University of South むちの跡s guide: 最高位のs, open days, 料金s and accommodation
Overview
The University of South むちの跡s (USW) is the 製品 of a 合併 a １０年間 ago of the University of Glamorgan and the University of むちの跡s, Newport, leaving it with an 広範囲にわたる 足跡 across the whole of the 地域 from which it now takes its 指名する. There are campuses in Cardiff, Newport and three in and around Pontypridd (Treforest, Glyntaff and Sport Park). The university is headquartered on the Treforest campus, the biggest of the three Pontypridd 場所／位置s. Cardiff is home to the university's creative 産業s courses, while Newport has education and teacher training, 商売／仕事, cybersecurity and psychology. Everything else is at Pontypridd. Courses are 配達するd with 広範囲にわたる input from 商売／仕事 and 産業, and many come with work experience and placement 適切な時期s, 加える professional accreditation where 関連した. It is the second largest university in むちの跡s behind only Cardiff, although Ucas data shows 使用／適用s and admissions have 拒絶する／低下するd by 37% and 45% それぞれ in the past １０年間.
支払う／賃金ing the 法案s
More than 5,500 students 利益d from a cost of living bursary introduced last year in 返答 to the インフレーション 率. About £600,000 was paid out, meaning students received just over £1,000 on 普通の／平均（する）. USW also introduced a 解放する／自由な breakfast 申し込む／申し出 for all students and staff at its catering 出口s. Several other bursaries 申し込む／申し出 support to 明確な／細部 groups of students. The £1,000 Gwent bursary was paid to 88 students in 2021-22 whose home 演説（する）／住所 was in a NP (Newport) postcode and who received a contextual 申し込む／申し出 from the university. USW met the £300 costs of diagnostic 実験（する）ing for learning difficulties, such as dyslexia, dyspraxia and ADHD, for 332 students in the course of the year. For the new academic year, USW has introduced an Ethnicity Equality Bursary 価値（がある） £1,000 for up to 15 undergraduate and ten postgraduate students. Progression bursaries 価値（がある） £1,000 are paid to students who move on to a degree programme at USW from a USW-信じる／認定／派遣するd diploma or 創立／基礎 degree course at one of several nearby colleges, and Welsh medium scholarships of a 類似の value are paid to students on 明示するd courses who commit to taking 40 credits of their degree in Welsh. There are 1,250 places in USW 居住の accommodation starting at under £4,000 for a 40-week 契約. With only 23 rooms or studios costing more than £5,440 for the year, USW has some of the cheapest accommodation in the UK.
What's new?
New degree 見習いの身分制度 programmes in rail 工学 (beginning this month) and 航空宇宙学 and aeronautical 工学 (beginning next year) will 上げる 見習い工 numbers at USW. There are also 計画（する）s for a 控訴 of construction 工学 degree 見習いの身分制度s to 追加する to the university's 存在するing ten programmes, which should bring 見習い工 numbers up to の近くに to 1,300 by next September. The university is also introducing three new degree programmes this month, two in real 広い地所 (with and without a 創立／基礎 year) and a BSc in sound, lighting and live event 科学（工学）技術 - all typical of the vocational slant on learning at USW. The university is creating a new learning and teaching space for chiropractic students on the main Treforest campus to 会合，会う the 需要・要求するs of both its Master of Chiropractic and 創立／基礎 year courses and 臨床の out-患者 必要物／必要条件s. Chiropractic care is 申し込む／申し出d by final year student clinicians under the 監督 of qualified chiropractors.
Admissions, teaching and student support
USW has an 優れた 記録，記録的な／記録する on 新採用するing students from disadvantaged backgrounds and postcodes where few 進歩 to higher education. Under its contextual admissions 政策, USW prioritises applicants from postcodes の中で the 40% where progression to university is lowest, those who will be the first in their 即座の family to go to university, and care leavers. If they are 予報するd to 会合，会う USW's 入ること／参加（者） 基準, these applicants are made an 申し込む／申し出 that is lower than USW's typical 申し込む／申し出 for that course (except for those wanting to 熟考する／考慮する 医療の science) or have their contextual data taken into account when grades are 解放（する）d. Mental health and student wellbeing is supported through a 範囲 of activities and 介入s. 同様に as specialist mental health or counselling support, students can be referred to or take advantage of wellbeing group activities that 含む therapy dogs, （手先の）技術 workshops, yoga classes and 調書をとる／予約する clubs. Support is 申し込む／申し出d for 強調する／ストレス, 苦悩 and 不景気 through to コンビナート／複合体 mental health, 外傷／ショック and autistic spectrum disorders. The university runs its own on-campus health service for students, which hosts workshops and webinars through the year to raise 認識／意識性 and 促進する understanding of 問題／発行するs such as 性の 同意. 同意 and 麻薬 spiking are two 問題／発行するs always covered on the health team's stand at the 年次の WelcomeFest for new students each September.
