Dr Jonathan Deacon, a reader in Marketing and Entrepreneurship at the University of Wales Newport says the city landscape is changing.

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Peter Noyes, the outgoing vice-chancellor of the University of Wales Newport, recently claimed there was a "conspiracy" to force the university to merge.

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Last November, the Welsh government announced its desire to create a new "super university" in south east Wales, combining the University of Wales Newport, Glamorgan University and Cardiff Metropolitan University.

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Historian Dr Madeleine Grey, from the University of Wales, Newport, said the church's extremely rare paintings include a picture of St Catherine with a spiked wheel.

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Dr Peter Noyes, vice chancellor of the University of Wales, Newport, said all universities in Wales were lobbying Education Minister Leighton Andrew for an increase in student tuition fees.

BBC: Students from across Wales protest over fees and cuts

The University of Wales, Newport, said if there were only six universities in Wales in the future, it "made sense" for one of them to be based in Gwent.

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