USW Exchange is the front door for business engagement at the University. The team provides personalised access to the University's expertise, including signposting to funding and events that enable growth and support your business challenges.
Our Exchange hubs in Pontypridd and Newport provide members with free meeting and co-working spaces equipped with the latest technology. We're the first step for developing partnerships that address global challenges, encourage knowledge exchange and inspire innovation.
We have a range of cafes, restaurants, and coffee shops across our campuses that are open to the public as well as our colleagues and students. With hot and cold refreshments available, including everything from handcrafted coffee and homemade desserts, to healthy salads, sandwiches and themed dishes from around the world, there’s something for every appetite.
We also offer a Click and Collect service at Stilts restaurant and Crawshays coffee shop, both on our Treforest, Pontypridd Campus.
Acorns Nursery Treforest is an independent nursery located on our Pontypridd Campus. The nursery management team have more than 20 years’ experience working within Acorns. The children of our students and colleagues at USW, as well as children from the wider community, are welcomed into the picturesque nursery setting.
Each group has their own base room and access to the tree-lined garden area enabling them to freely move between stimulating activities in the indoor and outdoor environment. All of our equipment is chosen for its play and learning potential and is age appropriate to ensure that babies and children are learning through play.
The Welsh Institute of Chiropractic (WIOC), located at our Pontypridd Campus, offers a range of clinical care services, including chiropractic care, which is provided by final year Student Clinicians under the supervision of Clinical Supervisors, Registered with the General Chiropractic Council. The WIOC also offers Bone Mineral Density (DXA) scanning, Diagnostic Musculoskeletal (MSK) scanning and Shockwave Therapy services, delivered by qualified clinical staff.
Patients can self-refer for chiropractic care, however, must be referred by a suitably qualified healthcare provider for the other services.
Whether you are experiencing chronic back pain or seeking help to diagnose and treat problems with your joints or muscles, our clinical services offer the opportunity to assess your condition and advise you on your treatment options.
The USW Conference Centre, at our Pontypridd campus, provides flexible, adaptable space for a wide variety of events, with the added advantage of on-site accommodation during the summer months.
Our dedicated, purpose-built conference centre, run by an experienced team of event professionals, makes for an ideal location for everything from small, select meetings to major conferences.
The Early Intervention Service provides clinic-based, applied behaviour analytic early intervention services to children 6 years old and under with autism and related developmental delays (although we do not require a formal diagnosis to receive services).
Our service is led by a BACB-qualified Clinical Lead and is staffed by postgraduate and undergraduate students who are studying behaviour analysis at USW. Children receive individualised, evidence-based, one-to-one applied behaviour analytic therapy (ABA) in a fun, energetic, and nurturing the environment.
IT Services are a common thread behind many of the activities which help to enhance your learning experience, such as your online student account (giving you access to email, printing and payments and more), Unilearn (your online learning environment), open access to computers on each campus, printing services, and media equipment.