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University Of Wales, Lampeter | olspan="2" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"|University of Wales, Lampeter | | olspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|UWL logo | | tyle="font-weight:bold"|Motto | Gair Duw Goreu Dysg
| | tyle="font-weight:bold"|Established | 1822 | | tyle="font-weight:bold"|Vice-Chancellor | Professor Robert A Pearce | | tyle="font-weight:bold"|Chancellor (UW) | HRH the Prince of Wales | | tyle="font-weight:bold"|Pro-Chancellor (UW) | Dafydd Wigley | | tyle="font-weight:bold"|Location | Lampeter, Wales, UK | | tyle="font-weight:bold"|Students | 2,000 | | tyle="font-weight:bold"|Member of | University of Wales | | tyle="font-weight:bold"|Homepage | www.lamp.ac.uk | The University of Wales, Lampeter is a university in Lampeter. It is part of the federal University of Wales. Brief History When Thomas Burgess was appointed Bishop of St David's in 1803 he almost immediately identified the need to establish a College in which young men could train for the Ministry of the Church. Burgess had no Welsh connections; he was born in England in 1756 and after Winchester and Oxford he had short stays in Salisbury and Durham before being appointed to his first bishopric in Wales in 1803. Originally Burgess intended to build his new college to train priests in Llanddewi Brefi (at that time similar in size to Lampeter, ten kilometres from it and having an honoured place in the Christian history of Wales), but when Burgess was staying with his friend the Bishop of Gloucester in 1820 he met John Scandrett Harford, a wealthy man and a great landowner in Lampeter, who gave him the three acre site called Castle Field (so called for the Norman castle contained in the field, and the site on which the present University stands). St David's College was thus founded in 1822 and admitted its first students on St David's Day in 1827. As such, after the ancient universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and those in Scotland, it is the oldest university institution in Britain, receiving its first charter in 1828. In 1852, the college gained the right to award the degree of Bachelor of Divinity, (BD), and in 1865 the degree of Bachelor of Arts (BA). Although it continued as a centre of clergy training until 1978, there was always a considerable proportion of students who did not intend to be ordained. In 1971, after years of discussion, Principal J.R. Lloyd Thomas led the college into the federal University of Wales, and suspended its own degree-awarding powers. It became St David's University College (SDUC). In 1996 the Privy Council - in response to a petition from the University - agreed to change its title to the University of Wales, Lampeter in line with moves elsewhere in the University and the recognition of its growth and changing status. Today, the university specialises in Theology, Religious Studies, Philosophy, Classics Anthropology, Archaeology, English and History. In the early 1990s there also existed a hugely influencial Human Geography department at the college. This was closed in 2001. The Original College Buildings C.R. Cockerell designed what is now called the Saint David's Building in the centre of the Campus. It contains lecture rooms, common rooms, student residential accommodation and the following three main areas: The Old Hall was the refectory until the present one came into use - in 1969 - and fell into disuse until 1991 when it opened after much restoration; it is now used as one of the main public rooms for meetings, conferences and use by outside organisations. It is also used for examinations. St David's Chapel was refurbished during the 1930s mainly by the provision of a new reredos in 1933 and a major overhaul of the organ in 1934. The Founders' Library was the library until the new library opened in 1966 and now houses the University's oldest printed books (1470-1850) and manuscripts (the earliest from the thirteenth century), given to Lampeter from 1822 onwards. It is a collection unique to Lampeter. Named after its founders - Thomas Burgess (1756-1837), Thomas Bowdler (1754-1825) and Thomas Phillips (1760-1851) - it is a fundamental resource for teaching, research and scholarship within the University. Academic Robes Undergraduates wore a black stuff gown, with bell-sleeves, with the whole sleeve split open in front. Bachelor of Divinity. A black gown, of MA pattern (long closed sleeves), with a double crescent cut at the end of each sleeve. A black silk hood, lined with dark violet silk, and bound with 1" white silk. Originally, it could be made in either the Oxford or the Cambridge shape, but Cambridge became the norm. Bachelor of Arts. A black stuff gown of Cambridge BA pattern. A black silk hood, part-lind and bound with 'miniver' - white fur with black spots. (Rabbit was usually used, with 'stick-on' spots, on account of the cost of real miniver!). As with the BD, it could be made in either the Oxford or the Cambridge shape, but Cambridge became the norm. There was also a two-year course for those who could not afford the full three-year one. From 1884, this was called the License in Divinity (LD). Holders wore the undergraduate gown, with a black stuff hood, lined with black stuff, and bound for 1" with white silk. This was always Cambridge shape. The LD was not awarded after about 1940, and in 1969 the hood was used for the DipTh, which was awarded until the College ceased clergy training in 1978. The College currently awards a number of Licences (Theology, Religious Studies, Islamic Studies, Latin, Classical Greek): holders may wear the University of Wales BA gown, with the old Lampeter BD hood. The College Yell Taken from the Student Handbook 1938-39 Hip Hip Hooray
Hip Hip Hooray
Hip Hip Hooray
Nawr Dewi. Nawr Dewi. Nawr Dewi.
Dy Blant. Dy Blant. Dy Blant.
Backshe Odinthorog. Backshe Odinthorog.
Niri Giri Wari. Niri Giri Wari.
Zey Zey Zey
Bing Bang Odin. Bing Bang Odin.
Io Dewi. Io Dewi. Io Dewi.
Dewi Sant. Dewi Sant. Dewi Sant.
Hooray! Notable Academics Important Academics Past and Present: Alumni Famous alumni include: Academic Departments External link Wales, University of
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