Last November, the Welsh government announced its desire to create a new "super university" in south east Wales, combining the University of Wales Newport, Glamorgan University and Cardiff Metropolitan University.

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Dr Jonathan Deacon, a reader in Marketing and Entrepreneurship at the University of Wales Newport says the city landscape is changing.

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Peter Noyes, the outgoing vice-chancellor of the University of Wales Newport, recently claimed there was a "conspiracy" to force the university to merge.

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