Talk:Cardiff University

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I have no idea about the "College Yell" mentioned at the bottom; I studied at Cardiff for four years and never heard this. It sounds made up; "Bantahie! Bantahie!" doesn't sound Welsh, and the only Google hits for it are mirrors of this article. I think it's spurious.

It was from the Cardiff University graduation booklet for 2002. -- Robminchin 05:25, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Alumni

What allowance has been made for Wales graduates in the new charter? The alumni listed on this page are all University of Wales graduates, of course, not Cardiff graduates - will they be allowed the same benefits? Are they even technically Cardiff graduates? Anyone?

I've removed the following names from the Alumni list:

  • Eleni Ampatzi
  • Sir Mark Davies OBE
  • Panayotis Gkatsopoulos
  • Rob Hallett
  • Terry Hawkes
  • Will Lyons
  • Brian Masters
  • James Rees
  • James Thurston (journalist)

If anyone feels they warrant being reinstated, please give a reason. After searching on Wikipedia and on Google I could find no good reason why they warrant being listed here. Fakelvis 16:56, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] University ratings

(I'm posting this to all articles on UK universities as so far discussion hasn't really taken off on Wikipedia:WikiProject Universities.)

There needs to be a broader convention about which university rankings to include in articles. Currently it seems most pages are listing primarily those that show the institution at its best (or worst in a few cases). See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Universities#University ratings. Timrollpickering 21:44, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Error in student population figures

I quote "The student population is diverse with 17% of students from overseas and 85% of students from state schools."

How can the total population be more than 100%? (in this case, 102%?) Lowjoel 05:19, 29 March 2007 (UTC)


          Because they can come form a state school in another country?


[edit] Established 1883

If "Cardiff University" was not established until the merger of the University of Wales, Cardiff and the University of Wales College of Medicine surely it was established in 2004. I realise it has its roots in the original institution but most other universities have the actual date when they were established with a reference to past institutions that they evolved from. Benbristol 15:28, 20 May 2007 (UTC)