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Celebrating the Benefit of Higher Education
08.06.2011
The University of Wales Trinity Saint David opens up its campuses to the public for Universities Week 13-19 June 2011.
We will be getting involved with activities highlighting the links and relationships that the university has with the people and businesses in our local communities.
During this week, we will be hosting the BA Fine Art Degree Exhibition on the Carmarthen campus, an Organ Recital at St Peter’s Church, Carmarthen (16 June) and a concert, (16 June) at the University Chapel on the Carmarthen Campus.
These events are part of Gwyl!:The University of Wales Trinity Saint David Arts Festival and it is once again set to provide a magnificent month of music and drama in west Wales throughout June.
Our Schools and Colleges Liaison Officer will be out and about at UCAS conventions in Staffordshire (June 14) and Merseyside (June 15/16) talking to students and teachers about what the University of Wales Trinity Saint David has to offer.
We will also be hosting a special event (16 June) to celebrate our Leverhulme Visiting Fellows with a talk by Dr Alexander Meeus from the University of Leuven and a Leverhulme Visiting Fellow at the School of Classics on the Lampeter campus.
And the Creative Writing department at the University in conjunction with Swansea University and the Dragon Innovation Partnership is holding a day of workshops, discussions and readings.
Featured are prize-winning poet, Menna Elfyn, and brilliant new writers, Roshi Fernando and Tracey Warr. James Hawes warns about the perils of adaptation, based on his own, sometimes bitter experience, while Mick Felton (Seren) talks about the future of publishing in the digital age.
There's also a one-woman show by Sian Price, a book launch showcasing new work by students, and plenty of sparkling conversation.
These events aim to highlight how universities benefit everyone, whether or not they have gone to university themselves. It will see higher education institutions around the country take part in a variety of local, regional and national activities designed to demonstrate the extraordinary, life-changing work of universities. Vice-Chancellor, Professor Medwin Hughes said:
“Universities Week is an excellent opportunity to showcase some of the fantastic work we are carrying out here at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. It’s also a great chance to invite people to experience university life first-hand, whether they’ve been to university themselves or not.”
Universities Week 2011 will focus on five key themes including the value universities bring to their communities, the value they bring to local businesses and how the research currently underway will benefit UK society in 20 years’ time.
Keep up to date with news from the University here. We’re also tweeting on @trinitystdavid and on facebook – search for trinity saint david
You can get all the latest information on what is happening nationwide during Univerities Week on website www.universitiesweek.org.uk or their Facebook page, www.facebook.com/UKUniversities
Note to Editor
- The University of Wales Trinity Saint David is working with Swansea Metropolitan University, Coleg Sir Gâr, Pembrokeshire College and Coleg Ceredigion to create a dual sector university. This means that the institutions will work as a group to provide progression routes and choices for students as well as programmes of study that respond to the needs of employers in the region.
- Universities Week is taking place from 13-19 June 2010, and aims to increase public awareness of the wide and varied role of the UK’s universities. A full list of events taking place can be found at www.universitiesweek.org.uk.
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