uwic undergraduate prospectus 2012

UNIVERSITY OF WALES INSTITUTE, CARDIFF ATHROFA PRIFYSGOL CYMRU, CAERDYDD

undergraduate prospectus 2012

...with a wide range of course choices developed with your future in mind

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Students' UnionCentral Union Offices, UWIC,Cyncoed Campus, Cardiff, CF23 6XDTel: +44 (0)29 2041 6190Fax: +44 (0)29 2076 5569email: [email protected] web: www.uwicsu.co.uk

Accommodation ServicesAccommodation Services, UWIC, Cyncoed Campus, Cardiff, CF23 6XDTel: +44 (0)29 2041 6188/6189Fax: +44 (0)29 2041 6968 email: [email protected]

Sports FacilitiesSports Facilities Office, UWIC, Cyncoed Campus, Cardiff, CF23 6XDTel: +44 (0)29 2041 6777Fax: +44 (0)29 2041 6737 email: [email protected]

Cardiff School of Art & DesignUWIC, Howard Gardens, Cardiff, CF24 0SPUWIC, Llandaff Campus, Western Avenue,Cardiff, CF5 2YB

Cardiff School of EducationUWIC, Cyncoed Campus, Cyncoed Road,Cardiff, CF23 6XD

Cardiff School of Health SciencesUWIC, Llandaff Campus, Western Avenue,Cardiff, CF5 2YB

Cardiff School of ManagementUWIC, Llandaff Campus, Western Avenue,Cardiff, CF5 2YB

Cardiff School of SportUWIC,Cyncoed Campus,Cyncoed Road, Cardiff, CF23 6XD

Check uwic.ac.uk for news onexciting new courses and for themost up-to-date courseinformation

General EnquiriesGeneral enquiries telephone:

+44 (0)29 2041 6070You can also send us a fax on:

+44 (0)29 2041 6286Or contact us via our email address, which is:

[email protected] website: uwic.ac.uk

Open DaysOpen Day Officer, UWIC,

Western Avenue, Cardiff, CF5 2YBTel: +44 (0)29 2041 6042 Fax: +44 (0)29 2041 6286

email: [email protected]

Schools & Colleges LiaisonThe Schools & Colleges Liaison Office, UWIC,

Western Avenue, Cardiff, CF5 2YBTel: +44 (0)29 2041 6046Fax: +44 (0)29 2041 6286


International StudentsInternational Office, UWIC,



Student ServicesStudent Services, The Student Centre,

UWIC, Western Avenue, Cardiff, CF5 2YBTel: +44 (0)29 2041 6170

Fax: +44 (0)29 2041 6950 email: [email protected]

Student Recruitment & AdmissionsThe Admissions Manager, UWIC,



Widening ParticipationTel: +44 (0)29 2041 6288Fax: +44 (0)29 2041 6715


Who to contact

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It is UWIC’s Vision: To be a premier provider ofhigher education that promotes student employability,applied research and knowledge transfer.

UWIC is ranked as the top “new” university in Walesin all the major newspaper tables e.g. The Times GoodUniversity Guide, The Sunday Times University Guide,The Guardian University Guide and The Independent’s Complete University Guide.

UWIC is the top university in the UK across seven keyareas including ‘overall student satisfaction’ in theInternational Student Barometer 2010.

Nine out of ten students on UWIC degreesentered employment or further study within sixmonths of graduating.

UWIC has students from 143 countries studying forits degree programmes.

300 UWIC students and alumni have representedtheir country across 30 different sports.

Work-placements are studying visits outside the UKhave been established together with a thrivingprogramme of exchange schemes.

UWIC’s Multi-faith community consists of 92different religions.

UWIC has the highest proportion of internationalstudents studying of any university in Wales.

UWIC offers the largest dedicated university busservice in Wales - the UWIC Rider.

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Art & Design

30 HND/BSc (Hons)Architectural Design& Technology

30 BA (Hons) Ceramics 31 BA (Hons) Fine Art 31 BA (Hons) Graphic

Communication 32 BA (Hons)

Illustration32 BA (Hons) Maker:

Artist Designer 33 BA/BSc (Hons)

Product Design33 BA (Hons) Textiles

Biomedical Science

37 BSc (Hons)Biomedical Science/BSc (Hons) AppliedBiomedical Science

Business, Management& Accounting

40 HND Business &ManagementStudies (withspecialist pathways)

40 BA (Hons)Accounting/BA(Hons) Accounting& Finance

41 BA (Hons) Business& ManagementStudies

41 BSc (Hons) BusinessEconomics

41 BSc (Hons)Economics

42 BSc (Hons)InternationalEconomics andFinance

40 BA (Hons)InternationalBusinessAdministration(top-up)

43 BA (Hons)InternationalBusinessManagement

45 BA (Hons) MarketingManagement

Computing &Information Systems

48 BSc (Hons) BusinessInformation Systems

48 BSc (Hons)Computing

49 BSc (Hons)Management & Technology

49 BSc (Hons) SoftwareDevelopment

Dance

53 BA (Hons) Dance

Educational Studies& Teacher Training

56 BA (Hons)Educational Studies& Early ChildhoodStudies/English/Modern History/Psychology/Sport & Physical Education/Welsh

57 BA (Hons)SecondaryEducation Music &Welsh (leading toQTS)

57 BA (Hons) Youth & Community Work

Environmental Health

61 BSc (Hons)EnvironmentalHealth

Food, Nutrition &Dietetics

65 Foundation leadingto BSc HealthSciences

65 BSc (Hons) FoodProductionManagement

66 BSc (Hons) FoodScience &Technology

66 BSc (Hons) PublicHealth Nutrition

67 BSc (Hons) HumanNutrition & Dietetics

67 BSc (Hons) SportsBiomedicine &Nutrition

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Health Care &ComplementaryTherapies

65 Foundation leadingto BSc HealthSciences

70 BSc (Hons)ComplementaryTherapies

70 BSc Hons) DentalTechnology

71 BSc (Hons) Podiatry71 BSc (Hons) Speech

& LanguageTherapy

Humanities

75 BA (Hons) English &Creative Writing

76 BA (Hons) English &Contemporary Media

76 BA (Hons) English &Drama

77 BA (Hons) ModernHistory & English

77 BA (Hons) ModernHistory & Politics

Psychology

81 BSc (Hons)Psychology

Social Science

85 Foundation leadingto BA/BSc SocialSciences

86 HND/BSc (Hons)Health & Social Care

86 BSc (Hons) Housing:Policy & Practice

87 BSc (Hons) Housing:Supported Housing

87 BA (Hons) SocialWork

57 BA (Hons) Youth &Community Work

Sport

67 BSc (Hons) SportsBiomedicine &Nutrition

90 BSc (Hons) Sport &Physical Education

91 BSc (Hons) SportCoaching

91 BSc (Hons) SportDevelopment

92 BSc (Hons) Sport &Exercise Science

92 BSc (Hons) Sport &Exercise Science(Intercalated)

93 BSc (Hons) SportsConditioning,Rehabilitation &Massage

93 BSc (Hons) SportManagement

Tourism, Hospitality& Events

96 BA (Hons) EventsManagement

96 BA (Hons) EventsMarketingManagement

97 HND/BA (Hons)InternationalHospitalityManagement

97 HND/BA (Hons)InternationalHospitality & EventsManagement

97 HND/BA (Hons)InternationalHospitality &TourismManagement

97 HND/BA (Hons)InternationalHospitalityMarketingManagement

99 BA (Hons)InternationalTourismManagement

99 BA (Hons)InternationalTourism & EventsManagement

99 BA (Hons)InternationalTourism MarketingManagement

99 BA (Hons) SportsTourismManagement

All course information was correct at time of going to print;however there is no guarantee that all modules will be offered

every year. Provision is subject to student numbers and viability.

Career areasUWIC’s courses are developed in conjunction with business and industry.

All our academic schools maintain close links with the working world, via workplacements, visiting lecturers, research and consultancy. This emphasis on your

future career has led to the majority of UWIC’s students going straightinto employment or on to further study after graduation. So whatever

subject area you are interested in or whatever career you have in mind it’s timeto consider a UWIC course!

NB: Please note the course entries give a brief guide to entry requirements. Please refer to the UCAS matrix on pages 120 - 121 for further information.

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Cardiff’s Calling!

19 About the City 6 Your Career

Starts Here 23 Research &

Enterprise25 Open Days &

Student Liaison

Career areas

28 Art & Design 34 Biomedical Science 38 Business &

Management46 Computing & IT 50 Dance 54 Education & Teacher

Training 58 Environmental

Health 62 Food, Nutrition &

Dietetics 68 Health Care &

Complementary Therapies

72 Humanities78 Psychology82 Social Sciences88 Sport94 Tourism, Hospitality

& Events

Furtherinformation

103 Partnerships104 International

Students109 Students’ Union 110 Sport for All112 Student Finance112 Accommodation

Services116 Learning Centres/

Computing & Information Technology

114 Student Support Services

114 Disability Services114 Careers

Development Services

115 Health Service115 Counselling Service 115 Chaplaincy118 Widening Access 122 How to Apply to

UWIC124 Alumni126 UWIC Campuses129 Travelling to Cardiff

Want to know more? see inside back cover

Remember tocheck uwic.ac.ukfor latest courseinformation...

Where to findinformation

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Richard Jenkins, a media graduate from UWIC celebrated small screen successafter scooping a prestigious BAFTA Cymru award.

Having won the award for interactive work on hit BBC TV show ‘Merlin,’ Richard moved onto work as the Interactive Producer behind several hugely popular TV programmes includingAshes to Ashes, Mistresses and Doctor Who spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures and haspreviously worked on Doctor Who and Torchwood.

As Interactive Producer, he is responsible for producing all of the video, audio and imagesfor the programme’s interactive platforms including the Web, Mobile phones, Red Buttoninteractive, itunes, iPlayer, BBC Youtube and BBC Bebo.

“This can include anything from producing web games, creating behind the scenes contentto shooting scenes specifically for interactive content. My day can range from being on set,to writing ideas for future commissions to balancing my budgets,” explained Richard.

Commenting on his career plans for the future, he said: “At present I want to stay with theBBC. I’m lucky enough to work with a great team and Wales is becoming the BBC hub forexciting interactive content. We’re also lucky enough to have a stream of outstandingnetwork shows that are made here at BBC Wales.”

Highlighting his growing status in the broadcasting industry, Richard, who graduated in2005, was also part of a team nominated for a main UK BAFTA for his work on Merlin andhas previously been nominated for an International Emmy and a main BAFTA for his workon Doctor Who.

Your career starts here...

Graduate Bafta Winner: Richard Jenkins

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Research conducted by a UWIC student duringher work-placement with the CharteredInstitute of Environmental Health (CIEH) has ledto improvements in public health practicesbeing adopted across the UK.

Elinor Bright, an Environmental Health student,surveyed a range of organisations to establish thetype of precautions that are in place to protect thosewho are exposed to Lyme Disease both occupationallyand recreationally.

She then developed instructions and awarenessraising publicity materials which are now used byhealth professionals, NHS Trusts, Local Authorities, theChartered Institute of Environmental Health, theNational Pest Advisory Panel (NPAP) and national pestcontrol companies.

Work-placement leads toimproved public health

“I’ve found my placement really interesting as it hasgiven me a much better insight into what a job inEnvironmental Health is really about.”

“I am looking forward to the opportunity to put intopractice the things I have learnt at UWIC and whilst Ihave been on placement.

Julie Barratt, CIEH Wales Director, said: “This hasbeen a highly effective campaign. We identified aproblem, designed a low-cost solution and didsomething about it and the take-up has beenfantastic.”

Proving her credentials, Elinor was also a speaker ata recent ‘Pest Tech Conference’ the major event inthe UK Pest Control calendar and the largest event ofits kind in Europe.


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Through hard work and determination Nataliehas been adding a touch of shine to the worldwith her exclusive customisation service,Crystyled.

Having graduated in 2008 with a first in ProductDesign, Natalie went on to launch her very owncompany, and in the same year, was short-listed forthe South Wales Business Awards for ‘best newbusiness’. This year Natalie was named ‘South WalesBusiness Awards Young Entrepreneur of the Year’.

Using hand chosen Swarovski Crystallized Elements,the business transforms everyday items such asmobile phones, ipods, ipads and cameras into crystalencrusted creations - her clients range from Radio oneDJ Fearne Cotton to American reality TV celebs ‘TheKardashians’ …she can even count a member of theQatar Royal Family as part of her clientele. Companyand event specific commissions include London basedentertainment company, N4LIFE for Senneheiser and arange of designer toys for cult Americanmanufacturing company, Kidrobot. Crystyled is nownot just available online but in Selfridges & Co.London, Oxford Street, The Celtic Manor, Newport andTayyiba, Dubai and Abu Dhabi (U.A.E).

Commenting on the start up of her business Natalie said:“I’d always wanted to have a go at setting up my owncompany. A module in my final year at UWIC was tocome up with an idea and write a business plan for it.Although I did not have the Crystyled idea then, theprocess of researching and learning about setting up myown business really got me hooked on the idea that Icould maybe turn the classroom theory into a reality.”

She continued: "The concept of Crystyled came aboutwhilst I was trying to find a company to crystallize myown phone. I had seen many American celebrities withtheir phones covered in crystals but could not findanywhere here in the UK that offered the service at ahigh enough quality. They all looked cheap and tackywithout any originality. I researched into the techniquesand materials required and after a bit of practice Icreated a beautiful crystallized phone cover for myself.Friends, family and members of the public were soimpressed and keen to order off me that I decided it wasa feasible business. There was definitely a gap in themarket for a high quality, bespoke crystal customisationservice, and so Crystyled was born! I'm overwhelmedwith what I have managed to achieve since setting thebusiness up in 2008. It just goes to show what hardwork and perseverance can achieve. "

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Young Entrepreneurof the Year: Natalie Daghestani Founder/Managing Director of Crystyled Ltd


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Podiatry UWIC student Bethany Jones, embarked on the trip of a lifetime when shetravelled to the Southeast of Nepal to carry out research work for her finaldissertation. After contacting the Leprosy Trust, she was offered a placement atLalgadh Hospital which has treated thousands of patients suffering with the painfuldisease since it opened 15 years ago. She had one-on-one patient contact to carryout pioneering research on how leprosy affects the lower limbs as it causesPeripheral Neuropathy - damage to the nerves.

Beth flew out to Nepal in 2010 to start her amazing experience. The hospital is funded bydonations and runs on very limited resources so there were very noticeable differences intechniques and working environments to anything she had seen in the past.

Over her stay Beth viewed operations and carried out research, with the help of a 14 year oldpatient who acted as her interpreter. She also went to local communities to see the projectsthat have been established by the hospital to help rehabilitate those with leprosy and workedto support the hospital anyway she could.

Commenting on her time at the hospital “I do feel this experience has changed me. I was verysad to leave the place. I am amazed how it copes with so little money” she went on to saythat the stay had made her “feel so much more independent and happy just to be me.”

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Cardiff’s a young, prosperous and vibrant city full ofcharacter and atmosphere with a range of first-classfacilities for sport, nightlife, shopping and sightseeing.

If you are looking for a place where you will be made tofeel welcome; somewhere that’s lively, inexpensive and

easy to get around - Cardiff is your answer!

Making the decision toapply for a place at

university isn’t just aquestion of choosing an

appropriate course.

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studies for the oddevening, you can takeadvantage of theexcellent range ofentertainment Cardiff hasto offer.

The city boasts a year-round calendar of events,for the very latest on allthe city’s events, theatreand show listings andconcerts, contact CardiffVisitor Centre or pick upBuzz magazine and keepan eye on the students’union notice board - buta night out in Cardiff isusually an event in itself!Despite all the recentchanges, Cardiff remainsa famously friendly city.

A cosmopolitan city andEurope’s youngestcapital, Cardiff is an idealplace to spend youruniversity years.

You’ll alsoneed todecidewhereyou wantto spend thenext fewyears ofyour life...

About the city

The capital city of Waleshas altered beyondrecognition over the pastdecade or so. Massiveinvestment in the city,the regeneration of itsdocks into a superbwaterfront and a generalinterest in all thingsWelsh, from its musicscene to its Assembly,makes Cardiff an excitingEuropean destination.

Cardiff is a great place inwhich to be a student.Cardiff has the goodfortune to house suchgems as the NationalMuseum of Wales, theMuseum of Welsh Life,the Wales MillenniumCentre and stunning civicbuildings surrounded byacres and acres ofparkland. If you can tearyourself away from your

The Social Scene

Student areas in the citycater for demand offeringcheap food, big screensand drinks deals from thecomfort of trendy sofas.In the city centretraditional Welsh pubsnestle alongside super-clubs, holding weeklystudent nights which arealways popular. Stylishindependent bars arealso great places to stayon until the early hoursif big clubs aren’tyour thing.

If you are all about themusic, Cardiff venuescover all the genres.Check out Barfly, ClwbIfor Bach and thestudents’ union bars formore intimate settings orthe Cardiff InternationalArena and the MillenniumStadium for the biggerhitters. You won’tstruggle for choice!

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...going further inlandyou can be in the

Brecon Beaconstrekking or horseriding or perhaps

mountain-biking thewelsh hills...

Out and about

For those who aren’t shopping on the weekendthere are plenty of things to do.

Sporting events such rugby and football arehosted at the Millennium Stadium and Cardiff

City Stadium, there are also ice-hockeymatches in the Bay and not forgetting the

Cricket at Sophia Gardens. Indoor climbing anddry slope skiing are also popular and don’t

forget to flash your student card - they mayoffer discount.

Outside the city you have beaches within 15miles, you can be kite-surfing or pulling on a

wet suit within 20 minutes of leaving yourhouse. Or going further inland you can be in

the Brecon Beacons trekking or horse riding orperhaps mountain-biking the welsh hills in a

similar amount of time.

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Eating out

Whether tapas, fajitas, sushi, steak, or a full Welsh breakfast is your thing, youwon’t struggle to find something to eat in Cardiff. Mill Lane and Cardiff Bay arevery popular and always lively; aim for independent restaurants in Roath andCathays if you feel like dining closer to the student areas. It’s safe to say there is arestaurant available to fulfil any culinary craving.

Getting here

The city is easy to get to from further afield, just two hours from London by trainfrom Cardiff Central station, which also has other major direct routes includingManchester, Birmingham, and Portsmouth.Cardiff International Airport flies to over 50 direct destinations, as well as morethan 400 worldwide connecting flights.

To find out more about Cardiff:www.buzzmagazine.co.uk

www.wordpress.com

www.cardiffandco.com

www.visitcardiff.com

www.uwic.ac.uk

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“We believe that a vibrant cultureof research and enterprise isessential to the provision of astimulating learning environmentin which staff and students canflourish and fulfil their potential.”

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Research and Enterprise

UWIC has a number of leading research and enterprisegroups working in collaboration with public sectororganisations, business and industry. Their focus is to deliver research and innovation in support of economic, social and cultural development.

Research & Enterprise groups

National Centre for Product Design & DevelopmentResearch (PDR)

Cardiff School of Art and Design:

Partner in the Welsh Institute for Research in Art &Design (WIRAD)*

* WIRAD is the collaboration between UWIC and the University ofWales, Newport.

Cardiff School of Education:

Pedagogy and Andragogy Research Group (PARG) Arts and Humanities Research Group (AHRG)

Cardiff School of Health Sciences:

Biomedical Sciences Enterprise & Research Centre Centre for Health Safety and the Environment Food Research & Consultancy Unit Food Industry Centre Wales Centre for Podiatric Studies Wales Applied Health Research Unit

Cardiff School of Management:

Institute for Social Innovation Centre for International Competitiveness Cardiff Institute for Co-operative Studies (CICS) Centre for Visioning Sustainable Societies Creative Leadership and Enterprise Centre (CLEC) The Welsh Centre for Tourism Research (WCTR) EuSpRIG, European Spreadsheet Risks Interest Group

Cardiff School of Sport:

National Indoor Athletics Centre Performance Analysis Research Group/

Centre for Performance Analysis Sport Psychology Research Group Physiology and Health Research Group Sport Biomechanics Research Group Sport Coaching Research Group Sociology and Philosophy of Sport Research Group

For further information, please visit the research pagesat uwicresearch.co.uk

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Open daysuwic.ac.uk/opendays

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Whether you’vealready made your

mind up that UWIC isthe place for you; orwhether you’re still

making your mind up,attending an Open

Day is essential.

It’s the perfect chance for you to find outmore about the course you're interestedin, speak to staff and students first-handand tour our facilities, accommodation andcampuses.

For a full list of dates and areas covered check out ourwebsite at uwic.ac.uk/opendays

Please Note: It is essential that you book to attend any ofour Open Days. You can do this by registering online atwww.uwic.ac.uk/opendays, contact our Open DayOfficer on 029 2041 6042 or email us [email protected]

For those applying for a School of Sport degree, thereare specific post-application open days; however youcannot book onto one of these events, you have to bespecifically invited. In order to receive an invitation youwill need to meet, or be predicted to meet, the entryrequirements of the course you wish to apply for.

School liaison work

UWIC works closely with schools and colleges throughoutthe UK to provide a comprehensive service of HEAwareness talks for students thinking of and applying touniversity.

This is a free impartial service providing advice andinformation for pupils from as young as twelve on howto make choices at GCSE and A Level, as well as adviceon which courses to aim for and help with personalstatements for UCAS forms.

Please see below a list of some of the presentations weundertake in schools and colleges if you would like tobook a visit please contact the Schools Liaison Office on029 2041 6046.

Making the right choice - a guide to choosing theright course and university for you

Making a successful university application Writing a successful personal statement Student finance and bursaries

For a full list of services offered please log onto ourwebsite www.uwic.ac.uk

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Undergraduate

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Programmes

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Cardiff School of Art & Design has a reputation for programmes, research andenterprise that befit a European Capital City.

The School believes in the innate creativity of the individual and seeks to providestudents every opportunity to develop their best talents.

CSAD graduates are distinguished as being makers and thinkers, capable oforiginality and inventiveness.

As part of the Welsh Institute for Research in Art and Design, CSAD was rated as 11thin research power for art and design in the UK.

CSAD graduates can progress to one of our masters programmes, designed toenhance both their professional and academic abilities.

CSAD’s strengths are in art, making, design and technology. We are interested in therelationship between arts and sciences, and in situating the student in the real world.

Students on our programmes have genuine choices in their studies and can work inany of the media we have available.

Our students work on projects with students from other disciplines, deepening theirappreciation of other ways of working and thinking,

whilst fully engaging in their own.

Our programmes prepare graduates for being creative practitioners,working in challenging professional environments, where competition is tough and

commitment essential.

Some of our graduates move straight into jobs or advanced studies, such as one ofour masters degrees. Others develop portfolio careers, using their full range of skills

and all their initiative.

For more information about Cardiff School of Art & Design visit:csad.uwic.ac.uk, also on Facebook

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BA (Hons) Ceramics

Campus: Howard GardensSchool: Cardiff School of Art & DesignUCAS code: W232Course length: three years full-timeEntry requirements: 300 UCAS Tariff Points from at least two A

Levels (or equivalent), plus portfolio,relevant experience also considered

Career potential

Graduates follow a wide range of careers related toceramics and visual arts with many establishing theirown practice, while others have gained employmentworking in education, community arts, art therapyand the design industry. A significant number ofgraduates progress onto the school’s prestigious MACeramics course and can subsequently pursueDoctoral studies in ceramic research.

Course content

This is exciting and challenging course thatencourages a wide innovative approach to clay basedart practice. You will learn process skills and materialunderstanding; be introduced to a range of methodsof working with clay which include hand-buildingtechniques, throwing and mould-making andceramic technology including firing and glazing.Individual exploration and interpretation isencouraged along with a self-directed studyapproach through negotiation and close tutorialguidance.

In your final year emphasis will be placed onindividual realisation and professional practice.

All practical work is supported by historical andtheoretical studies including visits to museums andgalleries across the UK and Europe.

Studio fees

www.uwic.ac.uk/courses/additionalcosts/

For full course profile: www.csad.uwic.ac.uk

HND/BSc (Hons) Architectural Design & Technology

Accredited by: The Chartered Institute of ArchitecturalTechnologists (CIAT)

Campus: LlandaffSchool: Cardiff School of Art & DesignUCAS code: HND:12KW BSc: W290 Course length: HND (two years full-time)

BSc (three years full-time)

Entry requirements: HND: 180 UCAS Tariff Points from at leastone A Level (or equivalent)

BSc: 300 UCAS Tariff Points from at leasttwo A Levels (or equivalent), orsuccessful completion of this HND

Career potential

You can expect to follow a rewarding career as anarchitectural technologist in a range of organisationsthat require the specialist technical design skills thiscourse provides. Most graduates find employmentwith architectural practices, although opportunitiesexist with building contractors or any large corporatecompany that has its own in-house design team.Careers can also be pursued in more specialist areassuch as project management or architecturalconservation.

The course is accredited by the Chartered Institute ofArchitectural Technologists (CIAT) and you will beeligible, after a period of relevant experience, formembership at Technician grade.

Course content

The course aims to provide you with the skills tobecome an effective and integral member of designteams and to contribute to the detailed design andconstruction of a range of building types.

You will study topics including: building technology,materials, environmental science, building contractlaw and economics and supporting subjects such asarchitectural draughting and computer aided design(CAD).

You will have the opportunity to progress to the finalyear of the BSc (Hons) Architectural Design andTechnology degree upon successful completion ofthe HND.

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BA (Hons) Fine Art

Campus: Howard GardensSchool: Cardiff School of Art & DesignUCAS code: W100Course length: three years full-timeEntry requirements: 300 UCAS Tariff Points from at least two A


Career potential

Our graduates go to develop their careers asindependent artists, or to enter art-relatedoccupations. CSAD graduates are employed asteachers and lecturers, or work in journalism. Othercareer options include curation, exhibition organisersand researchers for publishing houses. Some of ourgraduates have gone on to work in televisionproduction, film or digital media. Graduates canundertake advanced study with us through an MA oran MFA, which enable them to develop theirprofessional practice.

Course content

The BA (Hons) Fine Art is an award that commits youto aim high and realise your ideas through thetransformation of materials and process. We areproud and privileged to offer our dedicated studiospaces and workshops that resonate with the reallook, taste and smell of a classic Art Schoolenvironment.

We want you to achieve this through a combinationof sustained studio work whilst engaging with thetheoretical challenges of contemporary issues in art.

We strongly encourage you to exhibit your work, towrite about it and to visit and experience world classexhibitions in Cardiff, London and beyond. You havemany opportunities during the course to take part inErasmus Exchanges across Europe. There are alsoyearly field study trips to a major centre forinternational art (New York, Berlin, Madrid).

The Fine Art area also has a unique arrangement withthe city of Venice for you to study at selected timesthroughout the academic year in our own specialenvironment in this important cultural city.

Studio fees



BA (Hons) Graphic Communication

Campus: LlandaffSchool: Cardiff School of Art & DesignUCAS code: W210Course length: three years full-timeEntry requirements: 300 UCAS Tariff Points from at least two A


Career potential

Graphic Communication is an exciting discipline thatbrings together creative thinking skills with a verybroad range of practical media, from making markswith pencil and paper to current softwareapplications. Graduates pursue high level design andresearch careers in print, digital screen-based mediaand moving image.

We have strong links with influential designcompanies such as The Brand Union and ElmwoodLondon, as well as as more locally with Hoffi, Stills,Departures and BWA Design. The course is amember of D&AD University Network and also haslinks to the Young Creative Network.

Course content

Students learn how to use traditional and electronicmedia, approach a brief, and analyse design, as wellas research and think more creatively.

Other areas covered are principles of visualcommunication and technical skills and students areencouraged to create their own words and imagesand to interpret content provided by others: poetic,lyrical, informational, formal, informal, dramaticor political.

Subsequent years provide opportunities to specialisein word-based, image-based or digital screen basedcommunication.

Professional skills are also honed following briefingsfrom real clients with real communication problemsto solve. Work-placements are also encouragedthrough our strong industry links.

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BA (Hons) Illustration



Career potential

Graduates may choose to follow careers in theillustration and design professions, includingopportunities in the expanding world of animation,books and magazines, web and game design,conceptual design for film and television, advertising,scientific and product visualization.

They may also find career pathways in other areaswhere a high level of communication and creativeskills are required as well as developing transferablecreative, planning, communications and theorybased skills.

Course content

The aim of the course is to help each student findtheir creative voice and enable the future directionand purpose of their work. To engage with newopportunities and rapid technological shifts, thesuccessful illustrator needs a range of practicalabilities and the willingness to adapt their work todifferent contexts and purposes.

The course content is therefore designed to studentsto operate in multi-tasking situations where digitaland handcrafted processes interconnect. Studentsare encouraged to develop their own portfolios andskill-base by taking part in self-authored,collaborative and live projects.

The principle aspects of the course are: Illustrationstudies, drawing and visual experimentation, criticalstudies, and professional studies.

Studio fees



BA (Hons) Maker: Artist Designer

Campus: Howard Gardens and LlandaffSchool: Cardiff School of Art & DesignUCAS code: W291Course length: three years full-timeEntry requirements: 300 UCAS Tariff Points from at least two

A Levels (or equivalent) plus portfolio.Relevant experience also considered

Career potential

Graduates will become makers in their own right,working either in a self-employed capacity or as partof a specialist company. Their skills will situate themfor working in a variety of settings including thetheatre, film and television. They will also go on to beteachers and lecturers. Graduates can undertakeadvanced study with us through an MA or an MFA,which enable them to develop their professionalpractice.

Course content

This is a course for people keen develop individualapproaches to becoming a Maker, through deepimmersion in studio and workshop practices.Students engage with how to turn ideas into fullycrafted products that challenge or delight, with greataesthetic consideration and functional elegance.

This course introduces students to workingcreatively in a whole range of materials, from metalsto wood, textiles to resins and beyond. They alsoexplore ideas and skills that will enable them toengage with making in a variety of different forms,using both hand-based and high-end technologies.

The course will enable students to determine theirpreferred ways of making, but it will not confinethem to one tradition or a single approach. They willbe able to make significant one-off studio pieces, orcreate work suitable for bespoke, batch, or massproduction.

Students will be equipped to work as independentmakers, but also as independent artists, capable ofmeeting the challenges of ‘portfolio’ careers.

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BA/BSc (Hons) Product Design

Accredited by: The Institute of Engineering DesignersCampus: LlandaffSchool: Cardiff School of Art & DesignUCAS code: BA: W240

BSc: W2H1Course length: three years full-timeEntry requirements: 300 UCAS Tariff Points from at least two A

Levels (or equivalent), to include a B gradein Design Technology or Art, plus portfolio,relevant experience also considered

Career potential

Our graduates are extremely creative, motivated andabove all versatile individuals. On graduation theyare capable of working in a design role, managementrole, running their own company, involved inresearch, design education, marketing, sales, modelmaking, commercialisation of their undergraduatedesign work and much more. On successfulcompletion of the undergraduate course they alsohave the option of continuing their studies on theMSc Advanced Product Design course.

Our graduates have gained employment at KinneirDufort Design, Seymour Powell, Alloy Total ProductDesign, Dyson, Sony, BBC, Panasonic, Puma, Ford,Aston Martin and Jaguar. Some have also set up theirown businesses such as Tonic Studios, asbri, SpinDogs and PRO Medical Innovations Ltd to name buta few.

Course content

The BA and BSc route have approximately 80%commonality.

The BA route emphasises the aesthetics, user andergonomic aspects of product design and the BScroute has an emphasis on how the product worksand the technical issues involved in the designprocess.

Our first class facilities enable you to develop state ofthe art virtual prototypes, facsimile models and realworking products. We interact with industry and run'live' projects with national and internationalorganisations

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Career potential

This degree will provide you with the skills to enterthe Textile, Fashion or Interiors Industries as a TextileDesigner. Graduates will be able to go on topostgraduate study, work as designer/makers, createbusinesses based on traditional and socialentrepreneurship, work for Non GovernmentOrganisations or transfer their skills to a wide rangeof manufacturing and retail industries, marketing orcultural agencies.

Course content

This courses is broad based and experimental withan emphasis on making and designing within aframework of ethical and environmental awareness,the courses will focus on producing tomorrow’sinnovators.

Traditional skills will enhance students’understanding of tomorrow’s technology and weoffer well-equipped workshops and expert tuition inboth hand and digital print and stitch(specialisations). Workshops include 3D design,pattern cutting, ceramics and illustration - enhancingour multi disciplinary approach. Core subjectsinclude drawing, colour workshops, understandingmaterials and digital media. Commercial andindustrial awareness as well as an understanding ofbusiness practice will also form an integral part of thestudent experience.

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Biomedical Science involves the application of laboratory methods in diagnosticpathology and includes areas such as molecular biology and forensic toxicology.

All of our undergraduate honours degrees are accredited by the Institute ofBiomedical Science (IBMS) and are designed to maximise career choices in clinical

laboratory investigation, research and enterprise and are approved by the HPC.

The BSc Biomedical Science allows students the opportunity to transfer to the BScApplied Biomedical Science programme and undertake a 12 month NHS sponsored

clinical placement.

Students who wish to follow the sandwich work placement pathway will be given theopportunity to apply for NHS Sponsorship to enable then to combine university basedstudy with paid (approximately £18,000 per annum) professional training in the third

year in NHS accredited laboratories.

Successful graduates from the Applied Biomedical Science programme will be eligibleto apply for the registration with the Health Professions Council (HPC).

As a result of the relevant scientific background which our biomedical scienceprogrammes cover, students increasingly use their degree award as an acceptable

method of entry to Graduate Medicine Courses.

Starting salaries for a biomedical scientist on graduation would be approximately£20,000-£30,000 (with enhancements).

Biomedical Science has state of-the-art research laboratories and facilities and therehas been a recent investment of approximately £4.9 million into the new Biomedical

and Food Industry research and enterprise centre.

Biomedical Science has four internationally recognised research groups; diabetes,wound healing and infection, allergy and lung disease and cell senescence and

vascular biology. The cell senescence and vascular biology research group isone of the foremost leading groups in its field and has MRC funded research grants.

Our courses aim to integrate teaching and research and final year studentsundertake research projects in applied areas of biomedical research.

For more information about Cardiff School of Health Sciences visit:uwic.ac.uk/cshs

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Biomedical Science

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BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science/BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science

Accredited by: The Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS)Approved by: Health Professions CouncilCampus: LlandaffSchool: Cardiff School of Health SciencesUCAS code: B900: BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science

B902: BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science(inc. Foundation)

Course length: B900: three/four years full-time, orfour/five years sandwich

B902: four/five years full-time (inc.Foundation) or five/six yearssandwich

Entry requirements: 260 UCAS Tariff points from at least two ALevels to include Biology and Chemistry (orequivalent); or Foundation leading to BScHealth SciencesOr 280 UCAS Tariff points from at least twoA Levels to include Grade C in Biology andalternative science where AS LevelChemistry has been taken and Grade Cachieved.

Career potential

Biomedical Science is a continually changing,dynamic professional and scientific disciplineconcerned with understanding how diseasesdevelop and how they may affect the normalfunctioning of the body. The aim of the discipline isthe investigation of the disease process and,ultimately, the development of methods formonitoring, diagnosing, treating and preventingdisease. Biomedical Science offers challenging andrewarding career opportunities within the NationalHealth Service and many other organisationsincluding the Health Protection Agency, NationalBlood Authority and Medical Research Council.

Graduates will also be equipped to find employmentin a variety of other contexts including, the foodindustry, forensic science, pharmaceuticals, healthand safety, commerce and teaching.

Course content

The courses are designed to enable you to develop,integrate and apply scientific knowledge,understanding and skills in the multi-disciplinaryinvestigation of human disease and disorder.

You will cover fundamental biochemistry, cell biologyand genetics, microbiology, immunology, and humanphysiology, molecular biology of the cell, specialistinvestigative techniques, epidemiology and dataanalysis and research methods.

Other modules include: disciplines of medicalbiochemistry, disorders of cells and tissues andpublic health and medical microbiology; biology andlaboratory investigation of disease, molecular andgenetic analysis and molecular and clinicalimmunology. Option modules will cover themolecular biology of cancer and ageing and a rangeof specialist topics e.g. bioinformatics, gene therapyand cardiovascular risk markers.

*Students who wish to apply for a 12-month NHSsponsored clinical laboratory placement and transferto the BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Scienceprogramme pathway will need to completesatisfactory criminal record bureau (CRB) checks andappropriate immunisation and health checks. Therewill be a set limit of funded placements availableeach year. Where there is competition for places,selection will normally be based on the outcome of aformal interview, the criteria for selection will beprimarily dependent on academic performance andattainment during the first year of the programme.

Additional costs

For information on additional costs:www.uwic.ac.uk/courses/additionalcosts/

For full course profile:www.uwic.ac.uk/courses

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The Cardiff School of Management offers a wide range of courses in the generalareas of Accounting, Business, Computing, Economics and Languages.

We prepare students with the skills and knowledge to operate as successfulmanagers, within the ever changing world of modern Business and Management.

The 2010 National Student Survey showed an 85% overall satisfaction rate for our business courses.

The School provides the student with a learning experience that is stimulated byand is reflective of these changes. We consciously seek to integrate theory and

practice through, for example, work-placement opportunities.

The provision of work-placements as an assessed part of a student’s academicprogramme of learning is so important that we provide all undergraduate students

with the chance of a placement as part of their second year studies.The work-placement programme is designed to enhance a students future

employability prospects.

We offer a state-of-the-art £20 million purpose built management building at theLlandaff campus enabling the school to become a leading centre in the UK for

teaching and research in business subjects.

The School has innovative learning areas including a 200 capacity lecture theatre, a120 capacity lecture theatre, three Harvard style lecture theatres.

We also provide an IT networking suite which has the latest technology to facilitateproblem-based learning, brain storming and group working providing ‘hands on’

approach to teaching and learning.

For more information about Cardiff School of Management visit:uwic.ac.uk/csm

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HND Business & Management Studies(with specialist pathways)

Campus: LlandaffSchool: Cardiff School of ManagementUCAS code: 21NN: HND Business & Management

StudiesPathways: 3N1N: HND Business & Management

Studies with Finance 6N1N: HND Business & Management

Studies with Human ResourceManagement

5G1N: HND Business & ManagementStudies with Information SystemsManagement

1M1N: HND Business & ManagementStudies with Law

5N1N: HND Business & ManagementStudies with Marketing

4D1N: HND Business & Managementstudies with Sustainability

Course length: two years full-timeEntry requirements: 180 UCAS Tariff Points at A Level to include

a relevant subject and one grade C

Career potential

A multitude of career possibilities exist, these includepersonnel management, financial advisers/managersand retail management. Successful completion of thiscourse (attaining at least 240 UCAS Tariff Points) alsoallows progression on to the BA (Hons) Business andManagement Studies degree programme where youcan continue to follow your chosen pathway.

Course content

The course is aimed at those who are interested inthe business studies field but have yet to decidewhich area to specialise in.

You will study a wide range of modules including:Academic Skills for Business, Business in Context,Entrepreneurship and Enterprise, Finance forManagers, Managing Markets, Management Theoryand Practice, Contemporary Issues in InternationalPolitical Economy, Financial Planning for Business,Workplace Learning. Academic Skills for Business 2,HRM. Plus a choice of option modules.

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BA (Hons) AccountingBA (Hons) Accounting & Finance

Accredited by: Association of Chartered CertifiedAccountants (ACCA)

Campus: LlandaffSchool: Cardiff School of ManagementUCAS code: N400: BA (Hons) Accounting

NN43: BA (Hons) Accounting & Finance Course length: three years full-time/4 years sandwichEntry requirements: 300 UCAS Tariff Points from at least two A

Levels (or equivalent) including two grade Cs

Career potential

There is considerable demand from UK employersfor accounting graduates.

Most graduates will be able to obtain graduatetraining places in finance sections of businesses, highstreet practices and the public sector.

The course is fully accredited by the ACCA(Associated of Chartered Certified Accountants) andBA Accounting graduates will obtain exemption fromall of the papers at the Fundamentals stage ofthe qualification.

BA Accounting & Finance graduates will also obtainexemption from a number of these papers.

Course content

This is a demanding course which combinesacademic content with the development of theknowledge and skills required to pass the finalprofessional stage of the ACCA qualification.

You will study modules including: FinancialAccounting, Management Accounting, IT, Ethics,Law, Applied and Financial Management; Statistics,Economics, Financial Services, Financial Reporting,Auditing, Corporate Law, Taxation and CreditManagement and Risk; plus option modules.

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BA (Hons) Business & ManagementStudies (with specialist pathways)

Campus: LlandaffSchool: Cardiff School of ManagementUCAS code: NN12: BA (Hons) Business

& Management StudiesPathways: N1L1: Economics

N1N3: Finance N1NP: Human Resource ManagementN1GM: Information Systems Management N191: International Business Management N1M1: Law N1NM: MarketingN1NF: Strategy & Enterprise N1D4: Sustainability

Course length: three years full-time/four years sandwichEntry requirements: 300 UCAS Tariff Points from at least two A


Career potential

Our graduates work in a wide range of organisationsin both the public and private sector. One of the mainaims of the course is to enable students to enter acareer in management with confidence and thetheoretical knowledge and practical skills to make animmediate and valuable contribution in today’sdynamic environment.

Course content

Apart from the essential core modules, thisprogramme provides the opportunity for students toselect a wide range of interesting and highly relevantoption modules. The first year provides a foundationfor the key areas of knowledge required frombusiness and management students. From thesecond year students are also able to choose apathway which will allow them to specialise in aparticular area of study.

You will study modules including: Academic Skills forBusiness, Business in Context, Entrepreneurship andEnterprise, Finance for Managers, ManagingMarkets, Management Theory and Practice,Contemporary Issues in International PoliticalEconomy, Financial Planning for Business, WorkplaceLearning. Academic Skills for Business 2, HRM,Strategic Management and Change and Continuity inContemporary Business. Plus option modules.

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BA (Hons) Business Economics/BSc (Hons) Economics

Campus: LlandaffSchool: Cardiff School of ManagementUCAS code: L101: Business Economics

L100: EconomicsCourse length: three years full-time/four year sandwichEntry requirements: L101: 300 UCAS Tariff Points from at least

two A Levels (or equivalent)L100: 300 UCAS Tariff Points from at least

two A Levels (or equivalent)including two grade Cs

Career potential

Economists are in demand in both the private andpublic sectors. They can be skilled managers,researchers, analysts and strategists. Research showsthat economics students have higher averageearnings than most other graduates.

Course content

The course content has been designed with thebreadth and depth to equip graduates with the toolsrequired to make a contribution and cultivate acareer in the public or private sector, or to progressto postgraduate work. In the first two years of studyyou will receive a solid grounding in micro-economicand macro-economic principles and also thequantitative skills required to undertake economicresearch. The final year focuses on applyingeconomics and explores important areas ofeconomics.

BA Business Economics (L101): explores strategicmanagement and allows the opportunity to specialisein areas like green economics, game theory andmonetary economics. There are also options toexplore the cultural, IT, ethical and financial aspectsof the business world further.

BSc Economics (L100): offers a wide range ofspecialist modules covering green economics,economic tools needed for government, gametheory and monetary economics.

You also learn how to research. This will help yourealise your full potential and to pursue a career as aneconomist or in a related area.

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BSc Econ (Hons)International Finance

Campus: LlandaffSchool: Cardiff School of ManagementUCAS code: LN13Course length: three years full-time/four years sandwichEntry requirements: 300 UCAS Tariff Points from at least two A

Levels (or equivalent) include grades CC,at least one to be in a relevant subject including two grade Cs

Career potential

The course provides a combination of the analyticalskills possessed by economists that are demanded inboth the public and private sector, as well as thecomprehensive specialist knowledge of financialmarkets. Graduates will have a wide variety of careeroptions, particularly useful to those wishing to workas analysts within the financial services.

Course content

The course offers a mixture of economics andfinance modules to provide students with acombination of skills and a strong understanding ofUK and international financial markets. In the firsttwo years of study you will receive a solid groundingin micro-economics and macro-economics,quantitative skills and the impact of risk, UK andinternational investment institutions. A work-placement module is also included in the secondyear of study.

The third year concentrates on applying theknowledge of micro-economic, macro-economic andfinance theory that students have acquired. Inaddition, you choose from a number of alternativefinance and economic modules, allowing you tospecialise in preparation for your future career.

Options will include topics such as: MonetaryEconomics, Behavioural Finance, DerivativesMarkets and Management of Investments. You willalso undertake your own research in an area ofeconomics or finance that interests you.

Additional costs



“This is my third year at theCardiff School of Management.

From the moment I came here, Iknew I'd love my stay and it has

been brilliant!

I've made so many new friendsand learnt so much about myselfthat now I feel fully prepared to

go into the working world.”Kayleigh Critchley

BA Marketing Management

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BA (Hons) InternationalBusiness Administration (Top Up)

Campus: LlandaffSchool: Cardiff School of ManagementUCAS code: N120Course length: one year full-timeEntry requirements: Candidates should have a Higher National

Diploma (or equivalent) in a Business,Management and/or Finance area or in thealternative an appropriate Foundationdegree or an equivalent (NARIC)qualification.

Career potential

Successful graduates have found positions atsupervisory/management level within the traditionalbusiness and commerce sectors and within small andmedium enterprises, public and the voluntarysectors.

A number of graduates have also started their ownbusinesses capitalising on the skills and knowledgegained within a dynamic Management Schoolenvironment.

Course content

This is a popular fast-track ‘top up’ programme thatoffers students the opportunity to obtain an honoursdegree in one academic year.

The course provides vocationally focusedmanagement education through encouragement andsupport in developing a range of management skillsand core competencies relevant to careers inmanagement.

The students undertake taught modules in the fieldof Strategy, International Business, Finance,Marketing, Human Resources, Information Systemsand Law.

Additional costs



BA (Hons) InternationalBusiness Management

Campus: LlandaffSchool: Cardiff School of ManagementUCAS code: N110Course length: three years full-time/four years sandwichEntry requirements: 300 UCAS Tariff Points from at least two A


Career potential

As businesses continue to operate across bordersdemand is high for graduates that have attained amultidisciplinary international busininess educationand who are able to communicate in a foreignlanguage.

Successful graduates have found positions atsupervisory/management level in all areas ofbusiness, management and commerce, in a variety ofprivate and public sector organisations. The fields ofwork include international HRM, internationalmarketing, business consultancy and planning,financial management and international trading.

Course content

The course provides students with an all-roundknowledge and skills in international businessmanagement and cross-cultural management.Students must study one foreign language over theduration of the programme at beginner, intermediateor advanced levels.

Students undertake a compulsory work-placementlearning module in year two. Students who wish togain further work experience have the opportunity toundertake a year long placement betwenn year twoand the final year.

The programme combines core and option modulesfrom the disciplines of business and management,intercultural studies and languages. Emphasis isplaced on developing analytical and problem-solvingskills. Students will also have the opportunity todevelop their academic and entrepreneurial skills inthe form of a dissertation or enterprise project.

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BA (Hons) Marketing Management

Campus: LlandaffSchool: Cardiff School of ManagementUCAS code: N500Course length: three years full-time/four years sandwich

four years (optional industry year)Entry requirements: 300 UCAS Tariff Points from at least two A


Career potential

The course will provide the environment for you toacquire the knowledge, skills and understandingrequired for effective marketing management whichis central to all organisations in the 21st century.

Graduates go on to work in marketing managementteams in advertising, marketing research, salesmanagement, product management, customerservice, public relations, or more general businessmanagement.

The course aims to give you a fantastic experience ofstudy with the best prospect of employability.

Course content

The first year of study provides a foundation for thekey areas of knowledge required from all businessand management students. From the second yearonwards, students will specialise in the field ofmarketing management.

You will study modules including: Academic Skills forBusiness, Business in Context, Entrepreneurship andEnterprise, Finance for Managers, ManagingMarkets, Management Theory and Practice,Foundations of Marketing, Integrated MarketingCommunications, Buyer Behaviour, MarketingResearch, Academic Skills for Business 2, WorkplaceLearning, Strategic Management, Strategic BrandManagement, International and Global Marketing.Plus a choice of option modules.

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According to the recent Sector Skills Councils e-skill UK report, digital technology isthe single biggest lever for productivity and competitiveness.

Computing, information systems and information technology underpins most of ourmodern world, from scientific research, to product development, through to social

interaction and business environments.

By being able to innovate through technology and to develop technology-intensiveproducts and services, you will be a valuable graduate entering the workforce.

UWIC offers a number of programmes to help you to develop the necessary relatedskills and confidence needed to be an effective graduate.

The 2010 National Student Survey showed an 80% overall satisfaction rate for ourcomputing and information systems programmes.




There is a state-of-the-art £20 million purpose built management building at theLlandaff campus enabling the school to become a leading centre in the UK for

teaching and research in business and IT subjects.

Innovative learning areas are provided including: a 200 capacity lecture theatre, a120 capacity lecture theatre, three Harvard style lecture theatres. There is an IT

networking suite which has the latest technology to facilitate problem-basedlearning, brain storming and group working providing ‘hands on’ approach toteaching and learning and IT training suites designed specifically for software

development training.


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Campus: LlandaffSchool: Cardiff School of ManagementUCAS code: G400Course length: three years full-time/four years sandwichEntry requirements: 280 UCAS Tariff Points from at least two A

Levels or equivalent, to include a relevantsubject including two grade Cs

Career potential

Demand for IT professionals has increased over thelast year with 1.5 million people currently employedin the IT & Telecoms workforce.

The Computing course prepares students for entryinto this industry sector with particular emphasis onthe development of computing technology solutionsto real world problems.

Course content

The BSc Computing programme is built around acore of computing and technology modulesdesigned to develop your knowledge and expertisein the following areas:

• The theory and foundations of computing andtechnology.

• Programming and software development formodern platforms.

• Next-generation technologies such as cloudcomputing and artificial intelligence.

Students undertake a compulsory work placementmodule in the second year, with and additionalopportunity to take a sandwich year between yeartwo and their final year.

Students also undertake a major final year project.

Additional costs



BSc/BSc (Hons) BusinessInformation Systems

Campus: LlandaffSchool: Cardiff School of ManagementUCAS code: G5N1Pathways: G450: Multimedia

G420: NetworksG590: Systems Development



Career potential


The Business Information Systems course preparesstudents for entry into this industry sector withparticular emphasis on the use and management ofinformation systems and technology in a businesscontext.

Course content

The BSc Business Information Systems course is builtaround a core of computing and information systemsmodules designed to develop your knowledge andexpertise in the following areas:

• The analysis, design and development of businessinformation systems.

• The management of both the development anduse of business information systems

• The legal, social and ethical issues associated withinformation systems.



Additional costs



BSc (Hons) Computing

Subject to validation

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BSc/BSc (Hons) SoftwareDevelopment

Campus: LlandaffSchool: Cardiff School of ManagementUCAS code: G600Pathways: G6G5: Data Security

G6G4: MultimediaG6GK: NetworkingG691: Web Programming



Career potential


The Software Development course preparesstudents for entry into this industry sector withparticular emphasis on the development of software.

Course content

The BSc Software Development course is builtaround a core of computing and information systemsmodules designed to develop your knowledge andexpertise in the following areas:

• The analysis, design and development of businessinformation systems.

• The development of mobile applications.

• Object-orientated software development. (e.g.Java)

• The legal, social and ethical issues associated withinformation systems.



Additional costs



Campus: LlandaffSchool: Cardiff School of ManagementUCAS code: NG24Course length: three years full-time/four years sandwichEntry requirements: 280 UCAS Tariff Points from at least two A


Career potential

According to a recent e-skills UK Sector SkillsCouncil Report (Strategic Skills Assessment for theDigital Economy) future business leaders andmanagers will increasingly need to be able to releasethe transformational power of IT through a co-ordinated and integrated business and IT strategy.They will need the skills to integrate IT across allbusiness processes and organisational structures andalso be able to innovate through technology and todevelop technology intensive products and services.

Course content

This course is built around a core of managementand technology modules, with an emphasis onsolving real-world business problem throughtechnology.

There is a compulsory work placement module,allowing students to gain valuable businessexperience. You will also be exposed to the state-of-the art research that is poised to shape and transformthe management and IT industry over the nextdecade.

Additional costs



BSc (Hons) Management& Technology


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UWIC plays a major role in the development of dance education and training acrossWales, especially that which takes place in education and community contexts.

Throughout its sixty year history the Cardiff School of Sport has established aninternational reputation for the quality, of its academic, professional and extra

curricula work. Dance, as a feature of the school’s portfolio has contributed to that reputation.

Building on this success the BA (Hons) Dance degree is the first single honoursdegree in Wales and forms part of a strategic framework for specialist dance

education and training in Wales.

The dance degree programme design and structure has taken into account that allstudents need to develop a broad experience of creative, performance and

teaching based dance work.

Specialist dance tutors and lecturers are actively engaged with the industry asresearchers, performers and trainers for example:

• Advisors and consultants to a range of partners such as Arts Council of Wales,National Youth Dance Wales, Community Dance Wales, Sports Council of Wales (SCW);

• Partners with key dance and other associated organisations in meetingrecommendations of Welsh Assembly Government Dance Policy Review,

especially that which relates to dance education and training;• Choreography and performance work: Tanja Raman, 2009 - major international

collabrorative research project ‘En Residencia’ at Laboral City of Culture, in Gijion,Austrias; 2007 - recipient of Creative Arts Wales Award; 2006 - semi-finalist for

‘The Place Prize’, UK’s most prestigious choreographic prize;• Choreography (Sally Varrall): national and international professional, community and

student based performance projects;• National tutors for a number of PE and school sport mentoring and training projects;

• Host of Welsh Independent Dance (WID) Professional Dancers Summer School andNew Graduates Showcase;

• 2009-2011 Collaborators with Candoco Dance Company in their new regionaldevelopment project ‘Moving Bodies’.

For more information about Cardiff School of Sport visit: uwic.ac.uk/css

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Dance

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“I’ve loved my time at UWIC. The course has givenme the opportunity to develop as an individualperformer, choreographer and teacher and has

changed my overall outlook on dance. I now feelmore open minded to new experiences and the

lecturers have always encouraged me to aim highand work hard.

The course gave me an insight into theprofessional world of performance and the chanceto take part in a variety of dance styles. I was also

able to develop my teaching skills, throughplacements and going out on tour working with

people of different ages and abilities.

I have really enjoyed the teaching opportunitiesthat have been available to me and this is

certainly an area I am interested in pursuing in the future.”

Emily Kershaw

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BA (Hons) Dance

Campus: CyncoedSchool: Cardiff School of SportUCAS code: W500Course length: three years full-timeEntry requirements: •240 UCAS Tariff Points including at least

one grade B at A2 Level (or equivalent) toinclude a relevant subject

•BTEC Certificate. Distinction, Distinctionwith eight Distinctions overall, six in thefinal year

•BTEC Diploma. Merit, Merit, Merit, eightDistinctions overall, six in the final year

Career potential

The course will prepare students for a range ofcareers in the dance industry, particularly danceperformance work and that which takes place incommunity and education settings.

Career opportunities include; work as communityand education dance practitioners, choreographersand performers; dance project managers; dancedevelopment officers, dance administrators; dancecompany education officers; and researchers.

Course content

A balance of academic and vocational studiesprovides the basis for teaching and learning, withcontemporary dance as the main focus for thecourse.

The three strands are dance theatre, communitydance and dance education.

Common to these strands are the concepts of makingand presenting dance; and the dance infrastructure.

Through the course students engage in developingtheir knowledge, skills and understanding of theseconcepts.

Additional costs


For full course profile: www.uwic.ac.uk/courses

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The Cardiff School of Education has been providing initial teacher education andtraining (ITET) for 60 years. With around 50 full-time academic staff and over 20

support staff, together with more than 1,000 full and part-time students, the Schoolis one of the largest centres for ITET in the United Kingdom.

It has established an enviable reputation for quality and nationally recognisedexcellence. Estyn’s last full inspection, in 2004, awarded the Cardiff School of

Education top marks - a Grade 1 (good with outstanding features) - for theeffectiveness of its teaching, training and assessment.

The School’s courses are delivered in partnership with over 130 secondary schools(13 Welsh medium) and 300 primary schools (47 Welsh medium) throughout South

Wales; it has partnership schools in Switzerland, Belgium and Portugal.

Wherever possible students are offered opportunities to be taught through themedium of Welsh or to undertake school experiences in Welsh medium schools.

We also offer professionally endorsed courses for Learning Support Assistants, Youthand Community workers and Lecturers working in the Post-Compulsory sector.

The School offers a course in Educational Studies which, although not leading directlyto qualified teacher status (QTS), can be followed by a Postgraduate Certificate in

Education which does confer QTS. Currently, Educational Studies can be combinedwith Early Childhood Studies, English, Modern History, Psychology, Sport and

Physical Activity and Welsh.

The School is located on the vibrant and attractive Cyncoed campus, where there isan extensive range of specialist and recreational facilities.

For more information about Cardiff School of Education visit:uwic.ac.uk/cse

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Educational Studies & Teacher Training

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“I am pursuing a career inteaching within primary

schools specialising in sport.

The Educational Studieswith Sport and Physical

Activity course provides the grounding andequips me with the qualifications needed

to apply for the PGCE primary course Ineed in order to qualify as a teacher”

Hannah Marsh

BA (Hons) Educational Studies(various pathways) (non-QTS)

Campus: CyncoedSchool: Cardiff School of EducationUCAS code: Early Childhood Studies: X300

Pathways: XQ33: EnglishXV31: Modern HistoryXC38: Psychology XB39: Sport & Physical Activity XQ35: Welsh

Course length: three years full-timeEntry requirements: 260 UCAS Tariff Points from three A Levels

including grade B in chosen pathwaysubject (or relevant subject area), orequivalent including grades BC, B to be inchosen pathway

Career potential

Some graduates may wish to embark upon thePostgraduate Certificate in Education or GraduateTeacher Programme to enter the teaching profession.Others careers include: educational administration,publishing, media and personnel management.

This course can lead into other careers afterundertaking further linked courses, such as: careersadvisory work, teaching English as a ForeignLanguage, training and development, with eitherhuman resources (CIPD) or training and assessmentqualifications (D32/D33), social work, youth andcommunity work, working with offenders, andplay work.

Course content

This innovative course includes an exploration ofpsychological, sociological and historical issues ineducation. The focus is on learning throughout lifeand explores pertinent issues across the age rangesfrom early childhood into adulthood. We criticallyexamine key educational research and policy andhow these impact on education. Examples ofmodules include: An Introduction to the Psychologyof Education in year 1, Professional Practice, LifelongLearning and Employability in year 2 (whichincorporates a work based placement) and in year 3,ICT: Pedagogy and Practice in Learning andTeaching.

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South East Wales Centre forTeacher Education and TrainingThe University of Wales,Newport and University ofWales Institute, Cardiff(UWIC) are collaboratingto provide Initial TeacherEducation and Training forSouth East Wales.

It is one of three national Centres, in operationfrom 2009 and will educate and train primary andsecondary teachers. For further informationplease visit www.sewctet.org.uk

QTS StudentsEducation Specialists canhelp you find permanent,

fixed term and supply work.Contact: 029 2041 6951

029 2020 1524email: [email protected]

www.uwic.ac.uk/educationspecialists

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BA (Hons) Secondary Education:Music or Welsh 11-16 (Leading to Qualified Teacher Status)

Campus: CyncoedSchool: Cardiff School of EducationUCAS code: XW33: Music

XQ3M: WelshAll pathways lead to Qualified TeacherStatus (QTS)

Course length: three years full-time (two years fast track)Entry requirements: 260 UCAS Tariff Points from three A Levels

including grade C in chosen pathwaysubject (or relevant subject area), orequivalent including grades CC, one to bein your chosen pathway

Career potential

Graduates of the course will be registered forQualified Teacher Status (QTS) allowing entry to theteaching profession at secondary level. The shortageof teachers of Welsh and Music will ensure thatgraduates from this course will have strong careerprospects.

Course content

This programme is designed to produce competentand confident secondary school teachers ofclassroom or peripatetic Music or Welsh. Subjectknowledge is delivered in parallel with educationstudies and students will be able to place allacademic work in the school context through regularschool placements.

Students will be placed in Partnership Schools in theSouth Wales area. The first year will contain subject-based studies, Education modules and anobservation placement in school. Year two and threewill then develop subject knowledge, pedagogy, andEducation. Both years will contain a block placementof four days per week which will involve observationof good practice, team teaching and lesson delivery.

Students will leave the programme equipped withthe skills to respond to present and future challengesin education and to become reflective practitioners.The programme is based on the curriculum for 11-16(up to GCSE), and meets the needs for teachers atthis age-range in the secondary sector.

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BA (Hons)Youth & Community Work

Professionally endorsed by: Education and Training Standards Cymru Recognised by: The Joint Negotiating Committee (JNC) for

Youth and Community WorkCampus: CyncoedSchool: Cardiff School of EducationUCAS code: X320

Course length: three years full-timeEntry requirements: Applicants should have 100 hours

experience in an aspect of youth &community education, plus: 200 UCASTariff Points from at least two A Levels orequivalent to include grades CC

Career potential

This course is designed to provide a professionallyrecognised qualification in youth and communitywork. The course attracts those interested in youthwork, community work, community development,supported housing, alternative education/alternativecurriculum, mentoring and guidance, youth justiceand voluntary organisations working in a communitysetting. In 2010 Youth Work became a degree entryprofession.

Course content

The course content is split between fieldworkplacements and university-based, lecture study.Lectures are modular in structure, comprisingmodules in the field of applied social sciences withcore modules in youth and community educationand professional practice. Assessment is undertakenthrough module assignments and presentations -there are no exams.

You will study modules including: sociology andsocial psychology - the youth worker’s tool-kit,education and learning theory, community profiling,politics and social policy, research skills forcommunity practitioners, issues of equality and socialjustice, managing effective practice, supervision andstaff development, youth and community work in aglobal context and community practice. All honoursdegree candidates undertake a piece of research(dissertation) on an area of choice.

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UWIC offer the only BSc (Hons) Environmental Health course in Wales.

BSc (Hons) Environmental Health is professionally accredited by the CharteredInstitute of Environmental Health.

By working closely with government bodies and private sector organisations, theschool has developed an innovative and dynamic course

that meets current and future needs.

The learning, teaching and assessment strategies have been designed to enable thedevelopment and fostering of knowledge and skills, to help produce professionally

competent environmental health practitioners who are able to cope with thechanging demands placed upon them.

Environmental Health Professional can expect starting salaries in the region of£22,000 to £25,000 and employment rates are excellent (in excess of 90% in

professionally relevant jobs).

The ability to effectively undertake the practical elements of our programmes is ofkey importance to us and employers and assists in producing competent graduates.

Our dedicated laboratory facilities have extensive and contemporary facilities toservice areas of the curriculum including, microbiology, environmental chemistry,

environmental and occupational monitoring and food safety.


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BSc (Hons) Environmental Health

Accredited by: The Chartered Instituteof Environmental Health

Campus: LlandaffSchool: Cardiff School of Health SciencesUCAS code: B910: BSc (Hons) Environmental Health

B913: SandwichB911: inc. FoundationB912: Sandwich inc. Foundation

Course length: B910: Three years full-timeB913: Four years full-time B911: Four years full-time B912: Five years full-time

Entry requirements: 220 UCAS Tariff Points from at least two ALevels including a science or 240 UCASTariff Points with out science A Level, orequivalent including two grade Cs

Career potential

Within local government, the profession of theenvironmental health practitioner is highly regardedand environmental health practitioners are employedby all local authorities throughout Britain.

There are also many employment opportunitieswithin the private sector. Forty per cent of CharteredInstitute of Environmental Health members nowwork in the private sector.

Opportunities for further study include the MScEnvironmental Risk Management and Masters ofPublic Health, as well as a number of researchstudentships.

Course content

You will study core areas, comprising: Food Safety;Housing; Health & Safety in the Workplace;Environmental Protection and the underpinningthemes of Public Health; Epidemiology and RiskAssessment.

In the third year you are actively encouraged to seekplacements both within the public sector and in theprivate sector.

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Food, Nutrition and Dietetics are dynamic and exciting career areas. Most of ourcourses offer work-placements which improve the employability of graduates; the

courses lead to excellent employment prospects.

The Dietetics pre-registration courses are approved by the Health Professions Counciland on graduation students can apply for registration as a dietitian.

The BSc (Hons) Food Science and Technology course is accredited by theInstitute of Food Science and Technology.

Accreditation of the BSc (Hons) Public Health Nutrition course bythe Association for Nutrition is currently being sought.

Both the BSc (Hons) Human Nutrition and Dietetics and the Postgraduate Diploma inDietetics courses are sponsored by NHS Wales who pay the fees for the courses

and offer means tested bursaries.

The Food Science and Technology course offer a number of scholarships; paymentsvary from £250 pa to £750pa - plus payment in work placement.

The BSc (Hons) Sports Biomedicine and Nutrition degree offers students a uniqueand exciting opportunity to study how changes in lifestyle can be effective in

preventing common diseases. Innovative approaches to sports medicine will allowstudents to gain experience in the rapidly expanding area of exercise prescription.


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Foundation Leading toBSc Health Sciences

Campus: LlandaffSchool: Cardiff School of Health SciencesUCAS codes: The following codes are specific to the

degree you wish to continue to go ontostudy:B902: BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science B911: BSc (Hons) Environmental HealthB912: BSc (Hons) Environmental Health

with Sandwich Year D610: BSc (Hons) Food Science &

Technology D615: BSc (Hons) Food Science &

Technology with Sandwich Year BB49: BSc (Hons) Public Health Nutrition CB6K: BSc (Hons) Sports Biomedicine &

Nutrition

B901:For studying the Foundation alonewith a view to gaining entry onto thefollowing courses:

BSc (Hons) Dental TechnologyBSc (Hons) Speech & Language Therapy BSc (Hons) Nutrition & Dietetics BSc (Hons) Podiatry BSc (Hons) Complementary Therapies.

Course length: one year full-timeEntry requirements: Normally have five GCSEs including

Mathematics, English or Welsh Languageand A Level qualifications or their equivalentat an appropriate standard for entry intoHigher Education at year one

Career potential

This programme is intended to cater for those whoaspire to enrol on a science based honours degreeprogramme within the Cardiff School of HealthSciences at UWIC, who have not achieved therequired standard entry requirements.

Course content

You will study modules including: study skills,information technology, numerical skills and studyskills & research methods plus science core modules,covering biology, chemistry and physics.

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Campus: LlandaffSchool: Cardiff School of Health Sciences/

Cardiff School of ManagementUCAS codes: D600


Levels or equivalent including two grade Cs

Career potential

This course is aimed at students who wish to gain theknowledge and experience to achieve managementstatus in the food manufacturing industry and alliedindustries including retail. The aim of the course is toequip students with the necessary skills, knowledge,procedures and practices to attain the highestperformance in both food production andmanagement. Students will be encouraged toexplore this growth industry with the most modernmanagement theories and practices that areprevalent in other manufacturing organisationsoutside and allied to the food industry. Students willdevelop innovative ideas for the sustainable future ofthe food industry.

Course content

The programme leads and develops the skills andacademic excellence that is paramount to the futuregrowth of the food industry. You will be encouraged/challenged to become an ambassador for excellencein food production management, raising thestandards that the public expects of this crucialindustry to every nations health and prosperity.

The management and the food production moduleswill develop your skills, knowledge, procedures andpractices for the food production industry. Theknowledge and skills that you develop throughoutthe modules of the programme will be applicable tomany other manufacturing industries.

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BSc (Hons) Public Health Nutrition

Campus: LlandaffSchool: Cardiff School of Health SciencesUCAS code: B490: BSc (Hons) Public Health Nutrition

BB49: BSc (Hons) Public Health Nutrition(inc Foundation)

Course length: B490: three years full-timeBB49: four years full-time

Entry requirements: 240 UCAS Tariff Points from at least three ALevels or equivalent to include a C grade atBiology, and a C grade preferably inChemistry

Career potential

Public health nutritionists work in healthimprovement, with groups or communities topromote health and well being. Career opportunitieslie within education, health promotion orgovernment agencies.

Public health nutritionists may also work withcharities or in the food industry, either withmanufacturers or retailers. There are alsointernational opportunities for appropriately qualifiednutritionists in emergency relief or developmentprojects in low-income countries.

Course content

The course is modular with and you will beencouraged to undertake a period of relevant workexperience, either for 12 weeks or for 12 months.

You will study modules including:Introductory biochemistry, human physiology,nutrition, public health nutrition, food studies, foodsafety management, nutritional biochemistry andphysiology, food quality and legislation, foodanalysis, new product development, healthpromotion, sustainable food issues, nutrition and theconsumer and sports nutrition.

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BSc (Hons) Food Science& Technology

Accredited by: Institute of Food Science & TechnologyCampus: LlandaffSchool: Cardiff School of Health SciencesUCAS code: D616: BSc (Hons) Food Science &

Technology D610: BSc (Hons) Food Science &Technology (inc. Foundation) D617: BSc (Hons) Food Science &Technology (Sandwich) D615: BSc (Hons) Food Science &Technology (Sandwich inc. Foundation)

Course length: D616: three years full-timeD610: four years full-timeD617: four years full-timeD615: five years full-time

Entry requirements: 200 UCAS Tariff Points from at least two ALevels or equivalent including grades CC,one to be in a Science/Food Technologysubject

Career potential

The food industry today is in desperate need of thesetechnically trained staff and this course is providinggraduates to fill that gap.

With an almost one hundred percent employmentrate, graduates can gain employment within manyareas, including research and development, qualitycontrol, hygiene, packaging, food microbiology andfood analysis. Most graduates will achieve startingsalaries of £18k - 23k.

Course content

This course aims to provide you with a broadunderstanding of modern food industries. Themodular structure of the course is designed to allowyou to develop your own career path according tothe selections chosen.

You will aquire skills and knowledge required toprogress into the food industry in many fields andwill study areas including: food microbiology, rawmaterial technology, food chemistry, human nutritionand biochemistry, enzymology, microbiology,pharmacology, toxicology and effects ofmanufacturing, processing and storage.

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BSc (Hons) Human Nutrition& Dietetics

Accredited by: Health Professions CouncilCampus: LlandaffSchool: Cardiff School of Health SciencesUCAS code: B402

Course length: four years full-time (Sandwich)Entry requirements: 260 UCAS Tariff Points from at least three A

Levels or equivalent to include a B grade atBiology, and a C grade preferably inChemistry. Alternative sciences consideredwhere Chemistry has been taken at AS andachieved Grade C (check online for details)

Career potential

Dietitians normally begin their career in the NationalHealth Service where they progress to the mainclinical grades.

The opportunity exists for specialisation in variousaspects of dietetics by means of post-registrationeducation. In addition there are opportunities fordietitians to be involved in health education, healthpromotion, education, research and journalism.

Course content

The course contains two major elements which arethe academic component based at UWIC and clinicaltraining, which occurs in three separate places withinthe course.

Both elements are essential for the achievement ofthe course objectives and award of the degree witheligibility to apply for registration as a dietitian.

You will study modules including:biochemistry, physiology, food studies, public healthnutrition, nutrition, behavioural studies, dietetics,nutritional biochemistry and physiology, nutritionalassessment and research and clinical studies.

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BSc (Hons) Sports Biomedicine& Nutrition

Campus: Llandaff and CyncoedSchool: Cardiff School of Health SciencesUCAS code: CB64: BSc (Hons) Sport Biomedicine &

Nutrition CB6K: BSc (Hons) Sport Biomedicine &Nutrition (inc. Foundation)

Course length: CB64: three years full-timeCB6K: four years full-time

Entry requirements: 240 UCAS Tariff Points from two A Levels orequivalent to include Science subjectincluding two grade Cs

Career potential

Graduates will be equipped to enter into a variety ofcareers in areas such as the Sport and Leisureindustry, National Health Service, National SportsCouncils and Sporting National Governing Bodies.Graduates will also be well qualified for a career inthe Pharmaceutical, Food and Beverage industries.

Opportunities for further study are excellent andinclude other health related studies and higherdegrees (MSc and PhD).

Course content

This course focuses on the scientific study of allaspects of lifestyle, and the strategies that can beemployed to improve health.

The course includes a series of fundamental science-based modules in human physiology, nutrition,biochemistry and psychology.

These are complemented with exercise-basedmodules in sport and exercise science, psychology ofsport and exercise, health related exercise and publichealth nutrition.

Our innovative approaches to sports medicine willalso allow you to gain experience in the rapidlyexpanding area of ‘exercise prescription’.

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Complementary TherapiesThe Centre for Complementary Therapies is a centre of excellence for the provision of

academic education and training in complementary therapies. The BSc (Hons)Complementary Therapies undergraduate course to offers professional qualifications

in three bodywork modalities - Massage, Reflexology and Aromatherapy.The Complementary Therapies course provides students with real-life experiences

through the use of clinics and work placements, and a research dissertation.Successful student can become full members of the

Massage Training Institute; Association of Reflexologists; International Federation of Professional Aromatherapists.

The Complementary Therapy Suite is equipped with the latest electric hydraulicmassage couches, portable couches and massage chairs, reflexology chairs and

audio visual and other teaching aides.

Dental TechnologyDental Technologists have been identified by the Department of Health as a

profession at risk. As such they have an enhanced starting salary to attract newgraduates into the profession. Typical starting salary of a new dental technology

graduate is in excess of £18K per annum. After graduation it is possible to continueto attend the college on a part-time basis to undertake postgraduate

qualifications whilst remaining employed. We are at the forefront of world classresearch applying new CAD/CAM and Rapid Manufacture technologies to the

construction of partial denture alloy frameworks. Our facilities are amongst the bestin the UK, having been recently refurbished and enhanced with equipment. The

laboratories benefit from the use of mini cameras, many screens, computers andother ICT equipment.

PodiatryUWIC Podiatry course is approved by the Health Professions Council and accredited

by the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists. Clinical Practice is taught at theCentre’s clinics and in approved placements within the NHS and the independent

sector. Employment opportunities exist within the NHS and privatesector. The typical staring salary is £19,166 - rising to £31,004 per annum.

Podiatrists may specialise in diabetic care, rheumatology, wound care, biomechanicsor rehabilitation. All podiatry staff at UWIC are active practitioners. One member ofour teaching staff is a qualified Podiatric Surgeon. There are clinical areas used fortraining purposes and is open to the public. There is a gait laboratory equipped for

kinetic and biomechanical analysis and an orthotic laboratory.

Speech and Language TherapyUWIC offers the only undergraduate Health Professions Council accredited Speech and

Language Therapy course in Wales. Successful applicants are eligible for payment offees and a means-tested bursary from the National Assembly of Wales, independent

of their main area of residence in the UK. Proximity to local centres of excellence, e.g.University Hospital of Wales, facilitates highly specialist teaching by visiting lecturerswho are experts in their field. There has been considerable investment in the Centre

to equip our Speech Science Laboratory to support both academic training andclinical practice. Graduates have a very good employment record with opportunities

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BSc (Hons) Complementary Therapies

Campus: LlandaffSchool: Cardiff School of Health SciencesUCAS code: B301: Certificate in Complementary

Therapies (CertHE)B302: Diploma in Complementary

Therapies (DipHE) B390: BSc (Hons) Complementary

TherapiesB300: BSc (Hons) Complementary

Therapies (inc. Foundation)

Course length: B301: one year full-timeB302: two years full-timeB390: three years full-timeB300: four years full-time (inc. Foundation)

Entry requirements: 200 UCAS Tariff Points from at least two ALevels or equivalent to include Biologyincluding grades CD

Career potential

Most graduates are working in the private sector ascomplementary therapists; the more enterprisinghave set up their own businesses.

Others are gainfully employed as therapists in theNational Health Service and the voluntary sector.

Some graduates have gained employment as a directconsequence of their work placements during thecourse. In hospices for palliative care, women’ssafety units and schools and day facilities for childrenand adults with special needs.

Course content

Students learn to combine complementary andconventional approaches to health care. The trainingprovided in the skills of holistic massage, reflexologyand clinical aromatherapy is supported by anatomy,physiology and nutrition and behavioural sciencesand the development of research skills.

Students will also develop business skills, benefitfrom a work placement and, as part of a team, run astudent clinic.

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BSc (Hons) Dental Technology

Accredited by: General Dental Council Campus: LlandaffSchool: Cardiff School of Health SciencesUCAS code: B840Course length: three years full-timeEntry requirements: 180 UCAS Tariff Points from at least two A

Levels or equivalent, including grade CD, C in a science subject

Career potential

Dental technologists are employed in the NHS,commercial laboratories, private practices and dentalschools. Within the Health Service there is a clearcareer structure ranging through Senior, Chief andSenior Chief Grades. Within the commercial sector,after some years of experience, it would be possibleto become a commercial laboratory owner ormanager.

Course content

This course aims to produce dental technologistsable to fabricate high quality dental restorations,prostheses and appliances such as crowns andbridges.

You will study modules including:An introduction to techniques, applied dentalmaterials, dental anatomy and physiology, removablepartial denture, complete dentures, cast restorations,removable orthodontics, ceramic restorations,bonded restorations, fixed and functionalorthodontics, prosthodontics; and undertakeresearch projects and work placements to cementyour learning.

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BSc (Hons) Podiatry

Accredited by: Health Professions Council (HPC)Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists

Campus: LlandaffSchool: Cardiff School of Health SciencesUCAS code: B985Course length: three years full-timeEntry requirements: 280 UCAS Tariff Points from at least two A

Levels or equivalent, including grades CC, C in a science subject

Career potential

Graduates are able to gain work in the public (NHS)and private sector (practice, industry, commerce).

Currently, newly qualified podiatrists have ampleopportunities to gain employment with little or nodelay following graduation.

Course content

This is a course of integrated theoretical and clinicalstudies through which you will, upon graduation,become eligible for registration with the HealthProfessions Council - the UK regulator for the HealthProfessions. The course was rated 'excellent' by theHigher Education Funding Council (Wales) - thehighest rating the Funding Council can award.

You will study modules including:podiatric medicine, musculoskeletal studies, medicalsciences, pre-clinical practice, clinical practice,professional studies/behavioural science, podiatricsurgery, pharmacology, and undertake workingplacements.

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BSc (Hons) Speech& Language Therapy

Accredited by: Health Professions Council (HPC)Campus: LlandaffSchool: Cardiff School of Health SciencesUCAS code: B620Course length: four years full-timeEntry requirements: BBB including a science subject

or ABB without science subject. Equivalent qualifications also considered

Career potential

Graduates will be qualified to practise as Speech andLanguage Therapists, subject to successfulregistration with the Health Professions Council.

Opportunities exist for Speech and LanguageTherapists in hospitals, health centres, schools andspecialist units. Graduates may also choose toprogress to research and/or postgraduate study.Some clinicians are employed by charitableorganisations or undertake private practice.There are also opportunities to work abroad.

Course content

Speech pathology requires the integration ofknowledge from a wide range of subject areas.Linguistics and phonetics, psychology andbiomedical sciences are core components of theprogramme and form a basis for the study ofdevelopmental and acquired speech, language,communication and swallowing difficulties.

You will study modules including:Phonetic transcription, phonetic and phonologicaltheory, linguistics, lifespan psychology and languagedevelopment, biological sciences, clinicalfoundations, developmental speech and languagepathology medical sciences, clinical practice,psycholinguistic and cognitive psychology, bilingualand bicultural studies, audiology, acquired disorders,advanced clinical studies. Students also complete aresearch project on a topic of their choice.

All students undertake a minimum of 150 clinicalsessions across the duration of the course throughvarious placements.

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Humanities are one of the most interesting and rewarding subject areas a studentcan undertake. It covers a wide subject area which students find both

exciting and relevant to learn.

Many of the subjects students study, ranging from modern political ideas to themodern American movie, play a major role in the development of the

culture and social development of the society we live in today. Understanding theimportance and contribution of the humanities and social sciences

to our own development is an important and interesting partof the learning experience.

Employers have begun to increasingly value the nature of the student who pursues ahumanities background in their studies. It is now accepted that a good academic

background is as important to employment as any vocational degree.

Wherever possible, we utilise the connections we have with local organisations andencourage students to participate in cultural events which are both relevant to their

degree but which also open up career opportunities.

Over the course of your degree, you'll develop as an analytical, incisive thinker andconfident communicator, building skills that are highly valued by employers. Many of

the subject areas studied in the degree programmes, such as English, history,politics, media, journalism, creative communication and social policy, have

themselves become important areas of employment.

Our students go on to work as: Journalists, teachers, professional writers, lecturersresearchers and a variety of other occupations within the media, as well as working

within the civil service or voluntary sectors.Educational Studies also sit within the Humanities Department.

Students are also able to study at one of our partner universities in Belgium,Denmark, France, Germany and Turkey through the Department for Humanities

ERASMUS links, as part of their course.

For more information about Cardiff School of Education visit:uwic.ac.uk/cse

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BA (Hons) English & Creative Writing

Campus: CyncoedSchool: Cardiff School of EducationUCAS code: QW38Course length: three years full-time Entry requirements: 260 UCAS Tariff Points from at least three A

Levels or equivalent, to include a grades BC,B in English

Career potential

Cardiff has one of the largest media and creative-industry sectors outside London, including BBCWales, ITV Wales, S4C, BBC Radio Wales, theWestern Mail and Wales on Sunday.

English & Creative Writing provides a perfectcombination of theory (the English side of thedegree) with ‘applied practice’ (the creative writingside), putting you in a strong position when it comesto a career in a wide variety of industries, includingprofessional writing, teaching, media and journalism,in both public or private sectors.

Course content

This course will combine your love of literature withyour passion for writing. The study of English willengage with your enthusiasm for reading andliterature, and introduce you to advanced criticalthinking in the form of theoretical practice.

Typical modules include: Writing contemporaryfiction, getting started in journalism, writing poetry,reading literature, critical approaches, new writing:hybrid and cross-genre fiction, scriptwriting, literarytransformations, journalism, children’s literature,nineteenth century literature and society, developinga business, twentieth century fiction, gothic andscience fiction, the autobiographical, Shakespeare:texts and contexts and getting published.

Students have the opportunity to contribute to andco-edit the University's creative writingmagazine, Nexus.

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BA (Hons) English & Drama

Campus: CyncoedSchool: Cardiff School of EducationUCAS code: QW34Course length: three years full-time Entry requirements: 260 UCAS Tariff Points from at least three A

Levels or equivalent, to include grades BC,grade B in English or Theatre Studies

Career potential

English and Drama are natural partners; the study ofeach augments, enriches and illuminates the study ofthe other. Holders of degrees from either of thesedepartments have proved employable in a widespectrum of careers acting, directing, theatremanagement, film, media & television, teaching,management, journalism, law, administration,accountancy, PR, as well as further postgraduatestudy to MA and PhD levels.

Course content

This degree balances the study of English Literaturewith the analysis (both practical and theoretical) ofdifferent forms of drama and theatre, providing aprogramme that is delivered from the creative heartof Wales.

The study of English will engage with yourenthusiasm for reading and literature, and introduceyou to advanced critical thinking in the form oftheoretical practice. The Drama introduces you to arange of theatre genres, playwrights andpractitioners using both textual and practicalexploration.

Typical modules include: Reading literature,introduction to poetry, critical approaches, academicskills and research methods, drama from ancientGreece to the Victorian age, drama from naturalismto the contemporary, drama in practice, literarytransformations, children’s literature, nineteenthcentury literature and society, theatre practitioners,directing approaches, scriptwriting, gothic andscience fiction, twentieth century literature,performance praxis, post-War British drama anddramatic realism.

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BA (Hons) English& Contemporary Media

Campus: CyncoedSchool: Cardiff School of EducationUCAS code: QP33Course length: three years full-time Entry requirements: 260 UCAS Tariff Points from at least three A

Levels or equivalent, to include grades BC,grade B in English or Media Studies

Career potential

This degree combines theory and practice and hasintegrated employability skills and well as theopportunity for placements and work-basedlearning. This degree provides students with strongcommunication and analytical skills that are highlyvalued in today’s employment market.

Graduates from the course have pursued careers in avariety of industries, including: media, journalism,education, public relations, marketing and heritage.A proportion of students advance to postgraduatestudy at either Masters or PhD level.

Course content

This degree draws upon this rich and vibrantlandscape to combine your love of literature withyour passion for media and culture. The courseallows students to combine theoretical perspectivesin English and Media with practical vocational skills injournalism. The course also benefits from an excitingextra-curricula culture. Students also have theopportunity to contribute to and co-edit Cardiff'sCalling, the University’s student guide and Nexus,the University's creative writing magazine.

Typical modules include: Reading literature,introduction to poetry, critical approaches, academicskills and research methods, introduction tocontemporary media, getting started in journalism,mass media and popular culture, literarytransformations, children’s literature, nineteenthcentury literature and society, journalism, film: theoryand genre, digital culture and new media, gothic andscience fiction, twentieth century literature, musicand society, fans and audiences and independentcinema.

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BA (Hons) Modern History & English

Campus: CyncoedSchool: Cardiff School of EducationUCAS code: QV31Course length: three years full-time Entry requirements: 260 UCAS Tariff Points from at least three A

Levels or equivalent, to include a grades BC,B in History or English

Career potential

This course provides graduates with transferableskills that are applicable in a wide range of careers.

The types of career followed by graduates from thisdegree will vary widely. They are likely to includelecturing, teaching, public relations, the Civil Service,publishing, media and both the public andvoluntary sector.

Course content

The Modern History and English degree aims tointegrate its two components so that students canapproach all topics studied from both a literary andhistorical point of view. This double perspective willenhance critical understanding of the modern worldand provide a varied and enjoyable learningexperience.

You will study modules including:Reading literature, the making of modern Europe,British society 1880-1980, modern political ideas,academic skills and research methods, modernism topostmodernism, introduction to poetry, developmentof British political parties, Britain and America,history of West European imperialism, Europeandictators, children’s literature, detective fiction,gothic and science fiction, genocide and humanrights, contemporary Welsh politics, the history ofthe cold war, British state and economy, Britain in thesixties, Shakespeare: texts and contexts, Victorianand Edwardian literature.

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BA (Hons) Modern History & Politics

Campus: CyncoedSchool: Cardiff School of EducationUCAS code: VL12Course length: three years full-time Entry requirements: 260 UCAS Tariff Points from at least three A

Levels or equivalent, to include a grades BC,B in History or related subject

Career potential

The study of history provides graduates withtransferable skills that are applicable in a wide rangeof careers.

The careers that our graduates typically pursueinclude lecturing, teaching, the Civil Service, localauthority work in social services, the voluntarysector, research institutions, media presentation andproduction.

Course content

This degree will delve into the recent past of Britain,Europe, the United States and the wider world. Youwill discover and investigate the factors that havecreated our current and future global society,focusing on key events, characters and processes.Students on the Modern History and Politicsprogramme will explore a range of topics, accordingto their individual interests.

You will study modules including:The making of modern Europe, introduction toBritish society 1880-1980, international politics,politics of the British isles, modern political ideas,politics and media, academic skills, development ofBritish political parties, Britain and America, historyof West European imperialism, internationalorganisations, practical history and politics, Europeandictators, US government and politics, nationalismand decentralization in Europe, Erasmus Study,genocide and human rights, politics of thecontemporary middle East and North Africa, thehistory of the cold war, modern Americanpresidency, Britain in the sixties, public sectormanagement, Europhiles and Europhobes.

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UWIC run a British Psychological Society (BPS) accredited programme.

The BSc (Hons) degree provides high standards of teaching and good researchfacilities. Students have progressed into a wide range of careers, including working

as psychologists.

Students who have an accredited first degree in psychology can go on to apply for arange of postgraduate training programmes in areas such as clinical, educational,

occupational, health and forensic psychology.

Dedicated computer facilities are available for practical elements of the course.

There is equipment for testing reaction times and galvanic skin responses.

There is an observation room connected to a treatment room by a two-way viewingmirror, microphone and amplifier and telephone intercom system.

There is an exercise physiology and nutrition laboratory, a sensory analysis suite anda kitchen where individual’s hygiene behaviour can be observed as they

prepare food.

Other facilities include phlebotomy and analytical laboratories plus a complementarytherapy suite; these allow evidence based study of psychological behaviour and the

effects of procedures such as massage on immune parameters indicative ofhealth status.

The department is a vibrant and developing department and in line with thisexpansion, new resources such as a new modern observation room, a further suite

of research cubicles and an additional seminar rooms.

UWIC currently offers postgraduate training in Health and Forensic Psychology.The MSc in Health Psychology is the first step towards chartered health psychologist

status. And the MSc in Forensic Psychology is the only such programme in Wales.


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BSc (Hons) Psychology

Accredited by: British Psychology SocietyCampus: LlandaffSchool: Cardiff School of Health SciencesUCAS code: C800: BSc (Hons) Psychology

C801: BSc (Hons) Psychology(inc. Foundation)

Course length: three years full-timefour years (inc. Foundation)

Entry requirements: 280 UCAS Tariff Points from at least three ALevels or equivalent, to include grades BCand a relevant subject

Career potential

Career opportunities exist for graduates whereknowledge of people and how they communicateis valued.

The course is an ideal foundation for further study inpostgraduate psychology courses leading to aqualification as an occupational, educational, clinical,forensic or health psychologist, also leading to otherpostgraduate courses such as PGCE.

Due to the transferable skills acquired, graduates willalso be able to enter careers in personnelmanagement, advertising, health promotion andmany areas of industry.

Course content

Throughout the three years you will studymodules including:Introduction to psychology, social psychology,developmental psychology, research methods,introduction to statistics, brain and cognition,cognitive neuroscience, research and statistics,cognitive psychology, individual differences,contemporary issues in psychology, volunteering,dissertation, clinical psychology, exercisepsychology, media psychology, analysing texts,applied psychological testing, culture identity anddevelopment, forensic psychology, healthpsychology, language and social psychology.

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A degree in housing can lead to many careers in the sector. The qualifications inSocial Work and Health and Social Care train social workers and carers who provide

practical support to people whose needs are vulnerable and need help in theireveryday lives.

The HND Health and Social Care for students who are interested in a career workingwith people in a caring capacity and want to make a difference but are undecided as

to which direction to develop their career.

For students who are already clear that they want to develop careers in housing orsocial work there are a range of professionally accredited qualifying and

postqualifying courses to gain entry to the profession of your choice or develop yourcareer further.

The range of housing programmes offered are accredited by the Chartered Institutefor Housing and include the first course in Wales specifically focused on SupportedHousing. Starting salaries for professionally qualified housing staff range between

£19,000 to £22,000.

Care Council for Wales bursaries are available for students on the qualifying socialwork course. Upon completion starting salaries range from £23,000 to £26,000 and

employment opportunities are excellent with the majority of graduates taking upemployment as soon as they graduate.

There is close collaboration with employer partners and professional bodies and theintegration of learning in the workplace/practice setting and learning undertaken in

the college context to support the development of relevant knowledge,skills and values.

The integration of work/practice based learning and college based learning issupported through access to placement provision. For some courses placement

learning and assessment is a requirement and in such cases this will be arranged foryou by the programme.

The BA (Hons) Social Work programme was the first accredited graduate qualifyingprogramme in social work in Wales.


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Social Science

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Foundation leading toBA/BSc Social Sciences

Campus: LlandaffSchool: Cardiff School of Health SciencesUCAS code: The Social Sciences pathway operates as a

Year Zero to the following courses and theUCAS code for your chosen course, shownbelow, should be used on your UCASapplication:115L: HND Health & Social CareL510: BSc (Hons) Health & Social Care X390: BA (Hons) Youth & Community Work C801: BSc (Hons) Psychology

Course length: one year full-timeEntry requirements: Normally have five GCSEs including

Mathematics, English or Welsh Languageand A Level qualifications or their equivalentat an appropriate standard for entry intoHigher Education at year one

Career potential

The course will develop your confidence andcompetence in acquiring the study skills required toembark upon a social science-based Honoursdegree, whilst introducing you to a basic bank ofknowledge on which you can build, either by theprocess of self-study or in further programmes ofdirected study.

Course content

The course is modular in structure comprising a setof core modules, combined with a set of furthermodules specific to your chosen pathway of study.

You will study modules including:Study skills, information technology, numerical skills,research methods, psychology, sociology, care workand community work.

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HND Health & Social CareBSc (Hons) Health & Social Care

Campus: LlandaffSchool: Cardiff School of Health SciencesUCAS code: 015L: HND Health & Social Care

115L: HND Health & Social Care (inc. Foundation)

L511: BSc (Hons) Health & Social Care L510: BSc (Hons) Health & Social Care

(inc. Foundation)

Course length: HND: two years full-time; three years inc. Foundation

BSc: three years full-time; four years inc. Foundation

Entry requirements: HND: 120 UCAS Tariff Points at A Levelincluding grade C

Degree: 240 UCAS Tariff Points from atleast two A Levels or equivalent, toinclude grades CC

Career potential

Graduates find work in the health & social care fieldin the public, independent and voluntary sector,including: project management, probation,addictions, mental health and residential care.

Course content

The course has been designed on a modular basisaround the following themes: people; values, ethicsand equal opportunities; change; law, regulation andguidance; and social processes.

You will study modules including:(HND & Degree): Equality and diversity, currentissues and challenges in health and social care,research, working with vulnerable adults, riskassessment, sociology, psychology, working withchildren, understanding illness and disease, mentalhealth, assistive technology, social inclusion,partnership working and regeneration.

(Degree): Evaluating quality, dissertation, managingin organisations, law, regulation and standards,addictions, homelessness, project management andsocial enterprise, applied psychological therapies,health psychology, social history of medicine andhousing community and culture.

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BSc (Hons) Housing: Policy & Practice

Accredited by: Chartered Institute of HousingCampus: LlandaffSchool: Cardiff School of Health SciencesUCAS code: K491

Course length: three years full-timeEntry requirements: 140 UCAS Tariff Points from at least two A

Levels including grades DD or equivalent

Career potential

Housing professionals are involved in many differentactivities and have many areas of work, including:housing management, housing strategy,regeneration, development & asset management,repairs and maintenance, customer care, finance, HRand IT, administration & training and supportedhousing.

A career in housing can lead to a wide and variedchoice of pathways, well paid and secure jobs, goodterms and conditions of employment and excellentopportunities for promotion and careeradvancement.

Course content

This is a comprehensive programme of studyincorporating all the essential core skills andexperiences required for the competent housingprofessional.

You will learn about all aspects of housing: howpolicies are developed, finance for housing andsupported housing, legislation, housingmanagement, regeneration, managing performance,planning and development, design, working withvulnerable people and many other aspects of theprofession. In addition to the more academicsubjects, students are also supported in thedevelopment of personal and professional skills.Using the option modules in the second and thirdyears will allow you to follow particular interests.

Students undertake a practice placement betweenyears two and three which provides eligibility for fullcorporate membership of the Chartered Institute ofHousing.

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BSc (Hons) Housing:Supported Housing

Accredited by: Chartered Institute of HousingCampus: LlandaffSchool: Cardiff School of Health SciencesUCAS code: K450


Levels or equivalent including grades DD

Career potential

Supported housing provides social, emotionaland/or lifestyle support to people in their ownhomes, and often includes the housing management(landlord) function.

Supported housing projects are organised around avariety of client needs including learning disabilities,mental health, young & vulnerable people, womenfleeing domestic violence and addiction issues.

As the industry is expanding so rapidly, appropriatelyqualified and experienced staff are in high demand.

Course content

This is a comprehensive course of studyincorporating all of the essential core skills andexperiences required for the competent supportedhousing professional.

This incorporates elements of social care, andhousing management. Students will undertake apractice placement which will enable them to gainexperience of the housing workplace and to reflecton issues and practices within the workplace.

Using the option modules in the second and thirdyears will allow you to follow particular interests.

Students undertake a practice placement betweenyears two and three which provides eligibility for fullcorporate membership of the Chartered Institute ofHousing.

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BSc (Hons) Social Work

Accredited by: Care Council for WalesCampus: LlandaffSchool: Cardiff School of Health SciencesUCAS code: L501


Levels including grades CC or equivalentand grade C in English and Maths GCSE orequivalent *Applicants are also expected to hold aminimum of six weeks, supervised workexperience in a social care setting.

Career potential

Graduates will be able to access a wide range ofemployment opportunities within social work instatutory, voluntary and independent sectoremployment. Graduates are able to work with arange of services users and address complex socialissues.

Course content

Before undertaking direct practice with service usersin a practice learning setting, you must undertake 20days of assessed practice learning through whichyou must demonstrate that you have the basicinterpersonal skills and values to be suitable and safeto work with service users.

Study will focus on core values and skills as well asbroader social, cultural and institutional processesthat frame the role and task of social work.

You will spend 180 days in assessed practice learningsettings. This will involve a minimum of two practicesettings. This will provide you with a range oflearning opportunities to demonstrate competence inrelation to National Occupational Standards for SocialWork.

There will be a focus on disadvantage, oppressionand deprivation; leading to an emphasis on socialwork intervention and the contexts within whichsocial work is practised. Each year you will focus onsix key roles in working with individuals, families,carers, groups and communities.

You will also be expected to complete the EuropeanComputer Driving Licence during your first year.

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Throughout its sixty year history the Cardiff School of Sport has built an internationalreputation for the quality of its academic, professional and extra-curricular work.

Staff within the School are currently involved in coaching, advising internationalsports squads, contributing to UK boards of governance in sport and are actively

involved in many advisory panels that shape the future of the British sport, PE andrecreation industry.

The undergraduate programmes offer some of the best and most popular sport-related courses in the UK, all designed to meet current market needs and the

curricula are based on attractive mixes of theoretical studies, laboratory based workand practical workshops.

The School is committed to establishing itself as a research and enterprise centre.Research and enterprise activities help to inform the curriculum. In the RAE 2008

UWIC was Power Ranked sixth in the UK and first in Wales in Sport Related Subjects.

The School’s excellent facilities include a tennis centre, a fitness gym (equipped forable bodied and disabled users), a sand-dressed artificial pitch and the impressive

National Indoor Athletics Centre.

New Builds on the Cyncoed Campus include a Sport and Exercise Medicine Centre,and teaching space for massage and strength and conditioning

theory and practical lectures.

UWIC student teams at UWIC, organised and administered by the Students’ Union,consistently win major championships in the British Universities and National League

competitions; UWIC is a major force in UK University sport.

For more information about Cardiff School of Sport visit: uwic.ac.uk/css

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BSc (Hons) Sport& Physical Education

Campus: CyncoedSchool: Cardiff School of SportUCAS code: C604Course length: three years full-timeEntry requirements: • 300 UCAS Tariff Points from at least three

A Levels or equivalent to include gradesBB within a relevant subject

• BTEC Diploma: Distinction, Distinction,Merit to include 8 Distinctions overallwithin a relevant subject or equivalent

Career potential

Graduates follow careers in teaching/coaching, theleisure industry, sport science and community sportsdevelopment, in recreation management and asnational and regional coaches. Graduates haveobtained employment teaching, coachinggymnastics, soccer or trampolining, as fitnessconsultants and trainers, as sports administrators orjoined the Armed Forces or Police Service.

Course content

This course will allow you to analyse effectively andassess performance within sport and physicaleducation. You may apply your specialism in sportsscience, socio-cultural or philosophical disciplines toexamine the needs of the sports performer.

Core and option modules include:Personal Development ProfilingResearch ProcessSport and Exercise PhysiologyPsychology of Sport and ExerciseSport BiomechanicsSocio-cultural Issues in SportPhysical Activity, Health and Special PopulationsSport ManagementCoaching ScienceSport DevelopmentPE and Sport PedagogyPerformance analysisEthics in SportSport MarketingIndependent or Enterprise ProjectApplied Sport Modules (Analysis and Application) ina variety of sports (see web for details)

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"For me UWIC and theCardiff School of Sport

had the whole package;the perfect environment

in which I could learn,fantastic facilities in which to train for

my sport and still be able to enjoy aregular student lifestyle, as well as opportunities

to enhance my personal CV.”Georgina Allbrook

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BSc (Hons) Sport Coaching




Career potential

Graduates follow careers in coaching and teaching,the leisure industry, sports science support and in thefield of sports development. Graduates haveobtained employment in coaching in the UK andabroad in a variety of sporting contexts. In additiongraduates have found employment working as sportdevelopment officers for local authorities andNational Governing Bodies.

Course content

The course focuses on the application anddissemination of knowledge in the practical coachingenvironment. The main thrust of the course is basedon the coaching process allowing a majorcontribution from other key disciplines, such asphysiology, biomechanics, psychology, measurementissues in sport and exercise science, performanceanalysis and adapted physical activity.

Core and option modules include:Personal Development ProfilingResearch ProcessSport and Exercise PhysiologyPsychology of Sport and ExerciseSport BiomechanicsSocio-cultural Issues in SportCoaching ScienceSport ManagementSport DevelopmentPhysical Activity, Health and Special PopulationsLearning in SportPerformance AnalysisEthics in SportWork experienceIndependent ProjectApplied Sport Modules (Analysis and Application) ina variety of sports (see web for details)

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BSc (Hons) Sport Development




Career potential

Graduates follow careers in teaching, coaching,leisure/sports management, and community sportsdevelopment. Graduates can obtain employment inlocal authorities with national governing bodies,sports councils, sports marketing companies, eventmanagement organisations in the adventure activityindustry and the university sector have beenaccepted onto management trainee programmes.

Course content

The course prepares you to apply your knowledge ofsports development issues into local, regional andnational sports development contexts.

Core and option modules include:Personal Development ProfilingResearch ProcessSocio-cultural Issues in SportSport ManagementSport DevelopmentCoaching SciencePhysical Activity, Health and Special PopulationsSport and Exercise PhysiologyPsychology of Sport and ExerciseSport BiomechanicsSport MarketingEthics in SportStudent VolunteeringWork ExperienceIndependent or Enterprise ProjectApplied Sport Modules (Analysis and Application) ina variety of sports (see web for details)

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BSc (Hons) Sport & ExerciseScience (Intercalated)

Campus: CyncoedSchool: Cardiff School of SportUCAS code: C605Course length: one year full-timeEntry requirements: Applicants must have passed, at their first

attempt, their intermediate medical studies.Applicants must also have the approval oftheir current Medical School.

Career potential

Upon successful completion of their medical degree,graduates can work in sport and exercise medicine,with elite athletes, national teams and squads or beinvolved in health promotion activities within a localauthority or health care trust. Graduates may alsoprogress onto postgraduate degrees at UWIC.

Course content

This course is only open to medical students in theUK who have passed their first three years of medicalschool (intermediate). It is not a ‘top-up’ course.Students on this course will integrate with those intheir final year of the ‘BSc (Hons) Sport and ExerciseScience’; you will have the opportunity to work in thechallenging sports and exercise environment, and beable to study and use first class sports sciencelaboratories and sports facilities.

You will study:Sport and Exercise PhysiologySport and Exercise BiomechanicsExercise Psychology (or Sport Psychology), for anindependent project in one or more of these threesubject areas.

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BSc (Hons) Sport && Exercise Science


A Levels or equivalent to include gradesBB one being a Science


Career potential

This course prepares graduates to follow careers infitness instruction and health promotion, teachingand lecturing in primary, secondary and highereducation, coaching, the leisure industry, sportscience and in the field of community sportsdevelopment. Graduates have gone on to studyphysiotherapy, osteopathy, chiropractic and nursing.

Course content

The course focuses on the scientific basis ofparticipation in exercise and performance in sport.The main disciplines of physiology, biomechanicsand psychology and in measurement issues in sportand exercise science, performance analysis andadapted physical activity are studied.

Core and option modules include:Personal Development ProfilingResearch ProcessSport and Exercise SciencePsychology of Sport and ExerciseSport BiomechanicsSocio-cultural Issues in SportSport ManagementCoaching ScienceSport DevelopmentPhysical Activity, Health and Special PopulationsPerformance AnalysisEthics in SportMeasurement Issues in Sport and Exercise ScienceIndependent ProjectApplied Sport Modules (Analysis and Application) ina variety of sports (see web for details)

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BSc (Hons) Sport Conditioning,Rehabilitation and Massage


A Levels or equivalent to include gradesBB with must include a Science subject


Career potential

This course provides graduates with the skills andknowledge to work in sport conditioning,rehabilitation, sports massage or sports sciencesettings. Graduates obtaining the SportsPerformance Services (SPS) Diploma will beequipped to seek employment as sport massagepractitioners.

Course content

The course comprises modules shared with othersports-related courses and others specificallydesigned for the course including anatomy andphysiology, strength and conditioning, and sportsinjuries and rehabilitation. Students are required tocomplete elements of clinical practice and a workplacement.

The SPS Diploma in Sports Massage is embeddedwithin the degree programme and successfulstudents will be entitled to Level 4 membership ofthe Sports Massage Association. Additional costsassociated with SMA registration, examination,membership and insurance are approximately £450.

You will study modules including: Research Process,Personal Development Planning, Sport and ExercisePhysiology, Psychology of Sport and Exercise, SportBiomechanics and Functional Anatomy, SportConditioning, Rehabilitation and Massage, SportsMassage, Sports Injuries, Applied Sport Science,Developing a Business, Independent Project, WorkExperience and Practical Strength and Conditioning.Applied Sport Modules (Analysis and Application) ina variety of sports (see web for details)

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BSc (Hons) Sport Management

Campus: CyncoedSchool: Cardiff School of SportUCAS code: CN62Course length: three years full-timeEntry requirements: • 280 UCAS Tariff Points from at least three



Career potential

Graduates follow careers in sport facilitiesmanagement, health and fitness management, sportmanagement consultancy, teaching and lecturing,sports event management, sports development andin local authority sports departments, other industrysectors, armed or uniformed forces, or set up theirown business.

Course content

The course will develop the critical understanding,professional knowledge, skills and attitudes that youwill need to take up a managerial position in the fastexpanding sport management industry. Modules willfocus on sport management as an activity, the impactof that activity and on the underlying businessprinciples that help to sustain and develop the sportindustry.

Core and option modules include:Personal Development ProfilingResearch ProcessSocio-cultural Issues in SportSport ManagementFinanceSport DevelopmentCoaching ScienceSport and Exercise PhysiologyPsychology of Sport and ExerciseSport BiomechanicsSport MarketingLegal and Human ResourcesEthics in SportDeveloping a BusinessWork ExperienceIndependent or Enterprise ProjectApplied Sport Modules (Analysis and Application) ina variety of sports (see web for details)

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The tourism, hospitality and events industry is the largest employer of people in theUK, with over 1.78 million people directly employed, more than ten per cent of the UK

workforce, and that number is growing fast.

It is a global industry which offers world-wide opportunities for qualified personnelwho can combine a deep understanding of events, hospitality or tourism together

with business and management skills.

The potential for employment is vast and students from UWIC have entered everypossible sector, with many now at executive level.

Excellent links with tourism-sector businesses and support agencies not just in Walesand the UK, but across the world have contributed to enhanced industrial work

experience and field study modules.

The 2010 National Student Survey confirmed a record 80% satisfaction and over90% for our tourism programmes.

The School is one of the top providers of tourism education in the UK and is an active player in the higher education sector through subject associations

and professional bodies.




There is a state-of-the art £20 million purpose built management building at theLlandaff campus enabling the school to become a leading centre in the UK for

teaching and research in business subjects.

Innovative learning areas are provided including a 200 capacity lecture theatre, a 120capacity lecture theatre, three Harvard style lecture theatres.


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Tourism, Hospitality & Events

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BA (Hons) Events Management/BA (Hons) Events MarketingManagement*

Subject to validation*

Accredited by: The Institute of HospitalityCampus: LlandaffSchool: Cardiff School of ManagementUCAS codes: N820: BA/BA (Hons) Events

ManagementNN85: BA/BA (Hons) Events Marketing

Management* (subject tovalidation)


Levels or equivalent including two grade Cs

Career potential

Graduates will gain a management qualification thatwill provide excellent career opportunities in all fieldsof the events industry. Events Management is anexpanding and exciting field: world cups, rockconcerts, television spectaculars, cup finals, rallies,corporate events, Commonwealth Games and theOlympic Games.

Course content

The courses are vocationally orientated, with arigorous management underpinning and it will bemandatory for all students to undertake a work basedlearning module as part of the programmes.

You will study modules including: Fundamentals ofevents management, venue management andoperations, event planning and production,management theory and practice, academic skills forbusiness, event project management, major incidentand crisis management, event safety and licensing,marketing, technical production management, eventplanning, certification module, developing abusiness, event catering, visitor attractionsmanagement and student volunteering, key legalissues for events, managing global sporting events,festivals and cultural events, conferences,dissertation, employability and career development,employee relations and development, branding,advertising and contemporary consumption, tourismethics, public and media relations.

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“I chose to study here as I hadfriends that came to university in

Cardiff and told me positive thingsabout the city so I thought I wouldenjoy studying here. UWIC offeredthe course I was interested in so it

was a perfect match. Originally I was interested in events, however I

wanted to have a broader scope of the hospitalityindustry so decided taking hospitality would help medecide which areas I was enthusiastic about and also

give me more opportunities in the future.I hope to become an Events Planner. I love to travel

and experience new cultures so studying thisparticular course will hopefully allow me to

do both!”

Katherine VesseyBA (hons) Hospitality Management

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HND/BA (Hons) International Hospitality Management (with pathways)

HND/BA (Hons) International Hospitality Marketing Management*


Accredited by: The Institute of Hospitality (BA)Campus: LlandaffSchool: Cardiff School of ManagementUCAS codes: 022N: HND International Hospitality

Management128N: HND International Hospitality &

Events Management098N: HND International Hospitality &

Tourism Management5VNN: HND International Hospitality

Marketing Management*N220: BA/BA (Hons) International

Hospitality Management NN28: BA/BA (Hons) International

Hospitality & Events Management N892: BA/BA (Hons) International

Hospitality & Tourism Management NNV5: BA/BA (Hons) International

Hospitality Marketing Management**subject to validation

Course length: HND: two years full-timeBA: three years full-time

four years sandwich

Entry requirements: HND: 180 UCAS Tariff Points or equivalentincluding grade C

BA: 280 UCAS Tariff Points from at leasttwo A Levels or equivalent includingtwo grade Cs

Career potential

This programme is designed to provide graduateswith the range of skills and knowledge required formanagement positions in the largest sector ofemployment in the UK. These skills enable graduatesto develop into senior managers in a relatively shortperiod of time in a wide range of areas includingemployment in hotels, restaurants, licensed retailmanagement, personnel and marketing in hospitality,armed services, contract catering, health service andwelfare catering.

Course content

The programmes encompass a range of core andoptional modules which will develop the skills youneed for specialist roles within the industry. Industrialwork experience is an integral part of the course.

The placement usually takes place between the endof year one and beginning of year two. In somecircumstances, a further placement period may alsobe undertaken at year three.

You will study modules including:

HND and Degree:Hospitality in practice, international hospitalityoperations, principles of hospitality, tourism for asmall planet, fundamentals of events, finance formanagers, management theory and practice,academic skills for business, integrated hospitalityprojects, global hospitality today, marketing, finance,legal and human resource systems, industrial workplacement, field study, wines and spirits studies,international and contemporary cuisines, developinga business, personal development,student volunteering.

Degree:Dissertation or enterprise project, current issues,strategic management, international food andbeverage, management, venue and design project,employee relations and development, branding,advertising and contemporary consumption,e-commerce, corporate finance, advancedfood hygiene.

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BA (Hons) International Tourism Management (with pathways)

BA (Hons) International Tourism Marketing ManagementBA (Hons) Sports Tourism Management*


Campus: LlandaffSchool: Cardiff School of ManagementUCAS codes: N801: BA/BA (Hons) International

Tourism Management N891: BA/BA (Hons) International

Tourism & Events Management NNW5: BA/BA (Hons) International

Tourism Marketing ManagementN833: BA/BA (Hons) Sports Tourism

Management*Subject to validation

Course length: Three years full-time/four years sandwich

Entry requirements: 280 UCAS Tariff Points from at least two ALevels or equivalent including two grade Cs

Career potential

The tourism industry offers a diverse range of careeropportunities. Graduates will be well placed tosecure managerial positions within the tourismindustry, both in the UK and overseas.

Opportunities exist in the fields of destinationmarketing, tour operations, events management,national and local tourism organisations, visitorattractions management, hospitality provision, andsmall business development. Due to themanagement focus of the course graduatesopportunities also exist in wider business areas suchas marketing, human resource management andfinance.

Course content

The courses provide a blend of core knowledge thatreflects the economic, environmental and socialcontext and practice of tourism with rigorousmanagement underpinning. It is mandatory toundertake a work experience module that willstrengthen your employability at the end ofyour course.

Industrial work experience is an integral part of theprogramme, previous placements have been withinthe UK and overseas. Students have the opportunityto participate in field trips. Past destinations includeCyprus, Krakow, Barcelona, Malta, Egypt andThe Gambia.

You will study modules including:

International tourism management in action, tourismfor a small planet, tourism and the naturalenvironment, academic skills for business, finance formanagers, management theory and practice, nichetourism, managing a competitive destination,academic skills for business, marketing forhospitality, tourism and events, human resourcemanagement, work-based learning, activity andadventure tourism, managing the sports tourismexperience, field study, developing a business, visitorattractions management, student volunteering,tourism ethics, strategic management for tourism,hospitality and events, dissertation, enterpriseproject or Independent study, foreign language,managing global sporting events, festivals andcultural events, branding and advertising, public andmedia relations for tourism, hospitality and events,employability and career development.

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furtherinformation

The information in this prospectus is also availableon the UWIC website:

uwic.ac.uk where the content can be viewed in your preferred format.

PartnershipsUWIC is proud to be a member of theFE2HE-UWIC Consortium.

Through this we link with local Further Educationcolleges to provide UWIC courses at a location that maybe more convenient for you. To find out more pleasevisit: www.uwic.ac.uk/fe2he

London School ofCommerceUWIC’s relationship with the London School ofCommerce (LSC) dates back to 2004 and includescollaboration with the following programmes: MBA BA Business Studies MSc Management Consultancy MSc Hospitality/Tourism Management BSc in Computing MSc in Information Technology Research Degrees

In recognition of the strong links between the twopartners, in October 2006 LSC was awarded the statusof an Associate College of UWIC.

By the end of session 09/10 over 2500 students wereregistered on UWIC programmes at LSC’s Londoncampuses. The progressive and outward lookingpartnership with LSC is an example of an innovative linkbetween an HEI and a non-traditional but wellestablished, high quality educational provider.

The partnership with LSC has helped to raise the profileof UWIC and of Wales across the world. With its wellestablished marketing and recruitment processes and amodel to offer high quality but cost effective studies, LSCrecruits students from over 120 countries to study UWICprogrammes. Students at the LSC are able to movebetween the main LSC campus in London, LSC campusesin Dhaka and Kuala Lumpur and UWIC in Cardiff.Campuses in Columbo, Belgrade and Naiorobi are alsobeing established, bringing a true internationaldimension to the study experience.

Another key development is the collaboration in respectof research degrees. LSC is approved to enrol and deliverresearch degrees for UWIC at its Business ResearchInstitute on its London campus. The institute will betreated as a research institute of UWIC for the purposesof administration and quality assurance. UWIC willcollaborate with LSC to offer University of Wales PhD,MPhil and also professional doctorate degrees.

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The 2010 Guardian andTimes Good UniversityGuides rank UWICamongst the foremostuniversities in the UK.UWIC is also one of thehighest rankinguniversities in the UK forthe quality of itsinternational studentexperience by theInternational StudentBarometer. The excellentfacilities that theUniversity offers and thecommitted andenthusiastic academicstaff go a considerableway towards explainingthis success.

UWIC graduates arepopular with employers;we are proud to say thatover 95 per cent of UWICstudents find suitablegraduate employment or

enrol for a higher levelcourse within six monthsof graduating. UWIC’scourses are supported bya broad programme ofapplied research andconsultancy, with many ofthe academic schoolsreceiving national andinternational recognitionfor their work.

UWIC students benefitfrom some of the bestfacilities in the UK,including world-classlibrary and IT resourcecentres, sports facilitiesand accommodation. UWIChas recently invested over£50m into its estate. UWICalso has its own facilitieson campus for meditationand prayer.

With over 1000international studentsenrolled at UWIC from over125 different countries,the university has aunique multicultural mix.However, because theuniversity is still relativelysmall, the atmosphere isvery friendly and our staffprovide a supportiveenvironment that isconducive to study.

UWIC’s courses arecompetitively priced andrepresent great value formoney, but also remainfixed for the duration ofyour studies so as toenable you to plan yourbudget well in advance.

Do you want tostudy at one of theUK’s friendliestuniversities withgreat studentsupport?

Do you want toobtain an academicqualification fromone of the UK’s mostrespected modernuniversities?

Would you like tostudy a course thatensures you areequipped with theskills that you willneed to besuccessful in the jobmarket?

Then UWIC is for you!

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Cardiff - a student capital

UWIC is situated in Cardiff,the capital city of Wales, acountry with a longhistory of welcomingstudents from all over theworld. Cardiff has areputation for beingfriendly, affordable, andfor offering students ahigh standard of living. Itis a multicultural city andis home to many differentcultures and religions andis located only two hourswest of London by train.For more informationabout Cardiff see page 16.

AccommodationUWIC has a wide varietyof accommodationavailable for our studentsand we guarantee allsingle internationalstudents a place inuniversity ownedaccommodation, providedthey complete theapplication procedurebefore the allocationdeadline. Rooms includebroadband internetfacilities, as well as privatebathrooms. Restaurantson campus cater for alldietary requirements.UWIC has a dedicated busservices running betweenall halls and its campuses.

Exceptional Academicand Welfare Support

UWIC has an excellentreputation for the supportit gives to InternationalStudents. The academicand welfare support atUWIC make it a popularplace to study andoverseas student numbershave grown by over 30%in recent years.

UWIC’s has a dedicated,first-rate InternationalStudent Welfare Team;with an excellentreputation for theinvaluable support it offersInternational Students.

Services offered include: Accommodation

information Airport Welcome

Service Orientation

Programme Advice on finding part-

time employment Advice on money and

finances Advice on registering

with a doctor Information on places

of worship Study Skills and English

Language Support Visa and immigration

advice

Services are free tointernational students andare intended to helpstudents to adjust toBritish culture and settledown quickly in Cardiff.

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The team employ studenthelpers throughout thearrival periods. Thehelpers are all currentUWIC students and haveall been in the sameposition as you and are allnow accustomed to life asa student in the UK.

The team also organise afull cultural and socialprogramme includingparties, national daycelebrations and a seriesof trips and excursions atthe weekends to Londonand other famous placesin the UK. The social andcultural programme helpsensure that internationalstudents have anenjoyable experiencethroughout their studiesand make the most oftheir time in the UK.

Find out more about lifeas an internationalstudent at UWIC visit:uwic.ac.uk/international

or contact us by email [email protected]

The International OfficeUWICLlandaff CampusWestern AvenueCardiff CF5 2YB

T +44 (0)29 2041 6045F +44 (0)29 2041 6928

“In Brunei UWIC is oneof the most sought afteruniversities in the UK to

attend. It has an excellentreputation for its Tourism

Management courses, whichattracts students who are in

search of genuinely eye-opening experiences

and a bright future.”Fiona Chin Pao Ling from Brunei Darussalam

studying Tourism Management

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UWIC’s Students’ Unionhas three main roles:

To support andrepresent students

To facilitate studentclubs, societies andinterest groups

Provide affordablecommercial services,of which theproceeds go intofunding UWIC’ssupport andrepresentationservices.

On enrolment you willautomatically becomea member of UWIC’sStudents’ Union.

Cyncoed Campus Centre

Is a newly opened,fantastic facility for the useof UWIC students (andfriends). The centre offers agreat space andenvironment for studentsto relax but also houses thestudents’ unionmembership services,central administration andthe athletics union.

Membership Services

This free advice andsupport specifically forstudents who feel theymight want to talk over aparticular issue or problem,be it money, course issues,missing being at home oranything else! It alsoprovides student withrepresentation on an arrayof issues.

The membership servicesare run by the Students'Union so you can be surethat any advice you receivefrom the centre will becompletely non-biased andstrictly confidential.

Clubs and Societies

The SU offer a number ofclubs and societies for students, providing a socialscene and shared interests away from therigours of study.

For more in formationplease visit:uwicsu.co.uk/societies

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Athletics Union

Although not run by the SUthe Athletics Union recruits from UWIC studentsand provide a qualityservice for our sportingstudents. It provides ‘FocusSport’ an initiative aimed atimproving sporting excellence at UWIC. UWIChas been BUCS championsin Rugby union, volleyball,indoor athletics, basketball,trampolining, football, gymnastics and indoorcricket.

UWIC already has areputation for the supportand development of eliteperformers across manysports and the UWIC Hall ofFame includes over 350international competitorsfrom 28 different sports,including World, Olympic, British andCommonwealth champions.

The Athletics Union alsoadministers a successfulscholarship programmewhich assists exceptionalsporting ability.

For further informationplease visit:uwicsu.co.uk/au

Entertainment

The SU operates two barsacross the campuses;Tommy’s Bar at HowardGardens and Centro atCyncoed. The SU hostevents through out theyear so keep your eye onthe notice boards and theSU website for all the latestinformation.uwicsu.co.uk/events

Retro

The monthly newspaper forstudents. The paper raisesissues and providesessential information for allUWIC students. It is writtenby an open group of students and SU staff. It’saim is to engage studentsin the union with everydaylife at UWIC and to offerinformation, entertainmentand education. It’s a goodread!

uwicsu.co.uk/retro

Our detailsTel: 029 2041 6190uwicsu.co.uk email: [email protected]

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UWIC Elite Athlete Performance Programme

The scheme is managed by UWIC’s Athletic Union, andis designed to provide sports science and lifestylesupport for students who are involved in, and representUWIC at the elite level within the BUCS or NationalLeague programmes. The scheme is open to allregistered students. Team-based and individualathletes are accommodated within the structure andcan benefit from appropriate support in the areas of: Physiology Biomechanics Life style counselling Psychology Sports notation Physiotherapy Sports massage

Qualification CriteriaStudents can be nominated by the relevant Director ofSport/Head Coach or make an individual approach tothe Athletic Union.

Cardiff/Glamorgan Centre of Cricketing Excellence

University Centre’s of Cricketing Excellence Scheme (UCCE Scheme). This scheme is run by the MCC who have providedadditional funding to develop the six centres: Cardiff/Glamorgan

Centre Bradford/Leeds Centre Cambridge Centre Durham Centre Loughborough Centre Oxford Centre

These centres are aimed at male students with potential to play first class cricket and female students who haveplayed to senior county level.

Sporting Facilities

Cyncoed campus

UWIC offers a comprehensive range of sportingfacilities all built and equipped to the highest standards including: National Indoor Athletics Centre

www.uwic.ac.uk/niac Eight lane outdoor athletics facility Fitness Centre and Disability Sports Centre Floodlit artificial hockey/football pitch National league pitches for rugby and soccer Olympic gymnastic training centre, dance studio LTA regional indoor and floodlit outdoor tennis

complex Multi-sports centre with specialist cricket provision,

swimming pool and squash courts Sports science laboratories.

Llandaff campus

The Llandaff campus is home to a fully equipped fitnesscentre with the latest cardiovascular machines andresistance stations, a multi-purpose hall for fitnessclasses and outdoor pitches for rugby and soccer.

Recreational Sport

Students who wish to participate for recreation orleisure can do so by joining the UWIC Sports & LeisureClub, or by using the facilities on a pay as you go basis.A dedicated team organises various activities for alllevels including the complete beginner who just wantsto keep fit and have some fun. Activities includeaerobics, circuit training, lane/recreational swimming,tennis, badminton, squash, athletics and table tennis.

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Sport for all

Performance Sport

Sporting Excellence at UWIC

The pursuit of sporting excellence requires time,commitment, expert coaching and access to high

quality training and competition facilities, all of whichare offered at UWIC. The Athletic Union supports

students representing 38 different sports with manyUWIC teams and individuals competing in national

league and cup competitions. UWIC has been BUCSchampions in rugby union, indoor athletics,

basketball, trampolining, football, gymnastics andindoor cricket.

Sports scholarships

A very successful scholarship programme operates at UWIC supporting the development

of elite performers in a range of sports. Offering up to £1000 per annum, specialist coaching, membership to the Sports & Leisure Club etc.

For full details please visit:uwic.ac.uk/sportscholarships

or contact the Sports Administration Manager,

by email: [email protected]

Please note that no formal application for a Sports Scholarship will be considered unless the applicant

has also applied for, and been offered a place on,

a full-time course at UWIC.

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Following the Brownereview of studentfinance in England, thewhole area of financialsupport may change;so please check ourwebsite and thestudent finance linksbelow once you areready to make yourUCAS application.

For many, going touniversity will mean aconsiderable financialinvestment but you shouldremember that holding ahigher qualification suchas a degree will improveyour job prospects,making it easier to find afulfilling job and one thatis well paid.

During your time atuniversity, you willhave two main costs tomeet: tuition fees andyour living costs. The good news is that, asa full-time undergraduatestudent, you may beeligible for a package offinancial support made up of:

a loan to cover thecost of your tuitionfees,

a loan to help withyour living costs and,

depending on yourcircumstances, variousmeans-tested grantswhich aren’t repayable.

For more information onwhat’s available and howto apply, check out theseweb sites:

Welsh students:www.studentfinancewales.co.uk

English students:www.direct.gov.uk/studentfinance

N.Irish students:www.education-support.org.uk

Scottish students:www.saas.gov.uk

UWIC also offer bursariesand scholarships. Forfurther information visit: www.uwic.ac.uk/bursaries

If you want to make surethat you receive the firstinstalment of your loan(and grants!) when youstart university, you mustapply for your financialsupport as soon as youdecide to apply to UWIC;don’t wait until you areoffered a place.Applications must berenewed each academicyear.

Term dates can be foundat uwic.ac.uk/registry

For first year students,many of whom will beliving away from homefor the first time,finding suitableaffordableaccommodation can be a particularsource of concern.

The AccommodationService provides acomprehensive serviceallocating places in halls ofresidence or helpingstudents to find privatelyrented accommodation offcampus near to their placeof study. Once you havedecided to make UWICyour first or insurancechoice, you will need torequest details and anapplication form directfrom the AccommodationServices Office. You canrequest this from Februaryonwards (Tel: 029 20416188 or 6189).

The Service's central officeis based in Warwick Houseon the Cyncoed campusand it is open throughoutthe year during officehours 8.30am - 4.30pmMonday to Thursday,8.30am - 4.00pm Friday ifyou have any queries.

For information regarding: Halls of Residence Disabled Students Allocations University Bus Service Private and Rented

Accommodation Hall Fees How to apply and

allocation criteria

And for full details ofUWIC’s accommodationoptions, policies andprocedures, includingvirtual tours of theaccommodation pleasevisit our web site atwww.uwic.ac.uk/accommodation/

When you are made anoffer of a place on acourse at UWIC, youshould contact theAccommodationService immediatelyfor a halls applicationpack:

By tel: 029 2041 6188 or 6189

or email:[email protected]

or letter:AccommodationService, WarwickHouse, UWIC, CyncoedCampus, Cardiff, CF23 6XD

Student Finance Accommodation

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UWIC’s StudentServices are designedto meet the supportneeds of all studentsand to offerhelp and guidance toensure your time atUWIC is as enjoyableand successful aspossible.

The Service comprisesfour main areas: Disability Service; Career Development

Services; Finance & Welfare

Advice, Counsellingand Health Services;

The Chaplaincy.

Disability Service

Each year UWIC’sDisability Service supportsabout 1000 students witha range of impairments.We work with students onan individual basis todetermine support anddirect reasonableadjustments across theuniversity. We offeradvice and guidance on arange of matters relatingto higher education anddisability and dyslexia.

The Disabled Students’Allowance (DSA) isfunding available to assistwith the additionaldisability related cost ofattending university if youhave a disability, dyslexia,or long term healthcondition, including mentalhealth issues. Examples of the type ofsupport include specialistsoftware, equipment suchas recording devices ornon-medical helpersupport such as notetakers or study skillssupport. We can help youmake an application forthe DSA and guide youthrough the process. Forinformation on DSA,please go to:www.Direct.gov.uk/Disability

If you are thinking ofstudying at UWIC, pleasecontact us as soon aspossible to discusssupport options as it cantake a while to putsupport in place. For moreinformation you can visitour website:www.uwic.ac.uk/disability, email:[email protected] telephone to speak to aDisability Advisor.

Disability assessmentcentre

UWIC has its own DisabilityAssessment Centresituated on the Llandaffcampus. Students canhave their study skills andtechnology assessmenthere as part of the DSAprocess. For moreinformation go to theDisability Service websiteor telephone us, as above.

The Centre is anaccredited centre underthe DSA Quality AssuranceGroup (DSA-QAG).

CareerDevelopmentServices

Whether you need helpchoosing or changing acourse, deciding on yourfuture career, buildingyour CV to make youmore employable, orhoning your jobapplication skills, you’ll getplenty of information andhelp from CareerDevelopment Services.Our website has a wealthof advice and carefullyselected links for UWICstudents and ourinteractive e-learningmodule, Your Career, isfull of practical exercisesand guidance. We workclosely with yourprogramme staff to tailorour services to your needs. Find all you need atwww.uwic.ac.uk/careers.

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Finance & Welfare Advice Service

If you need specialistadvice on matters such assources of financialsupport, benefits,budgeting, debtmanagement or any otherfinancial problems thatmay affect your studies,book an appointment withone of UWIC’s StudentFinance and WelfareAdvisers who are also themain contact for studentsleaving care. The adviceteam is also responsiblefor administering theFinancial ContingencyFund.

For more information,check out our websitewww.uwic.ac.uk/financewelfare or [email protected] [email protected]

CounsellingService

If you feel anxious, upsetor distressed because ofpersonal difficulties duringyour time at UWIC,counselling can help youto focus and explore yourdifficulties in a safe andsupportive environmentwith someone who istrained to listen and offerhonest feedback.

Free, confidentialcounselling is availableduring term-time via anappointment system. We also offer e-counselling which is aninnovative, highlyaccessible service forUWIC students, who havefound it to be aconvenient way of gettingsupport that fits into theirbusy schedule.

If you would like any moreinformation about theCounselling Service, visitour website atwww.uwic.ac.uk/counselling or phone029 2041 6170 to makean appointment.

Health Service

UWIC’s Nursing Officersare experiencedprofessionals who arecommitted to anintegrated system of care,encompassing physical,emotional andpsychological health andwell-being. If you needhelp or advice on anyaspect of health or well-being, they provide aconfidential drop-inservice in the medicalcentres on the Cyncoedand Howard Gardenscampuses. They organizehealth education eventsand it’s worthremembering that theyprovide a useful front-lineservice if you are feelingupset or distressed duringyour time at UWIC.They can be contactedduring term-time byemailing [email protected]

In addition, a local GPpractice provides regularsurgeries at the Cyncoedcampus for registeredstudents.

For opening times andmore information visit our websitewww.uwic.ac.uk/health

Multi-faithChaplaincy

The Chaplaincy is a safeplace of welcome forthose of any faith andthose of none. UWIC isextremely diverse with 92faiths from 143 differentcountries and in thisenvironment it is easysometimes to feel lost andalone. Paul, our Chaplain,is always contactable, dayor night, and is an opensource of help.

The coffee’s pretty good too!’

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The LearningCentres offerLibrary and ITresources in oneconvenient place.

We have fully trained staff,up to date resources, fullyrefurbished spaces andrelevant services tosupport you in your studyand research. Theseinclude collections ofbooks, journals, DVDs andelectronic resources in allUWIC subject areas.

You can use the sociallearning spaces and studyrooms for group work anddiscussion, or when inneed of peace and quietyou can use the quietstudy areas.

Multi-skilled staff are onhand to respond to alllevels of queries, and canalso provide tailoredinformation skills trainingsessions for your course.

Computing facilities,photocopiers, printers andscanners, along with audiovisual equipment, are alsoavailable in everyLearning Centre.

We open seven days aweek at Llandaff andCyncoed, with six days aweek opening available atHoward Gardens.

Computing & IT

There are PC and Apple Mac open access computersbased in IT suites across three campuses. Each IT suitehas a technology support desk providing expertassistance.

Access to computers is available 24 hours a day atLlandaff and Cyncoed. A wide range of cutting edge andindustry standard software is available to ensurestudents gain experience of software used in theirchosen field.

The IT training team delivers training courses in a rangeof IT skills required for studying at UWIC. The studentportal is a web-based central point of information for allstudents, accessible via any internet browser. Facilitiesalso exist to allow connection of personal Wi-Fi devices tointernet resources using the UWIC wireless network.

For further information contact [email protected]

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All Learning Centres arewi-fi zones for you to useyour laptop, and also haveavailable IT facilities. Wealso have IT support deskswith trained technicalstaff, in case you needany extra help andguidance.

For further information onall of this, plus details ofour opening hours andcontact details, can be found at:www.uwic.ac.uk/lis

Academic Skills

The cross-campusAcademic Skills teamworks within all UWICschools, at all levels,teaching course-specificlearning skills such ascritical thinking,referencing, assignmentwriting and academicEnglish.

Team members contributemany academic skillslessons to online learningmodules.

Open courses in coreacademic skills are offeredin the learning centresduring term time. Theteam maintains a fast-growing resourceswebspace packed withlearning materials in keyareas such as Englishlanguage, maths,independent learning,referencing anddissertation writing.

Learners wanting toimprove written Englishmay email a short writingsample to the team forevaluation, or receivefeedback on generalacademic skills queries,including numeracy.

The cross-campusacademic skills team maybe contacted by email [email protected].

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Widening Accessat UWIC

Many people think thathigher education isbeyond their capabilitiesor they are unsure aboutwhat it means to be astudent.

At UWIC we consider adiverse range of entryqualifications and it is ouraim to make studying asaccessible and courses asflexible as possible. UWICwill give you informationabout the financialassistance on offer andsupport available if youhave any problems.

UWIC will also offer adviceand guidance on futurecareer choices as well aspractical help with yourapplications foremployment or furtherstudy. Whoever you are,regardless of age, race,gender or background wehave courses that you willenjoy studying, which aretaught in a comfortableand non-threateningenvironment.

Learning foreveryone...

UWIC welcomespeople of all

ages and fromall backgrounds

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For further informationcontact our WideningAccess Manager:Tel: +44 (0)29 2041 6288email: [email protected]/journeys

No traditionalqualifications?

Applications are welcomedfrom students who havecompleted Access courses.UWIC runs a number ofFoundation courses thatare designed for peoplewho want to return tostudy but perhaps feelthey are not quite readyfor direct entry into highereducation. Please refer touwic.ac.uk and checkentry requirementsalongside the course youare interested in.

www.uwic.ac.uk/howtoapply

First Campus

UWIC is also a partner inHEFCW's Reaching Wider -First Campus project,designed to introduce 10 -16 year olds to the worldof HE; the project runsexciting learning activitiesand campus programmesas well as anundergraduate mentoringprogramme, established toprovide help and supportto identified pupils inprimary and secondaryeducation.

For further informationplease contact our FirstCampus Officers at:

Tel: +44 (0)29 2041 6796email: [email protected] [email protected]/firstcampus

CPPD Courses

UWIC offer a wide rangeof free of charge coursesfor adults throughout theyear in local communitysettings. Our courses aredesigned to give you ataste of something youcan pick up at a higherlevel and are a great wayto find out more aboutuniversity beforecommitting to a fullcourse.

For more information onthe full range of adulteducation courses weoffer, please contact UWICCPPD

Tel: +44 (0)29 2020 1560email: [email protected] www.uwic.ac.uk/wideningaccess

EqualOpportunities

UWIC recognises thatdiscrimination isunacceptable and iscommitted to promotingequality of opportunity forstaff and students in allaspects of its activities asan educational institution.

Our policy is actively tocombat direct and indirectdiscrimination, raiseawareness to helpminimise the likelihood ofintentional or unintentionaldiscrimination and to takesteps to ensure that allmembers of UWIC complywith the law, equalopportunities legislationand codes of practice.

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Degree and HigherNational Diplomacourses

On entry students shouldnormally have level threequalifications (orequivalent) and have goodcommand of English in theyear of entry, please seeentry requirements onindividual course pages orvisit uwic.ac.uk/courses

Students from theEuropean Union

UWIC recognises theequivalence ofqualifications awarded ineach member country ofthe EU and considersindividual applications ontheir merit.

Students from outsidethe European Union

A number of overseasqualifications areacceptable as equivalentto the normal entryrequirements, includingthe European and theInternationalbaccalaureate. Candidatesshould give full details ofqualifications obtainedincluding grades, and thename and address of theawarding college. Queriesregarding overseasqualifications can beaddressed to the Head ofInternational Office (seeinside back cover).

Non standard entry

UWIC welcomesapplications fromapplicants, who do notnecessarily have therequired qualifications asboth life and workexperience are taken intoconsideration. Generally,however, if applicantshave been out ofeducation for more thanfive years an accesscourse or A level isrequired in a relevantsubject. Please contact theadmissions enquiries teamfor further information.

How to apply

The guidelines on thispage tell you how toobtain further detailsabout applications. UWIC’scode is CUWIC C20, we donot have individualcampus codes.

UCAS (Universities &Colleges AdmissionsService)

Your application shouldnormally reach UCASbetween September 1stand January 15thimmediately prior tostarting your course butlate applications areconsidered if thereare vacancies.

NB. Deadline of 24thMarch for Art & Designprogrammes.

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Full instructions anddetailed online help areavailable at:www.ucas.com/apply/index.html, those atschool/college shouldseek advice from theirtutor.

Useful telephonenumbers

UK: 0871 468 0 468

Non-UK: + 44 871 468 0 468

For callers with hearingdifficulties: UK: 180010871 468 0 468

(Text Relay service)Non-UK: + 44 151 4941260 (Text Phone) andthen ask the operator todial 0871 468 0 468.

Disabled students

Disabled students shoulduse their UCAS applicationto inform UWIC, so theuniversity can ensure youreceive any help you may need.

How your application is considered

Once your application hasbeen received at UCAS itwill be sent to UWIC forconsideration. UWIC willendeavour to processyour application as soonas possible after receipt.Please refer touwic.ac.uk/admissionsfor further information onhow your application isconsidered and offers made.

NB: Terms and conditionsYou must satisfy allgeneral courserequirements for entry.

If you have any queriesabout these pleasecontact your university orcollege. If you become astudent, it will be a termof your contract with theuniversity or college thatit will take all reasonablesteps to provide theeducational servicesdescribed in its prospectusand other promotionalmaterial. However itcannot guarantee thatindustrial action orcircumstances beyond itscontrol will not interferewith its ability to providethese services. In suchcircumstances it will takeall reasonable steps tominimise disruption toyour education. Your offeris made on theunderstanding that ifaccepting it you will agreeto observe the universityor college’s Charter,Statutes, Ordinances andResolutions and abide by

the rules and regulationsfor students. By acceptingyour offer you acceptthese terms andconditions so you mustread about them in theuniversity or collegeprospectus first.

Withholding degreecertificates

Part of contract that thestudent enters into whenthey enrol at theuniversity, is the paymentof tuition fees or any feespolicy which the universityadopts; in the case ofoutstanding tuition fees,the university reserves allrights to withhold yourdegree certificate.

For any furtherinformation please visit:uwic.ac.uk/admissionsor call general enquirieson: 029 2041 6044

Do you qualify and how to apply?

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UWIC AlumniSocietyThough graduation may seem like a long wayaway, when you complete your degree, youwill become a member of the UWIC AlumniSociety. With a thriving network of graduatesaround the world, you can benefit from alifetime of opportunities that your chosencourse, and the contacts you make here willopen up for you.

Alumni Benefits

Keep in Touch - You’ll receive the annual Alumnimagazine, e-newsletters and occasional invitationsto reunions and other events which may be ofinterest. We like to inform our alumni of the greatwork we are doing at UWIC, and we also love to findout about what our former students are up to, so wecan share in their success. We’re proud of theeducation we provide, and of the students whocome here, and that pride does not stop at yourgraduation ceremony!

Careers networking - Our network of graduatesprovides an unrivalled resource in industries asdiverse as Education, Sports, Arts, Management,Tourism and Public Health. From careers mentoring,informal after-work gatherings, or more formal KTPopportunities, we are creating a truly active networkof hardworking, focussed, talented people.

UWIC Facilities - UWIC Alumni benefit fromreduced-rate access to UWIC Library and sportsfacilities, as well as continued access to the CareersService. We encourage you to participate in the CPPDopportunities available, and open up our professoriallectures to all alumni.

International - We have a growing community ofalumni overseas, in some cases led by our volunteerInternational Alumni Ambassadors. Wherever you’refrom in the world, there may be other UWIC alumnijust around the corner!

The Alumni Office wishes you all the best in yourchosen studies, and we look forward to welcomingyou to our network in the future!

www.uwic.ac.uk/alumni

Find us on facebook, Twitter and Linkedin!

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“We have a thriving networkof graduates around theworld, helping you to benefitfrom a lifetime ofopportunities that yourchosen course will open up for you...”

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Our campusesCyncoed campus

Cyncoed is home to the Cardiff School of Educationand the Cardiff School of Sport. It is a busy campus with has on site accommodationand a purpose built Campus Centre and excellentsporting facilities, onsite shop and is the head officefor the Students’ and Athletics Union.

Llandaff campus

Llandaff is the home to the Cardiff School of HealthSciences, Cardiff School of Management and part ofthe Cardiff School of Art & Design.

This is a busy and bustling campus with excellentfacilities located approximately 2.5 miles from thecentre of town, surrounded by lovely playing fieldsand the village of Llandaff.

This Campus is conveniently located near our PlasGwyn residential campus.

Howard Gardens

Howard Gardens is the home to Cardiff School of Art& Design.

It is situated in the heart of the city centre and offersexcellent facilities, working studios and gallery areas. It also has an onsite shop stocked with art materialsa busy student bar.

The National Indoor Athletic Centre(NIAC) at UWIC’s Cyncoed Campus

Llandaff Campus

Howard GardensCampus

Plas Gwyn Halls of Residence

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“Each of ourcampuses offersa friendly and pleasantenvironment.”

Cardiff School of Management Building, Llandaff

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1 By carThe M4 motorway lies just a mile or so to the northof the city centre giving easy access to London andthe South East or, via the M5, to the Midlands, theSouth West and the North.Coach services connectthe city to destinations nationwide.

2 By trainRail travel is just as easy. A good rail network linksCardiff to all parts of Wales and there are fast, dailyservices to other major cities and London is onlytwo hours away by Inter-City.

The main station for Inter-City services is CardiffCentral in the city centre. It’s a short distance fromHoward Gardens campus, and approximately 2.5miles from the campuses at Llandaff and Cyncoed.Taxis and buses to all the campuses and halls ofresidence are available from the station. Local trainservices operate from both the Cardiff Central andQueen Street stations.

3 By coachNational coach services operate from the city centrebus station, adjacent to the central railway station.

4 By busThe central bus station is adjacent to the centralrailway station. Local services connect to allcampuses.

5 By airTwelve miles from the city is Wales’ premierregional airport. There are regular services to manyBritish cities and to other European capitals.

Travelling to Cardiff

Directions by car

Cyncoed campusFrom the A48(M) Eastern Avenue,travel via Llanedeyrn Road to Cyncoed Road.

Howard Gardens campusFrom the A48 Eastern Avenue, follow signs for NewportRoad (A4161) and the city centre. Nearing the city centre follow the direction signfor the Howard Gardens Gallery, the turning is on the left.

Llandaff campusThis is located on Western Avenue (A48).

Plas Gwyn campusFrom the A48 follow the signs for Llandaff.Take Cardiff Road to Llantrisant Road.The campus is on the left, opposite the mainBBC building.

Travel distances

Birmingham 110 milesBristol 47 milesGloucester 57 milesHull 251 milesLeeds 236 milesLiverpool 202 milesLondon 153 milesManchester 190 milesNewcastle upon Tyne 319 milesNewport 15 milesOxford 108 milesPlymouth 160 milesSouthampton 122 milesSwansea 41 miles

Information supplied by RAC Motoring Services

More detailed directions can be accessedon the UWIC website at uwic.ac.uk

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About the city 19

Academic Skills 117

Accommodation 112

Accounting/Accounting & Finance BA (Hons) 40

Alumni 124

Applying 122

Architectural Design & Technology HND/BA (Hons) 30

Athletics Union 109

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Biomedical Science BSc (Hons) 37

Business Economics BA (Hons) 41

Business & Management Studies HND 40

Business & Management Studies (with pathways) BA (Hons) 41

Business Information Systems BSc/BSc (Hons) 48

Bus Service 112

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Campuses 126

Careers 114

Ceramics BA (Hons) 30

Chaplaincy 115

Clubs and Societies 108

Complementary Therapies BSc (Hons) 70

Computing BSc (Hons) 48

Computing and Information Technology Facilities 116

Counselling 115

CPPD 119

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Dance BA (Hons) 53

Dental Technology BSc (Hons) 70

Disability Service 114

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Economics BSc (Hons) 41

Educational Studies (with pathways) BA (Hons) 56

English & Creative Writing BA (Hons) 75

English & Contemporary Media BA (Hons) 76

English & Drama BA (Hons) 76

Environmental Health BSc (Hons) 61

Equal Opportunities 118

Events Management BA (Hons) 96

Events Marketing Management BA (Hons) 96

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Facts 1

Fine Art BA (Hons) 31

Finance 112/115

Food Production Management BSc (Hons) 65

Food Science & Technology BSc (Hons) 66

Foundation Leading to BSc Health Sciences 65

Foundation Leading to BSc/BA Social Sciences 85

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Graphic Communication BA (Hons) 31

Guide to Requirements 122

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Health Service 115

Health & Social Care HND/BSc (Hons) 86

Housing: Policy & Practice BSc (Hons) 86

Housing: Supported Housing BSc (Hons) 87

Human Nutrition & Dietetics BSc (Hons) 67

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Illustration BA (Hons) 32

International Business Administration (Top Up) BA (Hons) 43

International Business Management BA (Hons) 43

International Economics & Finance BSc (Hons) 42

International Hospitality Management HND/BA (Hons) 97

International Tourism Management BA (Hons) 99

International Hospitality& Tourism Management BA (Hons) 97

International Accommodation 105

International Students 104

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Learning Centres 116

Loans 112

London School of Commerce 103

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Maker: Artist Designer BA (Hons) 32

Management & Technology BSc (Hons) 49

Marketing Management

BA (Hons) 45

Modern History & English BA (Hons) 77

Modern History & Politics BA (Hons) 79

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Nightlife (Social Scene) 19

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Open Days 25

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Partnerships - FE2HE 103

Podiatry BSc (Hons) 71

Product Design BA/BSc (Hons) 33

Psychology BSc (Hons) 81

Public Health Nutrition BSc (Hons) 66

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Retro 110

Research & Enterprise at UWIC 23

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Schools Liaison 25

Secondary Education: Music or Welsh BA (Hons) 57

Social Work BA (Hons) 87

Software Development BSc/BSc (Hons) 49

Speech & Language Therapy BSc (Hons) 71

Sport for all 110

Sports Biomedicine & Nutrition BSc (Hons) 67

Sport Coaching BSc (Hons) 91

Sport Conditioning, Rehabilitation & Massage BSc (Hons) 93

Sport Development BSc (Hons) 91

Sport & Exercise Science BSc (Hons) 92

Sport & Exercise Science (Intercalated) BSc (Hons) 92

Sport Management BSc (Hons) 93

Sport & Physical Education BSc (Hons) 90

Sports Tourism Management BA (Hons) 99

Student Finance 112/115

Student Support Services 114

Students' Union 109

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Textiles BA (Hons) 33

Travelling to Cardiff/UWIC 129

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UCAS Tariff Guide 120

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Widening Access 118

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Youth & Community Work BA (Hons) 57

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Edited by Ruth Walton, Publications Officer, Communications & Marketing, UWIC. Designed by Sarah Garwood, Creative Services Manger, Creative Services, UWIC. Photography by Photodrome, Hazel Hannant, Phil Boorman, Mark Cleghorn, Matt Cant, Ruth Walton, The Wales Tourist Board and Sarah Garwood. Printed by HSW Print.

The information given in this prospectus is intended asa general guide to UWIC, its courses and facilities, anddoes not form part of a contract. UWIC reserves theright to modify or withdraw without notice any of thecourses or facilities described in this prospectus. All the information contained in this publication wascorrect at the time of writing.

A warm thank you to all the academic andsupport staff, and students who helped with the production of this prospectus.

Students' UnionCentral Union Offices, UWIC,Cyncoed Campus, Cardiff, CF23 6XDTel: +44 (0)29 2041 6190Fax: +44 (0)29 2076 5569email: [email protected] web: www.uwicsu.co.uk

Accommodation ServicesAccommodation Services, UWIC, Cyncoed Campus, Cardiff, CF23 6XDTel: +44 (0)29 2041 6188/6189Fax: +44 (0)29 2041 6968 email: [email protected]

Sports FacilitiesSports Facilities Office, UWIC, Cyncoed Campus, Cardiff, CF23 6XDTel: +44 (0)29 2041 6777Fax: +44 (0)29 2041 6737 email: [email protected]

Cardiff School of Art & DesignUWIC, Howard Gardens, Cardiff, CF24 0SPUWIC, Llandaff Campus, Western Avenue,Cardiff, CF5 2YB

Cardiff School of EducationUWIC, Cyncoed Campus, Cyncoed Road,Cardiff, CF23 6XD

Cardiff School of Health SciencesUWIC, Llandaff Campus, Western Avenue,Cardiff, CF5 2YB

Cardiff School of ManagementUWIC, Llandaff Campus, Western Avenue,Cardiff, CF5 2YB

Cardiff School of SportUWIC,Cyncoed Campus,Cyncoed Road, Cardiff, CF23 6XD

Check uwic.ac.uk for news onexciting new courses and for themost up-to-date courseinformation

General EnquiriesGeneral enquiries telephone:

+44 (0)29 2041 6070You can also send us a fax on:

+44 (0)29 2041 6286Or contact us via our email address, which is:

[email protected] website: uwic.ac.uk

Open DaysOpen Day Officer, UWIC,



Schools & Colleges LiaisonThe Schools & Colleges Liaison Office, UWIC,



International StudentsInternational Office, UWIC,



Student ServicesStudent Services, The Student Centre,

UWIC, Western Avenue, Cardiff, CF5 2YBTel: +44 (0)29 2041 6170

Fax: +44 (0)29 2041 6950 email: [email protected]

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