YOUR SUPPORT. OUR UNIVERSITY. Supporting Swansea 2018–2020 SUPPORTING SWANSEA Embracing the next 100 years with confidence The ongoing commitment 2020 will mark 100 years of inspiration and innovation at Swansea University as to develop and enhance we celebrate the University’s centenary. We Swansea University want to engage and involve the entire alumni demonstrates our community with ambitious plans to build on the success of the last one hundred years. confidence in the future, Since the University was established in and the promise to provide 1920 with 89 students, it has grown into a world-class student and a dual campus, multi-disciplinary research academic environment. intensive institution ranking 30th in the UK in The Times and The Sunday Times Good Senior Pro Vice Chancellor, University Guide 2019 and awarded Welsh Professor Iwan Davies University of the Year. The University’s significant campus development provides substantial career opportunities and facilities for the people of Swansea and South Wales, cementing our link with the local community. As a member of the alumni community I’m sure you will agree that our time at Swansea helped shape our future. With many of us fortunate enough to attend university in a more prosperous time, I believe that we can all help today’s generation to ensure that students from all backgrounds flourish at Swansea. We need to ensure now more than ever, that we strengthen Swansea By making a gift to Swansea, you are supporting every aspect of student life. University’s voice and independent position as a world ranking University. £750,000 £3.125M £6.25M STUDENT 1,000 people giving at 500 people giving at 200 people giving at SATISFACTION Centenary Circle level Terne Circle level Chancellor’s Circle level
UK TOP (NSS 2018) 5 Richard Lancaster Head of Development and Engagement GIVING CIRCLES Providing a RESEARCH Recognising exceptional support: Medical Research and Seed Corn Grants: 16,800 • THE CENTENARY CIRCLE will recognise platform for • In many areas of medicine, it is difficult to carry those who donate at least £120 per year. out sustained high quality research without the support of external funding. Many are met with • THE TERNE CIRCLE will recognise those young STUDENTS the difficulty, that in order to submit a credible who donate at least £1,000 per year. WITH OVER 3,000 researchers application for funding with a reasonable chance INTERNATIONAL • THE CHANCELLOR’S CIRCLE will recognise of success, they are expected to have undertaken those who donate at least £5,000 per year. preliminary research prior to this. STUDENTS FROM • Supporting medical research at Swansea University • THE 1920 ABBEY CIRCLE will recognise will ensure potentially lifesaving research is not OVER 100 COUNTRIES those who pledge to leave a gift to the left undetected or unnoticed and talented students University in their will. are able to undertake extraordinary and ground breaking research. GOOD • The Medical School at Swansea is ranked UNIVERSITY GUIDE 1st in the UK for research environment and with 2019 your support we can continue to translate the THE GREATEST NEED UNIVERSITY OF THE YEAR highest quality research into extraordinary THE GREATEST IMPACT RUNNER-UP advances whilst maintaining our high standard for research quality. Regular giving is crucial to raising vital funds to support students and research whilst continuing to add value and excellence to the University. Unrestricted gifts are extremely ST IN THE valuable as they provide the University with the flexibility to direct your donation to the area UK where it will have the most impact. RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT (Research Excellence Framework 2014-2021)
From supporting students to funding IN THE pioneering research, 2ND UK you’re part of OVERALL RESEARCH everything we do QUALITY (Research Excellence Framework 2014-2021) STUDENT HARDSHIP ENRICHING Supporting student hardship can provide crucial support and emergency financial assistance to talented students who find STUDENT themselves in unexpected financial need. With your support we can ensure no student is forced to leave university because they EXPERIENCE can no longer afford it. Supporting student hardship can provide crucial support and emergency financial ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE assistance to talented students who find Over the past few years Swansea has climbed the university rankings in the UK themselves in unexpected financial need and the world. By supporting scholarships through no fault of their own. we can ensure Swansea continues to create a culture of academic excellence beyond the centenary, creating an environment that promotes engaged and active learning ultimately producing original thinkers of the future.
SPORT Swansea University currently hosts an array of students who both excel at sport and are academically gifted. The University wants to continue to provide scholarships The bursary meant that I was able to continue my to elite, early stage professional and high By making a gift today, large or small, performing sportspeople. The support and you can make a tremendous difference studies at Swansea, without it I would have ultimately finance a student will receive will ensure to a student’s experience at Swansea. needed to move back home to find a job. that they can continue to perform at the highest level and achieve their full sporting Christopher Harper, MA International Security and Development potential as well as gaining a degree at the same time.
MUSIC For many of the brightest students, arts £10 PER MONTH £40 PER MONTH and culture may determine their choice of university. Currently there is severe lack If twenty people give £10 per month plus gift If one person gives £40 per month plus gift aid of funding for instruments and equipment aid we could buy four practice pianos we can award one full sports scholarship The helping hand and financial support together with the need for a high quality, I have received and will continue to receive dedicated music space. Your support from The Hardship Fund has been vital to me will enable us to attract the best young maintaining my studies. The money and support minds to enrich not just the University, £20 PER MONTH £7 PER MONTH are enabling me to make much more out of but the city and region. my life than I thought I would be able to. If twenty people give £20 per month If one person gives £7 per month we could support plus gift aid we can award students who are forced to pay extra rent because Bronwen, American Studies Student 10 full academic excellence scholarships they have no home to return to in the summer months With your generosity, DONATION FORM Your Details
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