The archive exhibition will explore the history of the
campus through the University's numerous archive materials. It will show some of
the history of the Technical College, the first ten years of West Glamorgan
Institute of Higher Education and a brief summary of the Mount Pleasant campus.
West Glamorgan Institute became Swansea Institute of Higher Education in 1992
and Swansea Metropolitan University in 2008. In 2012, the University merged with
UWTSD.
A call is also being made for any new contributions to the
University's archive. Those with items relating to the campus are invited to
bring them to the Open Day.The University's Mount Pleasant campus has a long history dating back to 1890 when the Swansea Education Committee adopted the Technical Instruction Act of 1889. From the start, the Swansea Technical College was very closely associated with the Swansea Grammar School, sharing premises on Mount Pleasant until the school relocated to a new site in Sketty in April 1951.
The Technical College continued to operate at the Mount Pleasant site and, over a number of decades, the campus developed further with new buildings to meet the needs of increasing student numbers. In 1976, Swansea College of Technology (as it was named then) merged with Swansea College of Art and Swansea Education College to form West Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education.
University Archivist Gill Fildes said: "This event is open to
everyone. The Archive team would also welcome new contributions to the
University collections, so dig out any items you have kept that relate to the
Mount Pleasant campus, or the College of Technology, and bring them along with
you."
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