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New Cardiff Met campus plan after Chinese TV deal | |
(about 9 hours later) | |
Plans to launch a media school in Cardiff have been unveiled after a deal was struck with a Chinese television firm. | |
The location of the new Cardiff Metropolitan University campus has yet to be decided, but it could include a TV centre and attract 2,000 students. | |
It is the first venture of its kind involving a private firm - Phoenix Education - and a Welsh university. | |
A memorandum of understanding was signed in Cardiff on Monday. | |
Cardiff Metropolitan's president and vice-chancellor, Prof Antony J Chapman, said: "This project is the first scheme of its kind in Higher Education in Wales, and possibly in the UK. | |
'Ambitious project' | |
"This is an ambitious project underpinned by an innovative financial model. It's taken a great deal of effort to get to this stage. Now that work will continue, to make our collective vision a reality." | |
The memorandum was endorsed by Cardiff council. Its cost and timescale is not yet known. | |
Phoenix Education is a subsidiary of Phoenix Satellite Television Holdings, a New York and Hong Kong Stock Exchange-listed company with six channels broadcasting to 360 million viewers worldwide. |
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