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University Executives Planning to Strip Out Top Floor of ASSL to Build Giant Seminar Room

By James Roberts Cardiff University executives are moving to strip out the top floor of the Arts and Social Sciences Library (ASSL) to build a giant seminar room, leaked communications have shown. Leaked emails, shared with Gair Rhydd on Friday tell how the University Executive Board has “approved a business case from Estates to create a new teaching and seminar space for around 160 students”, … The post University Executives Planning to Strip Out Top Floor of ASSL to Build Giant Seminar Room appeared first on Gair Rhydd.

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