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Aberystwyth University Wins in the Times Higher Education Awards 2013

Aberystwyth University’s Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS) has won the Outstanding Contribution to Innovation and Technology...

As Busy as the Oceans… Earth’s Glaciers Harbour a Wealth of Microbial Life

Scientists at Aberystwyth University have calculated there may be around a septillion (1024 or a trillion trillion) microbes living...

Diamond: Aberystwyth University Secures Doctoral Training Investment

Aberystwyth University is one of eight partner universities to have been awarded a new Centre for Doctoral Training in...

CEO Appointed for WEA Cymru

Chair of WEA Cymru Shadow Board, Rob Humphreys announced “I am very pleased to inform you that Maggi Dawson...

Swansea Academic to Lead Uk-Russia Workshop for Early Career Researchers in Moscow

Dr Igor Sazonov, a researcher in Swansea University’s College of Engineering, will co-lead a British Council funded UK-Russia workshop...

Roberts: Revelation that cost of Tuition Fee Grant has increased by 24% is deeply embarrassing for Welsh Government

Aled Roberts AM, has described the Wales Audit Office report on ‘Higher education finances’ as “deeply embarrassing” for the...

Burns: Simple-minded Oversight of Fee Subsidy

Shadow Education Minister Angela Burns AM today responded to the publication of a report by the Wales Audit Office...

Are You Happy With That? – Swansea University Lecturer Publishes Refugee Experiences in Wales

A new book presenting the experiences of refugees has been published by the Hafan Books project, run by Swansea...

Roberts: Timeline for HE Review is both Cynical and Weak

Responding to the Education Minister’s announcement that he is to launch a Higher Education funding review, Aled Roberts, Shadow...

Swansea Based RDM Wins £6m Contract on New Bay Campus

Electrical and mechanical services company RDM has been successful in tendering for work on the £450m Bay Campus project,...