University Hospital of Wales celebrates 40 years

"The main hospital building was begun in 1966, and took four years to build and another year to equip. The hospital site has developed further in the years since, with the Children's Hospital of Wales opening next to the main building in 2006."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-15719463

"Philip John was a 24-year-old patient in dermatology when the Queen arrived to perform the official opening of the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff. On that day in 1971, his experience of the brand new hospital was "like going a five-star hotel" after previous treatment in the Victorian-era Cardiff Royal Infirmary (CRI)."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-15739599

Traditional Higher Ed Opens Doors for Tuition-Free Online University

"The University is completely tuition free. Its mission is not to turn a profit, but rather to create a truly global opportunity for education. A thousand students who live in 115 different countries are taught by members of the university’s core of 2,000 volunteers. Traditional universities are starting to open their doors to People’s free, nontraditional counterpart."

http://mashable.com/2011/06/29/university-of-the-people-hp-nyu


http://www.uopeople.org/

University of the People

"University of the People (UoPeople) is the world’s first tuition-free online academic institution dedicated to the global advancement and democratization of higher education. The high-quality low-cost global educational model embraces the worldwide presence of the Internet and dropping technology costs to bring university-level studies within reach of millions of people across the world. With the support of respected academics, humanitarians and other visionaries, the UoPeople student body represents a new wave in global education."

http://www.uopeople.org/

Why we wear gowns at graduation [video]

Why we wear gowns at graduation

http://holykaw.alltop.com/why-we-wear-gowns-at-graduation-video?tu2=1

University Website

http://xkcd.com/773/

Universal Cure

"Here’s a simple means of transforming the UK’s universities, schools and society"


http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2010/05/24/universal-cure/

"There is a short and simple solution, first proposed 11 years ago by the journalist Peter Wilby(13). Oxford and Cambridge, he suggested, should offer places to the top one or two pupils from every school, regardless of grades. The next-best universities would offer places to the pupils who come third and fourth, and so on downwards. There would be some adjustment for the size of the school, but the brutal logic holds. "

"Private schools would collapse overnight: the last place you’d want to put your child is where other ambitious parents have sent theirs. The top universities would no longer be enclaves of the privileged: working class children would feel that they have just as much right to be there as the scions of the posh. The middle class flight to good catchment areas would screech into reverse as wealthy families extract themselves from their comfortable ghettos. Social mixing begins both in and out of school."

The Cardiff University Centre for the History of Religion in Asia

"We are delighted to announce the foundation of a new inter-disciplinary research centre at Cardiff University. The goal of the centre is to explore the historical development and social and political functions of religious ideologies in Asia. The centre brings together a team of Asia-focused historians and linguists from across the university as part of this endeavor. The centre will found a biennial distinguished guest lecture in honour of the noted Orientalist of Welsh descent, William Jones, as well as a variety of other research-focused events for academic and public audiences.

The centre has two key goals:

- to conduct, promote and develop research of the highest international standard in the History of Religion in Asia with an emphasis on Historical, Textual and Translation Studies.

- to disseminate research findings to the widest possible public."

http://blogs.cf.ac.uk/chra/entry/welcome_to_a_new_cardiff

Cardiff University Main Building Centenary

"Main Building, one of the University’s most impressive pieces of architecture, celebrates its centenary on 14th October 2009. The magnificent grade 2 listed building remains a thriving focal point of the University and is a major architectural jewel in Cardiff’s city centre."

http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/mainbuilding100/

Don't Turn College into a Test: Why It's Bad to Be Good

""Sadly, the 'good student' attitude can actually block you from being motivated and connected to new ideas and networks of people."

Scheele recommends avoiding these traps by replacing "good student" behavior, obedience, and passivity with imaginativeness, friendliness, and curiosity. Rather than settling, expect more. Work to overcome shyness and fear of involvement by taking risks and building networks."

http://www.questianewsletter.com/newsletter/volume-5-issue-1/?CRID=nullCRnull&OFFID=newsletter20090802l#bigidea

Researcher Profiles and Portfolios: Use Cases of the Facebook Service and the University of Queensland Researchers Service

"Facebook offers a number of useful features that could be adapted for users in the academic environment. Facebook also offers a more 'live', real-time view of a researcher, and it provides a much more engaging and interactive experience. The UQ Researchers service, by contrast, appears both old-fashioned and extremely static, and it offers no way within its system for visitors to interact with any of its content, or with any of the researchers profiled therein. Below are some recommendations for making UQ Researchers more 'user-friendly'."

http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july08/weaver/07weaver.html

Institutional Social Networks

'Newspace - a social networking site for new students' which describes 'a social networking site for new students at the University, http://newstudents.newport.ac.uk.'

http://blogs.open.ac.uk/Maths/ajh59/014991.html

Visualising CoAuthors in Open Repostory Online Papers

"...if you hover over the name of an author, the links to the papers they contributed to will be highlighted. If you hover over a paper reference, the authors who contributed to it will be highlighted."



http://blogs.open.ac.uk/Maths/ajh59/014979.html

Cardiff ePrints Caerdydd

"Welcome to Cardiff ePrints Caerdydd, a digital repository of research publications from Cardiff University. The full text of publications is made freely available where possible."

http://eprints.cf.ac.uk/

Croeso : Open University Beginner's Welsh Course

"Croeso will give you the skills you need to speak and understand simple Welsh in everyday situations. No previous knowledge of Welsh is required. We’ll send you printed and audio materials, and you’ll have a dedicated website, all of which support your language learning. And while you’re learning Welsh, you’ll gain a real feel for Welsh culture too."

http://www3.open.ac.uk/courses/bin/p12.dll?C01L196