In south west Wales, Swansea Metropolitan University and the University of Wales Trinity Saint David have agreed to unite.

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The university is effectively being abolished in a merger with Trinity Saint David in Carmarthen and Lampeter, and with Swansea Metropolitan university.

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Professor Ken Reid of Swansea Metropolitan University, the report's author, said there should be a more co-ordinated effort between schools and agencies to tackle the problem.

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Davies, who is head of fine art at Swansea Metropolitan University, was named by the arts council after it whittled down a shortlist of just over 30 possible contributors.

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Earlier this month an agreement in principle to create a single new university for South West Wales (University of Wales Trinity Saint David and Swansea Metropolitan University) was announced.

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However the minister has rejected a recommendation to formally merge Aberystwyth and Bangor, however accepted the advice to merge the University of Wales Trinity Saint David and Swansea Metropolitan University.

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German photographer Eva Bartussek, who is a mature PhD student at Swansea Metropolitan University, was presented the photography prize for Welsh Dresser, a photograph of her eight-month-pregnant friend taken in a field at night.

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Discussions around the so-called "super university" - the merger of UWIC, Swansea Metropolitan, Trinity St Davids and the University of Wales are ongoing, we're told.

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