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1853
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School of Art was established by the Department of Practical Art at the Board of Trade. It officially opened in 1853 and was the first Government-sponsored Art School in Wales
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1872
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The British and Foreign School Society establish a new College for Educating Mistresses for Welsh and Other Elementary Schools in Swansea. It soon became known as Swansea Training College
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1890
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Swansea Education Committee adopts the Technical Instruction Act 1889 and agrees to create a Technical School in the city for the first time
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1895
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Swansea Technical School began its first full timetable of day and evening classes, sharing facilities with Swansea Grammar School
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1902
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The 1902 Education Act created new Local Education Authorities, which would from that point onwards become directly responsible for all elementary, secondary and technical education in regional and local areas
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1908
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June 1908, the new Swansea Borough Council took over the management and governance of the School of Art thereby ending its life as a Government School after thirty nine years.
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Swansea Training College relocates to a new site, at which point ownership of the college transfers from the British and Foreign School Society to Swansea Borough Council
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1965
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Swansea Training College re-named Swansea College of Education by the LEA in October
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1973
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In April a Government White Paper proposes merger of all city colleges
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1976
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West Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education formed on 1 September 1976 by the amalgamation of Swansea College of Art, Swansea College of Technology and Swansea College of Education
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1991
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Name officially changed to Swansea Institute of Higher Education
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1992
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Swansea Institute of Higher Education incorporated as a Higher Education Corporation on 1 April, thereby ending LEA control. The Institute gains accredited status with the University of the West of England
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1996
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At the recommendation of the HEQC it was decided to transfer all the UWE degree and research programmes to the University of Wales
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2006
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Process of applying for university status begins
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2008
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Swansea Metropolitan University born when confirmation of the new title and status was granted by the Privy Council on 17 January
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