Ambassador’s visit celebrates growing links with Vietnam

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AMBASSADOR’S VISIT CELEBRATES GROWING LINKS WITH VIETNAM

 

Swansea University has been sharing some of its most innovative projects with the Vietnamese Ambassador to the UK during a special visit to both campuses.

 

His Excellency Tran Ngoc An was joined by Cabinet Secretary for Education Kirsty Williams and leading University dignitaries for a tour of the Singleton site following a meeting with leaders of Global Wales [3], the partnership between Universities Wales, British Council, Welsh Government and the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales, which promotes Wales through its world-class higher education sector in priority overseas markets.

 

The meeting was held ahead of an announcement that Global Wales had successfully secured £3.5 million of Welsh Government funding to develop international partnerships and promote Wales as a study destination in a post-Brexit world in countries such as Vietnam.

 

To mark the occasion the Ambassador was given the opportunity to see more of the University’s [4] facilities as well as meet representatives from the Swansea Vietnam Fund which was set up to promote charitable links and share medical expertise between the two countries.

 

The Vietnamese delegation was then taken on a tour of the Bay Campus, accompanied by Senior Pro Vice-Chancellor Professor Iwan Davies.

 

His Excellency was met by Dr Ian Masters who explained how the wave simulator in the University’s Energy Safety Research Institute [5] is helping provide vital research on the generation of renewable electrical energy from waves, tides and currents in oceans, estuaries and rivers.

 

Dr Charlie Dunnill and Dr Enrico Andreoli then talked about their work on developing awareness and methods of renewable energy storage before a tour of award-winning Active classroom [6] with Dr Miles Willis who also emphasised the university’s close links with industry.

 

The tour headed to Engineering Central, part of the College of Engineering  [7]which focuses on advanced engineering and manufacturing and is home to the University’s flight simulator system which allows aerospace engineering students to develop their skills in virtual air space.

 

The visit ended at the School of Management [8] where the Ambassador and his party had the chance to meet some of the University’s existing Vietnamese students and staff before an exchange of gifts by Mr Tran and Professor Davies.

 

Professor Davies said: “ON A MOMENTOUS DAY WHEN WE ARE CELEBRATING FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH VIETNAM, WE HAVE BEEN DELIGHTED TO SHOW THE AMBASSADOR SOME OF OUR MOST EXCITING PROJECTS.

 

“IT IS ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THE INNOVATIVE, GROUND-BREAKING WORK OUR TEAMS ARE INVOLVED WITH AND WE HOPE THIS TOUR HAS SHOWN HIS EXCELLENCY SOME OF THE BENEFITS THAT WILL EVOLVE FROM OUR TWO COUNTRIES WORKING MORE CLOSELY TOGETHER.”

 

Ymweliadllysgennadyndathlu
cysylltiadaucynyddol â Fietnam

 

Mae Prifysgol Abertawe wedi bod yn rhannu rhai o’i phrosiectau mwyaf arloesol â Llysgennad Fietnam i’r Deyrnas Gyfunol yn ystod ymweliad arbennig â’r ddau gampws.

 

Ymunodd Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Addysg, Kirsty Williams, a phwysigion y Brifysgol â’iArdderchogrwyddTranNgocAn am daith o safle Singleton yn dilyn cyfarfod ag arweinwyr Cymru Fyd-eang – y bartneriaeth rhwng prifysgolion Cymru, y Cyngor Prydeinig, Llywodraeth Cymru Chyngor Cyllido Addysg Uwch Cymru – sy’n hyrwyddo Cymru drwy ei sector addysg uwch o safon fyd-eang mewn marchnadoedd tramor blaenoriaethol.

 

Cynhaliwyd y cyfarfodcyncyhoeddi bod Cymru Fyd-eangwedillwyddo i sicrhau £3.5 miliwn o nawddLlywodraeth Cymru i ddatblygupartneriaethaurhyngwladol a hyrwyddo Cymru felcyrchfanastudiomewnbydôl-BrexitmewngwledyddfelFietnam.

 

Yn y cyfarfod cyhoeddwyd bod Cymru Fyd-eang wedi llwyddo i ennill cyllid gan Lywodraeth Cymru i ddatblygu a chadarnhau perthnasoedd rhwng y ddwy wlad.

 

I nodi’r achlysur, rhoddwyd cyfle i’r Llysgennad weld rhagor o gyfleusterau’r Brifysgol yn ogystal â chwrdd â chynrychiolwyr o Gronfa Fietnam Abertawe, a sefydlwyd i hyrwyddo cysylltiadau elusennol a rhannu arbenigedd meddygol rhwng y ddwy wlad.

 

Yna aeth y cynrychiolwyr o Fietnam ar daith o Gampws y Bae gyda’r Uwch Ddirprwy Is-ganghellor yr Athro Iwan Davies.

 

Cyfarfu Ei Ardderchogrwydd â Dr Ian Masters, a esboniodd sut mae’r efelychydd tonnau yn Sefydliad Ymchwil Diogelwch Ynni’r Brifysgol yn helpu ag ymchwil hollbwysig i gynhyrchu ynni trydanol adnewyddadwy o donnau, llanw a cherrynt y môr, aberoedd ac afonydd.

 

YnasiaradoddDr Charlie Dunhill a Dr Enrico Andreoli am waith y Brifysgolarddatblyguymwybyddiaeth a dulliau o storioynniadnewyddadwycyntaith o amgylchyrYstafellDdosbarthActifarobryngyda Dr Miles Willis a oeddhefydynpwysleisiocysylltiadauagos y brifysgol â diwydiant.

 

Aeth y daith i Adeilad Canolog Peirianneg, rhan o’r Coleg Peirianneg sy’n canolbwyntio ar beirianneg a gweithgynhyrchu uwch ac yn gartref i system efelychydd hedfan y Brifysgol, sy’n caniatáu i fyfyrwyr peirianneg awyrofod ddatblygu eu sgiliau mewn gofod rhithwir.

 

Mwynhaodd yr ymwelwyr hefyd daith fer o gyfleusterau’r campws gyda’r Athro Davies, gan gynnwys y Neuadd Fawr, y Ffowndri Gyfrifiadol a’r Llyfrgell, cyn cyrraedd yr Ysgol Reolaeth, lle cafodd y Llysgennad a’i barti gyfle i gwrdd â rhai o fyfyrwyr a staff y Brifysgol sy’n dod o Fietnam.

 

Meddai’r Athro Davies: “Ar ddiwrnod pwysig, pan rydym yn dathlu datblygu pellach yn ein perthynas â Fietnam, ac rydym wedi mwynhau dangos rhai o’n prosiectau mwyaf cyffrous i’r Llysgennad.

 

“Mae bob amser yn bleser gallu rhannu gwaith arloesol ein timau, a gobeithiwn fod y daith hon wedi dangos i’w Ardderchogrwydd rhai o fanteision ein dwy wlad yn gweithio’n agosach gyda’i gilydd.”

 

 

Nodiadau i olygyddion:

Prifysgol dau gampws yw Prifysgol Abertawesy’n cael ei harwain gan ymchwil. Sefydlwyd y Brifysgol ym 1920 a bellach mae’n cynnig oddeutu 330 o gyrsiau israddedig a 120 o gyrsiau ôl-raddedig i 16,800 o fyfyrwyr israddedig ac ôl-raddedig.

 

Mae Campws Parc Singleton wedi’i lleoli mewn parcdir prydferth â golygfeydd ar draws Bae Abertawe. Mae Campws y Bae yn gampws gwyddoniaeth ac arloesi sydd wedi’i leoli ar safle 65 acer ar y ffordd i mewn i Abertawe o gyfeiriad y dwyrain.  Hwn yw un o’r ychydig gampysau yn y byd sydd â mynediad uniongyrchol at draeth a’i bromenâd glan môr ei hun. Mae’r ddau gampws ar gyrion penrhyn Gŵyr, Ardal o Harddwch Naturiol Eithriadol cyntaf y Deyrnas Gyfunol.

 

Dangosodd Fframwaith Rhagoriaeth Ymchwil (REF) 2014 fod y Brifysgol wedi  cyflawni ei huchelgais i fod yn y 30 uchaf o brifysgolion ymchwil, gan neidio i safle 26 yn nhabl cynghrair y Deyrnas Gyfunol, gyda’r ‘naid fwyaf ymysg sefydliadau ymchwil- dwys’ (Times Higher Education, Rhagfyr 2014) yn y Deyrnas Gyfunol.

 

Mae gan y Brifysgol gynlluniau ehangu uchelgeisiol wrth iddi symud tuag at ei chanmlwyddiant yn 2020, ac wrth iddi barhau i ehangu ei chyrhaeddiad byd-eang , mae’r brifysgol yn symud yn nes at wireddu ei huchelgais o ddod yn y 200 uchaf o brifysgolion byd-eang.


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