvansRoy Evans (professor)Professor Hubert Roy Evans CBE, FREng, FICE, PhD, is a Welsh civil engineer and professor.He is a native of Llandysul, in Ceredigion, Wales...
, Vice-Chancellor 1995–2004 - Professor Merfyn Jones, Vice-Chancellor 2004-2010
- Professor John G HughesJohn G HughesJohn G. Hughes was elected the second president of the National University of Ireland, Maynooth in 2004 for a ten-year term and is Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the National University of Ireland. He resigned this post in September 2010 to take up the position of Vice-Chancellor at Bangor University,...
, Vice-Chancellor, started autumn 2010
Honorary Fellows
- Lord AttenboroughRichard AttenboroughRichard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough , CBE is a British actor, director, producer and entrepreneur. As director and producer he won two Academy Awards for the 1982 film Gandhi...
- Frances BarberFrances BarberFrances Barber is an Olivier Award-nominated English actress with a long and distinguished stage career. She has also appeared in numerous television productions...
, the film and stage actorActorAn actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
is also a graduate, and has conducted actingActingActing is the work of an actor or actress, which is a person in theatre, television, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually, speaking or singing the written text or play....
workshops at UWB. - Elinor BennettElinor BennettElinor Bennett is a Welsh harpist.Bennett was born in Llanidloes, Wales. As a harpist, she is one of the foremost performers in the world. She has recorded twelve solo albums, and is one of the organisers of the Wales International Harp Festival. She also runs an annual 'Harp College'...
(harpist) - Catrin FinchCatrin FinchCatrin Anna Finch is a Welsh harpist born in Llanon, Ceredigion, Wales. She was the Official Harpist to the Prince of Wales from 2000 to 2004 and is Visiting Professor at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and the Royal Academy of Music...
(harpist) - Tim HainesTim HainesTim Haines is a screenwriter, producer and director who is best known for his work on the BBC popular science shows Walking with Dinosaurs, Walking with Beasts, and Walking with Monsters...
(TV director and screenwriter) - Mark HughesMark HughesLeslie Mark Hughes, OBE , is a former Welsh international footballer. As an international footballer, he made 72 appearances and scored 16 goals....
(Football managerCoach (sport)In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:... - Owain Arwel HughesOwain Arwel HughesOwain Arwel Hughes CBE is a Welsh orchestral conductor. Among his numerous titles are Principal Associate Conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London's Philharmonia Orchestra, Aalborg Symphony in Denmark and the National Youth Orchestra of Wales and Principal Guest Conductor of the Cape...
(conductor) - Rhys IfansRhys IfansRhys Ifans is a Welsh actor and musician. He is known for his portrayal of characters such as Spike in Notting Hill and Jed Parry in Enduring Love and as a member of the Welsh rock groups Super Furry Animals and The Peth. Ifans also appeared as Xenophilius Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Deathly...
(actor) - Dafydd IwanDafydd IwanDafydd Iwan , is a Welsh folk singer and politician. He was the president of Plaid Cymru .Dafydd Iwan Jones was born in Brynaman in Carmarthenshire, Wales, and is the elder brother of politician Alun Ffred Jones. He spent most of his youth in Bala in Gwynedd before attending the University of...
(singer and politician) - Aled JonesAled JonesAled Jones is a Welsh singer and television/radio personality, broadcaster and television presenter who first came to fame as a treble...
(singer and TV presenter) - Glenys KinnockGlenys KinnockGlenys Elizabeth Kinnock, Baroness Kinnock and Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead is a British politician....
(politician) - Matthew MaynardMatthew MaynardMatthew Maynard is an English former cricketer. He played in four Tests and fourteen ODIs for England....
(cricketer) - Philip PullmanPhilip PullmanPhilip Pullman CBE, FRSL is an English writer from Norwich. He is the best-selling author of several books, most notably his trilogy of fantasy novels, His Dark Materials, and his fictionalised biography of Jesus, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ...
(author) - Bryn TerfelBryn TerfelBryn Terfel Jones CBE is a Welsh bass-baritone opera and concert singer. Terfel was initially associated with the roles of Mozart, particularly Figaro and Leporello, but has subsequently shifted his attention to heavier roles, especially those by Wagner....
(opera singer) - Archbishop Desmond Tutu
- Carol VordermanCarol VordermanCarol Jean Vorderman MBE is a British media personality, best known for co-hosting the popular game show Countdown for 26 years from 1982 to 2008. In September 2011 she became a co-anchor of the ITV1 panel show Loose Women....
(TV presenter) - Iolo WilliamsIolo WilliamsIolo Tudur Williams is a Welsh nature observer and television presenter, best known for his BBC and S4C nature shows.-Biography:...
(TV presenter) - Gwilym Owen, Welsh veteran broadcaster
- Guto Harri, former BBC news reporter turned PR man.
- Mike PetersMike PetersMichael Bartley Peters , better known as Mike Peters, is an American cartoonist.He draws the comic strip Mother Goose and Grimm, as well as syndicated editorial cartoons that appear in papers all over the United States...
, Lead singer with The AlarmThe AlarmThe Alarm are an alternative rock band that emerged from North Wales in the late 1970s. They started as a mod band and stayed together for over ten years. As a rock band, they displayed marked influences from Welsh language and culture... - Jane Edwards, Welsh Novelist
Notable academics
- Professor Mark Baird - Professor of Organic ChemistryOrganic chemistryOrganic chemistry is a subdiscipline within chemistry involving the scientific study of the structure, properties, composition, reactions, and preparation of carbon-based compounds, hydrocarbons, and their derivatives...
. World leader in cyclopropyl ring systems. Joined the University in 1990 as head of the department of ChemistryChemistryChemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
and has subsequently held posts as provicechancellor (PVC) of Research and PVC Third mission. Professor Baird is author of over 200 journal articles, book chapters and patents. He has recently (2008) taken up an appointment as a research professor within the chemistry department to concentrate on his world-leading work in the field of tuberculosisTuberculosisTuberculosis, MTB, or TB is a common, and in many cases lethal, infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs but can also affect other parts of the body...
. - Professor Samuel L. BraunsteinSamuel L. BraunsteinSamuel Leon Braunstein is a professor in the Computer Science department at the University of York, UK. He is a member of a research group in non-standard computation, and has a particular interest in quantum information and quantum computation.Braunstein has written or edited three books, and has...
(quantum physicist), 1997–2004 - Tony ConranTony ConranTony Conran is a Welsh poet and translator of Welsh poetry. His own poetry is written in English but is very much influenced by Welsh language literature and Welsh culture and history. To some extent there are parallels in Conran's writing with that of R. S...
- poet and translator. Was Reader in English and Tutor until 1983. Conran has a large number of books in print and has been a published poet since the 1950s. Edited and translated the standard text of Welsh poetry in translation, 'Welsh Verse' (1967/1986). - Professor David CrystalDavid CrystalDavid Crystal OBE FLSW FBA is a linguist, academic and author.-Background and career:Crystal was born in Lisburn, Northern Ireland. He grew up in Holyhead, North Wales, and Liverpool, England where he attended St Mary's College from 1951....
OBEOrder of the British EmpireThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
(linguistLinguisticsLinguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
and authorAuthorAn author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
) is an honorary professor of LinguisticsLinguisticsLinguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
(and part-time lecturer) at UWB. - A. H. DoddA. H. DoddProfessor Arthur Herbert Dodd , was an academic historian who taught and published widely, specialising in the politics of the Tudor and Stuart periods, Welsh history, and the history of the Industrial Revolution....
(historian), 1919–1958 - Professor Edward David Hughes FRS- Physical Organic Chemist and head of the department of Chemistry (1943–1948), who made significant contributions to mechanistic organic chemistryOrganic chemistryOrganic chemistry is a subdiscipline within chemistry involving the scientific study of the structure, properties, composition, reactions, and preparation of carbon-based compounds, hydrocarbons, and their derivatives...
and pioneered the preparation of Oxygen-18 enriched water for use in mechanistic studies. The School of Chemistry was awarded (2009) a Landmark Award from the Royal Society of ChemistryRoyal Society of ChemistryThe Royal Society of Chemistry is a learned society in the United Kingdom with the goal of "advancing the chemical sciences." It was formed in 1980 from the merger of the Chemical Society, the Royal Institute of Chemistry, the Faraday Society and the Society for Analytical Chemistry with a new...
to recognise the achievements of Professor Hughes. - William MathiasWilliam MathiasWilliam Mathias CBE was a Welsh composer.-Brief biography:Mathias was born in Whitland, Carmarthenshire. A child prodigy, he started playing the piano at the age of three and composing at the age of five. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music under Lennox Berkeley, where he was elected a fellow...
(composer), former professor of music - Sir John Morris-JonesJohn Morris-JonesSir John Morris-Jones was a Welsh grammarian, academic and poet.He was born at Llandrygarn, Anglesey and educated at Friars School, Bangor. Whilst at Jesus College, Oxford, Morris-Jones co-founded the Cymdeithas Dafydd ap Gwilym...
(pioneering Welsh grammarian, editor, poet and literary critic) - Guto PuwGuto PuwGuto Pryderi Puw is a Welsh composer, university lecturer and conductor. He is considered to be one of the most promising Welsh composers of his generation and a key figure in current Welsh music. Puw's music has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and been featured on television programmes for the...
- Leading Welsh composer and winner of the BBC Radio 3BBC Radio 3BBC Radio 3 is a national radio station operated by the BBC within the United Kingdom. Its output centres on classical music and opera, but jazz, world music, drama, culture and the arts also feature. The station is the world’s most significant commissioner of new music, and its New Generation...
Listener's Award at the British Composers Awards 2007. - Professor Kennedy Orton FRSRoyal SocietyThe Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, is a learned society for science, and is possibly the oldest such society in existence. Founded in November 1660, it was granted a Royal Charter by King Charles II as the "Royal Society of London"...
- Physical Organic Chemist and head of department of Chemistry (1903–1930), leading ground-breaking work and making the Bangor Chemistry Department one of the most important in the UK in the years after the 1st World War (Chem. Soc. Reviews (1998) 27, 355 - 366). The main lecture theatre in the Chemistry Department at Bangor is now named after him.
Notable alumni
- Martin J. BallMartin J. BallMartin J. Ball is Hawthorne-BORSF Endowed Professor and Director of the Doris B Hawthorne Center for Special Education and Communicative Disorders in the Department of Communicative Disorders at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette....
- Hawthorne Endowed Professor in Communicative Disorders at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA. - Paul BérengerPaul BérengerPaul Raymond Bérenger GCSK MP is the Leader of the Opposition of Mauritius and former Prime Minister of the Republic. Bérenger, who is a Christian of French descent, is the only Prime Minister of Mauritius who was not a Hindu....
(former Prime Minister of Mauritius) graduate in philosophy. - Danny BoyleDanny BoyleDaniel "Danny" Boyle is an English filmmaker and producer. He is best known for his work on films such as Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours, 28 Days Later, Sunshine and Trainspotting. For Slumdog Millionaire, Boyle won numerous awards in 2008, including the Academy Award for Best Director...
(film directorFilm directorA film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and producerFilm producerA film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
), graduate in English - Richard BrunstromRichard BrunstromRichard Brunstrom was the Chief Constable of North Wales Police, a position he held from January 2001 to July 2009.-Early life:...
(Chief Constable of North Wales Police), graduated in zoologyZoologyZoology |zoölogy]]), is the branch of biology that relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct...
(1979) - Stephen Clucas (Lecturer at Birkbeck, University of LondonBirkbeck, University of LondonBirkbeck, University of London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. It offers many Master's and Bachelor's degree programmes that can be studied either part-time or full-time, though nearly all teaching is...
and author. Graduated in English in 1982 - Christina Coker (Chief Executive of Youth Music), graduate in Music
- Professor Sir Gordon ConwayGordon ConwaySir Gordon Richard Conway, KCMG, FRS, FRGS, is an agricultural ecologist and former President of the Royal Geographical Society. He often speaks about biotechnology and global food security.-Early life:...
FRS (UK Department of International Development's first chief scientific adviser and Professor of international development at Imperial College LondonImperial College LondonImperial College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, specialising in science, engineering, business and medicine...
, previously President of the Rockefeller FoundationRockefeller FoundationThe Rockefeller Foundation is a prominent philanthropic organization and private foundation based at 420 Fifth Avenue, New York City. The preeminent institution established by the six-generation Rockefeller family, it was founded by John D. Rockefeller , along with his son John D. Rockefeller, Jr...
(USA), current president of the Royal Geographical SocietyRoyal Geographical SocietyThe Royal Geographical Society is a British learned society founded in 1830 for the advancement of geographical sciences...
, and Vice Chancellor of the University of SussexUniversity of SussexThe University of Sussex is an English public research university situated next to the East Sussex village of Falmer, within the city of Brighton and Hove. The University received its Royal Charter in August 1961....
), graduate in zoologyZoologyZoology |zoölogy]]), is the branch of biology that relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct...
(1959) - Aled Eames - Warden of Neuadd Reichel in the 1950s and '60s and notable maritime historian. 1921-1996
- Colin Eaborn FRS, Chemist
- Robert G. Edwards physiologist and pioneer in reproductive medicineReproductive medicineReproductive medicine is a branch of medicine that deals with prevention, diagnosis and management of reproductive problems; goals include improving or maintaining reproductive health and allowing people to have children at a time of their choosing...
, and in-vitro fertilization (IVF) in particular. He won the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineNobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineThe Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine administered by the Nobel Foundation, is awarded once a year for outstanding discoveries in the field of life science and medicine. It is one of five Nobel Prizes established in 1895 by Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, in his will...
. - Bill FayBill FayBill Fay is an English singer, pianist and songwriter.-Biography:His first single, "Some Good Advice" / "Screams in my Ears", was issued on the Deram label in 1967, and was followed by two albums, Bill Fay in 1970 and Time of the Last Persecution in 1971. The recordings did not sell well, and Fay...
(singer/musician and recording artist), studied Electronics in 1960s - Paul Flattery (TV producer/writer), graduate in Philosophy, 1968.
- Tony GillamTony GillamTony Gillam is a writer and musician. He is the author of many articles on mental health nursing and related topics and has published a book, Reflections on Community Psychiatric Nursing ....
(musician and writer), graduate in English and French - Tim HainesTim HainesTim Haines is a screenwriter, producer and director who is best known for his work on the BBC popular science shows Walking with Dinosaurs, Walking with Beasts, and Walking with Monsters...
(BBC producer) - Dr Julian HibberdJulian HibberdJulian Hibberd is a plant scientist currently working at the University of Cambridge. He is a fellow of Emmanuel College. He gained his first degree in 1991 and then a PhD in 1994, both at the University of Bangor...
(Cambridge Plant Scientist, named by Nature as one of "Five crop researchers who could change the world") - Professor Ed Hill, director of the National Oceanography Centre, SouthamptonNational Oceanography Centre, SouthamptonThe National Oceanography Centre, Southampton describes the integrated collaboration between the Southampton-based part of the Natural Environment Research Council’s National Oceanography Centre, and University of Southampton Ocean and Earth Science...
(MSc 1983, PhD 1987) - John OgwenJohn OgwenJohn Ogwen is a Welsh actor.Best known to British audiences for his starring role in the 1978 drama series Hawkmoor, and appearances in the television series The District Nurse and the Doctor Who serial Revelation of the Daleks, Ogwen has been a stalwart of Welsh language television and film since...
(actor), graduate in English and Welsh - Professor Stefan RahmstorfStefan RahmstorfStefan Rahmstorf is a German oceanographer and climatologist. Since 2000, he has been a Professor of Physics of the Oceans at Potsdam University. He received his Ph.D. in oceanography from Victoria University of Wellington...
- Professor of Physics of the Oceans at Potsdam UniversityUniversity of PotsdamThe University of Potsdam is a German university, situated across four campuses in Potsdam, Brandenburg, including the New Palace of Sanssouci and the Park Babelsberg.- Profile :...
and winner of the $ 1 million Centennial Fellowship Award of the US-based James S. McDonnell foundation. - Derek RatcliffeDerek RatcliffeDerek Almey Ratcliffe was one of the most significant British nature conservationists of the 20th century. He was Chief Scientist for the Nature Conservancy Council at the Monks Wood Experimental Station, Abbots Ripton, Huntingdon, retiring in 1989...
(botanist, zoologist and nature conservationist), PhDDoctor of PhilosophyDoctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities... - Andy RowleyAndy RowleyAndy Rowley is a British television producer known for his children's dramas, including Jeopardy, which won a BAFTA Award for best children's drama in 2002, and Microsoap, Prix Jeunesse winner and BAFTA best children's drama award winner in 1999....
(TV Producer), graduate in English and Drama - John SessionsJohn SessionsJohn Gibb Marshall , better known by the stage name John Sessions, is a Scottish actor and comedian. He is known for comedy improvisation in television shows such as Whose Line Is It Anyway?; as a panellist on QI; and as a character actor in numerous films, both in the UK and in Hollywood.-Early...
(actor, original name John Marshall), graduate in English - Britton Spio-Garbrah (Ghanaian diplomat and educationist and father of Ghanaian politician and CEO of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization Ekwow Spio-GarbrahEkwow Spio-GarbrahEkwow Spio-Garbrah is a Ghanaian businessman, diplomat and politician. He is a former CEO of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation based in London. He is one of Africa's pre-eminent public servants, and an authority on mass communications who has held several high profile positions in...
) - R.S. Thomas (poet)
- Professor Derick ThomsonDerick ThomsonProfessor Derick S. Thomson MA, BA, Dlitt, FRSE, FBA , known as Ruaraidh MacThòmais in his native Scottish Gaelic, is a Scottish poet, publisher, lexicographer, academic and writer. He is originally from Lewis, but has spent much of his life in Glasgow, where he was Professor of Celtic at the...
(Scottish Gaelic poet, publisher, academic and writer), studied Celtic - Roger WhittakerRoger WhittakerRoger Whittaker is an Anglo-Kenyan singer-songwriter and musician with worldwide record sales of over 55 million. His music can be described as easy listening. He is best known for his baritone singing voice and trademark whistling ability...
(musician), studied Marine Biology - Bill WigginBill WigginWilliam David Wiggin is a British Conservative Party politician, Member of Parliament and a former Shadow Minister for Agriculture & Fisheries. He held the seat of Leominster from the 2001 election until the 2010 election, when the seat of Leominster was abolished...
(Conservative MP for LeominsterLeominsterLeominster is a market town in Herefordshire, England, located approximately north of the city of Hereford and south of Ludlow, at...
), graduated 1988 in Economics - Sir Ifor WilliamsIfor WilliamsSir Ifor Williams was a Welsh scholar who laid the foundations for the academic study of Old Welsh, particularly early Welsh poetry....
(historian of Welsh literatureLiterature of Wales (Welsh language)After literature written in the classical languages literature in the Welsh language is the oldest surviving literature in Europe. The Welsh literary tradition stretches from the 6th century to the twenty-first. Its fortunes have fluctuated over the centuries, in line with those of the Welsh...
and editor of a number of medieval Welsh texts, most notably the poetry of TaliesinTaliesinTaliesin was an early British poet of the post-Roman period whose work has possibly survived in a Middle Welsh manuscript, the Book of Taliesin...
and AneirinAneirinAneirin or Neirin was a Dark Age Brythonic poet. He is believed to have been a bard or 'court poet' in one of the Cumbric kingdoms of the Old North or Hen Ogledd, probably that of Gododdin at Edinburgh, in modern Scotland...
and the Four Branches of the MabinogiMabinogionThe Mabinogion is the title given to a collection of eleven prose stories collated from medieval Welsh manuscripts. The tales draw on pre-Christian Celtic mythology, international folktale motifs, and early medieval historical traditions...
)
Fictional Alumni
According to Helen FieldingHelen Fielding
Helen Fielding is an English novelist and screenwriter, best known as the creator of the fictional character Bridget Jones, a sequence of novels and films that chronicle the life of a thirtysomething single woman in London as she tries to make sense of life and love.Her novels Bridget Jones's...
's 1996 novel "Bridget Jones's Diary
Bridget Jones's Diary
Bridget Jones's Diary is a 1996 novel by Helen Fielding. Written in the form of a personal diary, the novel chronicles a year in the life of Bridget Jones, a thirty-something single working woman living in London. She writes about her career, self-image, vices, family, friends, and romantic...
", the title character attended Bangor University.
Alumni Groups
Probably the most active is the LinkedIn Alumni, which is a worldwide professional community of Bangor Alumni. See University of Wales - Bangor ALUMNI.Further reading
- The University College of North Wales - Foundations 1884-1927, J Gwynn Williams, University of Wales Press 1985, ISBN 0-7083-0893-7
- Bangor University, 1884-2009, David Roberts, University of Wales Press 2009, ISBN 0-7083-2226-3
- Architectural History & Guide (University College of North Wales, Bangor), M L Clarke, Online (Bangor Civic Society)
See also
- List of universities in Wales
- List of universities in the United Kingdom
- List of forestry universities and colleges
- Higher educationHigher educationHigher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...
- student accommodation
- Bangor University Rowing ClubBangor University Rowing ClubBangor University Rowing Club is the rowing club of Bangor University. The students row on the Menai Strait.- Background :Rowing in Bangor dates back to 1901, taking advantage of a stretch of open water that is located there. Situated on the Menai Strait in-between the Menai Suspension Bridge and...
- Bangor University Fencing ClubBangor University Fencing ClubThe Bangor University Fencing Club is a University fencing club that competes in the BUCS Fencing Leagues.The club is located in North Wales in the city of Bangor. It is based near the Menai Suspension Bridge and is part of Bangor University Athletic Student Union. Set up sometime ago Bangor Uni...