Swansea Metropolitan University - People Associated with Swansea Metropolitan University, Nick Bourne, David Leslie, Old Swansea Central Library (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: People Associated With Swansea Metropolitan University, Nick Bourne, David Leslie, Old Swansea Central Library, Welsh School of Architectural Glass, Townhill Theatre, Old Swansea Central Police Station. Excerpt: Nicholas Henry "Nick" Bourne (born 1 January 1952) is a British politician. He is the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly for Wales and the Conservative Assembly Member for Mid and West Wales. He was educated at King Edward VI School, Chelmsford; University of Wales, Aberystwyth; and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was President of Cambridge University Lawyers and Treasurer of Cambridge University Conservative Association. A former Professor of Law, Bourne has been Assistant Principal of Swansea Institute of Higher Education, is also a visiting lecturer at Hong Kong University and an author. His political interests include the economy, foreign affairs, health and education. Bourne is also a supporter of charities and organizations in Wales, including the NSPCC, National Trust, and the British Heart Foundation. Bourne has campaigned for rural communities, opposing wind farm developments, the closure of post offices and small schools, and supporting improved health care provision in non-urban areas. He also campaigns on issues such as the need for a referendum on plans to give the assembly law making powers, the future of the National Botanic Garden, and on the growing cost of government in Wales. He was presented with the Local Campaigner of the Year Award, by BBC AM.PM show 2005; he also won AM of the Year 2005 from ITV. Formerly, the Conservatives' Chief Spokesman in Wales and was the Conservative Party candidate in the 1984 Chesterfield by-election. He was a member of the National Assembly Advisory Group, the bo... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=5310364