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  1. Jun 18, 2020 · The history of Swansea University comes under the microscope in a new book published to mark the university’s centenary year in 2020. The publication, titled Swansea University: Campus and Community in a Post-war World, 1945– 2020 (University of Wales Press) explores post-second world war academic and social change in Britain and its ...

  2. In may 1968, the streets of paris were barricaded by overturned cars and uprooted trees, put there by students during their battle with police in one of the iconic moments of post-war Europe. Their actions, combined with a general strike by French workers, helped to define 1968 as a year of revolution around the world.

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  3. Jul 16, 2020 · The book’s chapters focus on how the Second World War changed the nature of university study and society more broadly; how architectural developments and a radical building programme helped forge an academic community at Swansea; how the politics of the 1960s and 1970s impacted universities and changed the whole concept of authority; how ...

  4. Nov 14, 2020 · By the end of the Second World war what had started as a small cohort of 89 students in 1920 studying in Nissen huts was starting its evolutionary journey to become today’s plate-glass, market-driven university.

  5. The university is listed as one of the top 500 universities in the World University Rankings. [69] [70] Swansea is ranked 26th in the Guardian 2024 University guide. [71] Swansea University's best ranked departments include Medicine and Mathematics, ranked 4th and 16th respectively in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework.

  6. Swansea University: Campus and Community in a Post-War World, 1945–2020 marks Swansea University’s centenary. It is a study of post- Second World War academic and social change in Britain and...

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