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Penmaen Halls of Residence Wales National Pool Swansea’s Victorious 2011 Varsity Team Digital Technium Faraday Tower Swansea University Self Guided Tour outlets. The communal kitchens in these residences are equipped with snack-making facilities. The two new halls which opened in September 2008 are Penmaen and Horton (22 & 23 on the campus map). The two residences consist of 44 self-contained flats that provide a total of 351 ensuite study bedrooms. The larger of the two buildings, Penmaen, has 272 study bedrooms and Horton has 79. Each flat shares a well equipped kitchen diner and all rooms have high-speed internet access. The accommodation office is situated on the ground floor of Penmaen. The remaining places are in the recently refurbished Cefn Bryn (21 on the map) and the newly built self-catering residences (Oxwich, Langland and Caswell – 25, 26 & 27 on the campus map) which offer en-suite facilities, as does Preseli Hall. It is a short walk from here to the £20m University sports complex across the road. The Sports Centre is home to the Wales National Pool which has been awarded Intensive Training Centre Status by British Swimming and houses a 50m Olympic size pool and 25m warm up pool. There is a multi-purpose sports hall, 3 squash courts and a fully equipped fitness room with over 80 stations. These facilities have recently been enhanced with a new 8-lane athletics track, 2 out-door all-weather pitches and an indoor training centre for athletics Turning around, follow the path that runs past the halls of residence back towards Fulton House. You will pass the Students’ Union (18) and Fulton House (17) both on your left-hand side. The Students’ Union houses a shop, radio station (Xtreme Radio – where you can DJ your own show), the Athletic Union (which runs all of the sports clubs), the student newspaper (Waterfront), Divas the bar/nightclub, a diner and Students’ Union staff, including welfare advisors. The University boasts over 100 student clubs and societies which cater for all interests and activities, from ranging Amnesty International to Cheerleading, Debating and Role-play. More information on our clubs and societies can be found on the Students’ Union website: www.swansea-union.co.uk Passing in front of Fulton House, continue straight on into the Mall, passing Digital Technium (26, on your left) and the Faraday Building (8.1, on your right). Digital Technium provides start-up facilities for small hi-tech companies and includes a virtual reality studio, multimedia research facilities and computer graphics research facilities. Companies located here have academic links with the Departments of Computer Science, Civil Engineering, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and two of the University’s Centres of Excellence (the Centre for Computation and Simulation and the Centre for Communications and Software Technologies) are also housed here. The Faraday Building and Tower is home to the School of Engineering and the Computer Science Department. Of the Engineering departments – Aerospace, Civil, Mechanical, Materials, Chemical, and Electrical and Electronic - 4 have been rated “Excellent” for teaching and Civil was recently ranked 2 nd in the UK for research. The Department of Computer Science has been rated “Excellent” for Teaching and was ranked 11 th in the UK in The Times Good University Guide. The Department has recently launched degrees in E -Commerce Technology, Internet Technology and Mobile Communications and Internet Technology. Behind the Faraday, the Talbot Building (8.3) is home to the Department of Mathematics, which has been highly rated for research and which offers a wide range of interests in pure and applied mathematics. Continuing along the mall pass Taliesin Arts Centre (32) and the Egypt Centre (32.1) both on your left. www.swansea.ac.uk 6
Ceri Richards Gallery, Taliesin Arts Centre Library and Information Centre Keir Hardie Building James Callaghan Building Singleton Abbey Swansea University Self Guided Tour Taliesin Arts Centre houses a Lloyds Bank, Waterstone’s bookshop and a theatre. The theatre hosts professional theatre, music and dance and is the venue for film presentations, seating 330 people in the auditorium. There is also a cafe and wine bar, “Grapevine”, and an art gallery and shop (free entry). The complex has been extended to create the Museum of Egyptology (32.1) which houses Swansea’s large collection of Egyptian artefacts, the sixth largest in Britain. Feel free to visit the museum and shop (free of charge). Continuing along the mall, pass the Library and Information Centre (7) on your right and the Keir Hardie Building (3) on your left. Based in the Library and Information Centre, the main library houses 800,000 books, 1,400 study spaces and over 450 networked PCs for students. It is open 24 hours a day from Sunday to Friday during exam periods, and from 8am to 2am during normal term time.. On registration, students at the University are allocated a username, userspace and an e-mail account. This allows them free and unlimited use of e-mail and the internet. There is also free wireless internet throughout the campus and University housing. The Library and Information Centre is also home to the Careers Advisory Service which offers advice and assistance to students in finding work, training or placements during University and after graduation. The University has been ranked 18 th out of more than 200 Universities in the UK for its graduate employment record. It is also home to “Jobshop”, a service which finds students part–time/temporary work during term time and the vacation. The Keir Hardie Building houses Modern European languages which includes French, Italian, German and Welsh and Spanish. In addition, German, Spanish and Italian are all rated “Excellent” for teaching. This building is also home to Classics, Ancient History & Egyptology (also officially rated “Excellent” for teaching), English Literature and the Department of Media and Communication Studies. Continuing straight on you will pass the James Callaghan Building (4) on your left and finally reach Singleton Abbey (2). The James Callaghan Building is home to Politics, American Studies and History. The latter is rated “Excellent” for teaching and was recently placed in the top 20 UK history departments by the Guardian. American Studies offers a range of single and joint honours courses where students can spend a year at an American University. Partner institutions include, amongst others, Universities in New York, Washington, Arizona, California and New Mexico. Callaghan’s café is located in the basement. Singleton Abbey is home to the University’s administration section. The building was once the home of the Vivian Family who in the 19 th century owned the main copper manufacturing plants in the area. The building is mainly 19 th century mock-gothic but parts of it date from earlier centuries. If you follow the path round to the right you will reach the front of the building which affords some lovely views over the Bay as well as some comfortable benches from where you can enjoy the view. END OF TOUR We hope that you have enjoyed your visit to Swansea University. If you have any further queries please contact the Student Recruitment Office on: +44 (0) 1792 295784 Or email: SRO@swansea.ac.uk www.swansea.ac.uk 7
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