Editing Cardiff University (section)

===Independence and 2004 merger===
[[File:AJ Moses and Queen.jpg|thumb|left|Queen Elizabeth II with Anthony J. Moses during her visit in Cardiff University in 2000]]
The college was granted degree-awarding powers by the [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|Privy Council]] in 1997 although, as a member of the University of Wales, it did not use them at that time. In 1999, the [[Trade name|public name]] of the university was changed to Cardiff University.

In 2002, ideas were floated to re-merge Cardiff with the [[University of Wales College of Medicine]] (UWCM), after the publication of the [[Welsh Assembly|Welsh Assembly Government's]] review of higher education in Wales. This set in train a series of constitutional reforms. On 1 August 2004, Cardiff University ceased to be a member of the University of Wales and became an independent "link institution" affiliated to the federal university. The process of the merger with UWCM was completed on 1 December 2004, when the [[Act of Parliament]] transferring UWCM's assets to Cardiff University received royal assent. On 17 December it was announced that the [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|Privy Council]] had given approval to a new supplemental charter for the keys institution. This was sealed on 11 March 2005, granting university status to Cardiff and legally changing the name of the institution to Cardiff University.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/documents/2503275-charter-of-cardiff-university|title=Charter of Cardiff University|website=Cardiff University|date=15 September 2022 |access-date=29 November 2023}}</ref> Cardiff awarded University of Wales degrees to students admitted before 2005, but has subsequently awarded its own degrees.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/about/our-profile/history|title=History of the University|at=Mergers|website=Cardiff University|access-date=29 November 2023|archive-date=25 October 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201025175325/https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/about/our-profile/history|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Cardiff University Graduation Ceremony.jpg|thumbnail|right|A Cardiff University graduation ceremony in 2006]]
In 2005, Wales College of Medicine, as part of the university, launched the North Wales Clinical School in [[Wrexham]], in collaboration with the [[Glyndŵr University|North East Wales Institute of Higher Education]] in Wrexham, the [[University of Wales, Bangor]], and the [[NHS Wales|National Health Service in Wales]]. This received funds of £12.5&nbsp;million from the [[Welsh Assembly]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://wales.gov.uk/news/archivepress/healthpress/healthpress2005/708646/?lang=en |access-date=4 July 2008 |title=Health Minister opens North Wales Clinical School |publisher=[[Welsh Assembly Government]] }}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and trebled the number of trainee doctors in clinical training in Wales over a four-year period.

The university also has a Centre for [[Lifelong Learning]], which has been teaching a wide range of courses for over 125 years.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/mediacentre/mediareleases/Dec08/new-book-celebrates-125-years-of-lifelong-learning-at-cardiff-university.html |access-date=16 May 2009 |title=New book celebrates 125 years of Lifelong Learning at Cardiff University=Cardiff University }}{{dead link |date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> However, in July 2009, the university announced it was ending over 250 humanities courses at the centre, making over 100 staff redundant. The university has since reintroduced a number of humanities courses for a trial period beginning in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/part-time-courses-for-adults|title=Part-time courses for adults|website=Cardiff University|access-date=20 October 2021|archive-date=20 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020113602/https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/part-time-courses-for-adults|url-status=live}}</ref>

In June 2010, the university launched three new research institutes,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health-news/2010/06/14/cardiff-creating-three-research-institutes-91466-26644003/ |title=Cardiff creating three research institutes |date=13 June 2010 |access-date=21 June 2010 |publisher=[[WalesOnline]] |archive-date=8 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110908134104/http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health-news/2010/06/14/cardiff-creating-three-research-institutes-91466-26644003/ |url-status=live }}</ref> each offering a new approach to a major modern research issue. The Neurosciences and Mental Health Research Institute and the Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute are housed in the purpose-built [[Hadyn Ellis]] Building and in the Sustainable Places Research Institute. Another part of the Science and Development Campus, the [[Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre]] (CUBRIC), opened in June 2016 for [[neuroimaging]] research.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ibigroup.com/2016/06/08/hrh-the-queen-opens-innovative-cubric-building/ |title=Her Majesty The Queen Opens Innovative CUBRIC Building |date=8 June 2016 |publisher=IBI Group |access-date=24 July 2017 |archive-date=21 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821093832/https://www.ibigroup.com/2016/06/08/hrh-the-queen-opens-innovative-cubric-building/ |url-status=live }}</ref>