Swansea University - Campus and Community in a Post-War World, 1945 - 2020 — Campus and Community in a Post-War World, 1945 - 2020.

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Mae'r gyfrol hon yn archwilio'r newidiadau dramatig ym mhrifysgolion Prydain ers 1945. Abertawe yw lleoliad yr astudiaeth achos er mwyn trafod datblygiadau academaidd, newidiadau yn ymddygiad pobl ifanc, a sut y mae prifysgolion yn ffurfio perthynas gyda'u cymunedau lleol.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

Swansea University: Campus and Community explores the dramatic ways in which British universities have changed since 1945. It takes Swansea University as its case study to discuss academic developments, the changing behaviour of young people, and how universities form relationships with their local communities.

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Cynnwys / Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgements List of Figures List of Tables Abbreviations Note on terms and place names Note on oral history interviews. Introduction Chapter 1 - ‘Communities of learning’: Intellectual and Economic Reconstruction, 1945–1956. Chapter 2 - ‘A Quiet Revolution’: Campus and Community Life, 1947–1964. Chapter 3 - ‘How in hell can we cool them down?’: Politics and Protest, 1964–1973 Chapter 4 – ‘Don’t be so Complacent!’: Crisis and Cutbacks, 1973 – 1988. Chapter 5 - ‘Change with the times’: Marketisation and Commercialisation, 1988–2020. Conclusion Bibliography Appendices

Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Sam Blaxland is a Post-doctoral Fellow and Tutor in Modern History at Swansea University.

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

• This is a book that is very different to most anniversary/institutional histories in that it takes a ‘bottom-up’ approach to its topic by focusing less on the elite decision-makers at Swansea University. • One of the main take-home messages of the book is that university life involved, and still involves, many multi-layered paradoxes and contradictions. Conflicting ideas and behaviours can be witnessed simultaneously - as in life - and this fundamentally adds to the discussion surrounding what a university’s purpose is. The book demonstrates how universities are complex and diverse places, and not just sites of academia and scholarship. • The book’s analysis rests on a foundation of oral history testimonies. This is not only an unusual approach to take but it ensures that the words, ideas and memories of those who lived the history permeate through the entire book. • The oral testimonies also provide splashes of colour, humour and intrigue that you might not always find in an institutional account.