Editing University of London (section)

==The federal model elsewhere==
In 1850, [[Queen's University of Ireland]]<ref name=harte1986 /> was created as a federal university to provide degrees for students from the colleges established at Belfast, Cork and Galway. This was succeeded in 1879 by the [[Royal University of Ireland]], an examining university along the model of the University of London, which was in turn succeeded by the federal [[National University of Ireland]] in 1908. When the [[University of New Zealand]] was constituted in 1874,<ref name="University Global">{{cite book|last=Schreuder|first=Deryck M.|title =Universities for a New World: Making a Global Network in International Higher Education, 1913-2013|date=3 October 2013| publisher=SAGE Publications India| isbn=9788132117780}}</ref> it was a federal university modelled on the University of London, functioning principally as an examining body.<ref name="University Global"/> [[University of the Cape of Good Hope]], when it was constituted in 1875 and authorised to be responsible for examinations throughout [[South Africa]].<ref name="University Global"/> In [[Canada]], similar structures were adopted, but on a regional basis.<ref name="University Global"/> The [[University of Toronto]] acted as an examining and degree awarding body for the province of [[Ontario]] from 1853 to 1887, by utilising an operating model based on that of University of London.<ref name="University Global"/>

In [[India]], to satisfy the urge for higher education and learning,<ref name="UOL South Asia">{{cite book|last=Sharma|first=K. R.|title=Accounting Education In South Asia|year=2004| publisher=Concept Publishing Company| isbn=9788180690426}}</ref> three universities were set up at three presidency towns in 1857 on the model of University of London<ref name="UOL South Asia"/> as affiliating universities, viz., [[University of Calcutta]], [[University of Mumbai]] and [[University of Madras]].<ref name="UOL South Asia"/><ref name="UOL South Asia2">{{cite book|last1=Altbach|first1=P.G.|last2=Selvaratnam|first2=V.|title=From Dependence to Autonomy: The Development of Asian Universities|date=6 December 2012| publisher=Springer Science & Business Media| isbn=9789400925632}}</ref>

The [[University of Wales]] was established in 1893 on a federal model incorporating (originally) colleges in Aberystwyth, Bangor and Cardiff.<ref name="Collegial Higher Education">{{cite book|last1=Tapper|first1=Ted|author2=David Palfreyman|title=The Collegial Tradition in the Age of Mass Higher Education|date=20 July 2010| publisher=Springer Science & Business Media, 2010| isbn=9789048191543}}</ref> A decision to dissolve the University of Wales was made in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wales.ac.uk/en/AboutUs/About-Us-2018.aspx|title=About Us|publisher=University of Wales}}</ref>