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Glyndŵr and University
In 2008, Glyndŵr University was established in Wrexham, Wales.
Glendower Residence, at the University of Cape Town in South Africa was named after Owain Glyndŵr.
It w It was reported that the university would be effectively abolished: its constituents Newport and Glyndŵr University were to become independent universities, while Swansea Metropolitan University would merge with Trinity Saint Davidand operate as University of Wales, Trinity Saint David ).
More changes followed in September 2007 when the university changed from a federal structure to a confederation of independent institutions, allowing those individual institutions which had gained the status of universities in their own right to use the title of university – these institutions are Aberystwyth University, Bangor University, Glyndŵr University ( formerly the North East Wales Institute of Higher Education ), Swansea Metropolitan University and Swansea University.
The main Arts centre is at Wrexham County Library called Oriel Wrexham holding exhibitions and events, with others at Glyndŵr University in Plas Coch and Yale College.
Further out of the centre The Centenary Club, the William Aston Hall and The Student Guild at Glyndŵr University also provide regular live music shows.
The William Aston Hall at Glyndŵr University is a 900-seat venue which has recently undergone extensive refurbishment, and is now designed to accommodate a range of events from conferences and exhibitions to theatrical performances and pop / rock concerts.
Three radio stations are based in the town – commercial stations Heart North West and Wales ( serving most of North Wales, Cheshire and the Wirral ) & Heart Cymru ( serving Gwynedd and Anglesey ) are both broadcast from studios on Mold Road in Gwersyllt and community radio station Calon FM serves the county borough from studios at Glyndŵr University on Mold Road.
BBC Cymru Wales runs a studio and newsroom for their radio, television and online services located at Glyndŵr University.
Named after the 14th century scholar and last Welsh Prince of Wales, Owain Glyndŵr, Glyndŵr University was formed when the North East Wales Institute ( NEWI ) was granted full university status in 2008.
Glyndŵr remains an accredited institution of the University of Wales and offers both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees.
The Crispin Lane site was incorporated into NEWI ( now Glyndŵr University ) after the development of the Grove Park Campus.
The Racecourse is situated on the Mold Road, which is the main road heading into Wrexham, and is opposite the residential area of Maesgwyn, next to Glyndŵr University ; who owns the freehold to the stadium and have added their name to it.
In 2007 he was elected as President of NEWI ( Glyndŵr University ).
Wrexham is home to the main campus of Glyndŵr University ( formerly the North East Wales Institute of Higher Education ).
Glyndŵr University (, ) is a university with campuses at Wrexham, Northop and St Asaph in north-east Wales.
The University is named after the medieval Welsh prince Owain Glyndŵr, who first suggested the establishment of universities throughout Wales in the early 15th century.

Glyndŵr and offers
Glyndŵr University's base in Wrexham offers economical student living for UK students and those from abroad.

Glyndŵr and both
Glyndŵr has remained a notable figure in the popular culture of both Wales and England, portrayed in William Shakespeare's play Henry IV, Part 1 ( anglicised as Owen Glendower ) as a wild and exotic man ruled by magic and emotion (" at my nativity, The front of heaven was full of fiery shapes, Of burning cressets, and at my birth The frame and huge foundation of the earth Shaked like a coward.
Around 1401 both town and castle suffered damage by the forces of Owain Glyndŵr, although the castle was listed as defensible against the Welsh in 1403.
They subsequently supported him in Wales, early in the rebellion of Owain Glyndŵr, and in Scotland, in both negotiations and conflict against the Scots.
He enjoyed the favour both of Richard II and Henry IV, and his chief military exploits were against the Welsh, during the rebellion of Owain Glyndŵr.
In August 2011, after a period of instability at Wrexham Village Ltd, the owning company of the stadium and both the football and Rugby League clubs, the company agreed to sell the stadium and associated training grounds to Glyndŵr University.

Glyndŵr and undergraduate
Indeed, Glyndŵr University is particularly popular with EU students who have established a firm base in Wrexham making Glyndŵr University one of the top 20 most popular destinations for EU undergraduate higher education students in the whole of the UK.

Glyndŵr and well
As well as in Shakespeare, Glyndŵr, has been featured in a number of works of literature and is the subject of several historical novels, including:
Gam ’ s local knowledge might well have played a part in the Crown's victory here and in other battles like that at Grosmont around the same time, and may have won over local Welshmen to fight against Glyndŵr.

Glyndŵr and .
Owain Glyndŵr attacked Abergavenny in 1404.
In 1404 Abergavenny was declared its own nation by Ieuan ab Owain Glyndŵr, illegitimate son of Owain Glyndŵr.
In addition to this, the final defeat of the uprising led by the Welsh prince, Owain Glyndŵr, in 1412 by Prince Henry ( who later became Henry V ) represents the last major armed attempt by the Welsh to throw off English rule.
One famous Welsh longbow victory was on 22 June 1402 when Owain Glyndŵr fought a battle against the English at Bryn Glas.
Owain Glyndŵr (), or Owain Glyn Dŵr, ( c. 1349 or 1359 – c. 1416 ) was a Welsh ruler and the last native Welshman to hold the title Prince of Wales.
Glyndŵr was a descendant of the Princes of Powys from his father Gruffydd Fychan II, hereditary Tywysog of Powys Fadog and Lord of Glyndyfrdwy, and of those of Deheubarth through his mother Elen ferch Tomas ap Llywelyn.
On 16 September 1400, Glyndŵr instigated the Welsh Revolt against the rule of Henry IV of England.
Although successful in terms of uniting the Welsh against their oppressors, the uprising eventually ran out of pace due to key home ground lost whilst chasing the English army towards London — Glyndŵr was last seen in 1412 and was never captured nor tempted by royal pardons and never betrayed.
In 2000, celebrations were held all over Wales to commemorate the 600th anniversary of the Glyndŵr rising.
Banner of Owain Glyndŵr.
Glyndŵr was born circa 1354 ( possibly 1359 ) to a prosperous landed family, part of the Anglo-Welsh gentry of the Welsh Marches ( the border between England and Wales ) in northeast Wales.
Glyndŵr entered the English king's military service in 1384 when he undertook garrison duty under the renowned ' Welshman ' Sir Gregory Sais, or Sir Degory Sais, on the English – Scottish border at Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Upon the death of his father-in-law, Sir David Hanmer, in late 1387, knighted earlier that very year by Richard II, Glyndŵr returned to Wales as executor of his estate.
That Owain Glyndŵr had another brother Gruffudd is likely ; that he possibly had a third, Maredudd, is suggested by one reference.
In the late 1390s, a series of events occurred that began to push Owain towards rebellion, in what was later to be called the Welsh Revolt, the Glyndŵr Rising or the Last War of Independence.
His neighbour, Baron Grey de Ruthyn, had seized control of some land, for which Glyndŵr appealed to the English Parliament.
In 1400, Lord Grey informed Glyndŵr too late of a royal command to levy feudal troops for Scottish border service, thus being able to call the Welshman a traitor in London court circles.
Glyndŵr lost the legal case, and was under personal threat.
Glyndŵr offered to release Mortimer for a large ransom but, in sharp contrast to his attitude to de Grey, Henry IV refused to pay.
In his book The Mystery of Jack of Kent and the Fate of Owain Glyndŵr, Alex Gibbon argues that the folk hero Jack of Kent, also known as Siôn Cent – the family chaplain of the Scudamore family – was in fact Owain Glyndŵr himself.

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