The Welsh National School of Medicine, 1893-1931

The Cardiff Years

Author(s) Alun Roberts

Language: English

Genre(s): Education, History, Wales Studies

  • November 2008 · 416 pages

  • · Hardback - 9780708321744

Offers an account of the origins and development of Cardiff's, and Wales', medical school during the first four decades of its existence. This book focuses on the history of medical education in the United Kingdom, and also on the history of the University of Wales and its uneasy relationship with the Cardiff College.

Author(s): Alun Roberts

Dr Alun Wyn Roberts was formerly director of the University of Wales College of Medicine liaison unit. He has had a long career working in the administration sector of the UWCM. He gained a PhD in 1979 for a thesis on 'The Liberal Party in West Yorkshire 1885-1914'. Dr Roberts has previously published the well received 'Discovering Welsh Graves' for UWP's Pocket Guide series.

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