Editing Cardiff University (section)

===1988 merger===
In 1988, University College Cardiff ran into financial difficulties and a declaration of insolvency was considered.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Shattock |first1=Michael |title=Financial Management in Universities: The Lessons from University College, Cardiff |journal=Financial Accountability & Management |date=1988 |volume=4 |issue=2 |pages=99–112 |doi=10.1111/j.1468-0408.1988.tb00063.x |doi-broken-date=21 March 2025 }}</ref> This led to a merger with the [[University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology]] (UWIST) to form the University of Wales College of Cardiff. The principal of the new institution was [[Sir Aubrey Trotman-Dickenson]], who had been the principal of UWIST. After changes to the constitution in 1996, its name was changed to the University of Wales, Cardiff.

In the early 1990s, the university's computer systems served as the home for [[The Internet Movie Database]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://help.imdb.com/imdb?history|title=IMDb &#124; Help|website=help.imdb.com|access-date=20 October 2021|archive-date=8 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108183900/https://help.imdb.com/imdb?history|url-status=live}}</ref>