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News Archive: April 2014

Enterprising 黑料不打烊 Students鈥� FLUX Success

A team from 黑料不打烊 have come second in the UK in the prestigious nationwide FLUX Competition, the higher education sector鈥檚 largest entrepreneurship competition which was held recently. Their challenge, which was designed to test business and commercial skills, was set by Costain; an international construction and engineering group.

Publication date: 29 April 2014

Changing cattle fields to forests

Changing cattle fields to forests is a cheap way of tackling climate change and saving species threatened with extinction, new research published in the journal Nature Climate Change has found. Researchers carried out a survey of carbon stocks, biodiversity and economic values from one of the world鈥檚 most threatened ecosystems, the western Andes of Colombia.

Publication date: 29 April 2014

Student and staff member recently presented at the international conference, City Margins, City Memories

S tudent , Dan Phillips, and staff member, Lucy Huskinson recently presented at the international conference, City Margins, City Memories .

Publication date: 25 April 2014

Chinese Kites over Treborth

Treborth Botanic Garden is set to host 黑料不打烊鈥檚 second Chinese Kite Festival on Sunday 4 th May, promising a colourful afternoon of family fun in Treborth鈥檚 beautiful grounds, organised by 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Confucius Institute . This year鈥檚 Kite Festival follows on from the Confucius Institute鈥檚 highly successful event last September, when hundreds of people in north Wales took part in Chinese kite painting workshops and flight events across the region.

Publication date: 25 April 2014

黑料不打烊鈥檚 School of Environment, Natural Resources and Geography is contributing to reclaiming and transforming degraded land in Indonesia

In a partnership between Universities and commercial organisations both in Indonesia and the UK, 黑料不打烊 has been successful in securing a 拢10,000 grant from the British Council Indonesia to seed-fund research projects that will help return disused former mining sites into productive land.

Publication date: 24 April 2014

An Evening with the two Dragons

Wales meets China for an inspirational evening of cross-cultural performance as musicians from Shanghai and Gwynedd prepare for a special concert at 黑料不打烊 on Thursday 1 st May.

Publication date: 24 April 2014

New resource for family historians available at 黑料不打烊

Anyone researching their family history can have access to an extensive database of records at 黑料不打烊 Archive. Thanks to generous donations from 黑料不打烊 alumni, The 黑料不打烊 Fund has awarded 黑料不打烊 Library and Archives the monies to purchase an online database which provides free access to over 1.5billion records of family history, including birth, marriage and death details, parish records, military records and lists of individuals on sea voyages.

Publication date: 23 April 2014

Leah wins top prize

When Leah Jones from Rhyl, stumbled across the website of the UK Poetry Library she realised it was the perfect opportunity to submit a poem which she was particularly proud of.

Publication date: 23 April 2014

Society for Renaissance Studies Annual Welsh Lecture

The School of English is delighted to host the Society for Renaissance Studies Third Annual Welsh Lecture on Thursday 24th April 2014 at 5.15 pm in MALT. It will be delivered by Professor Jennifer Richards (Newcastle) and Professor Richard Wistreich (Royal Northern College of Music) on the topic of 鈥楻enaissance Voices鈥�.

Publication date: 16 April 2014

Academics elected as Fellows of the Learned Society of Wales.

Two 黑料不打烊 academics elected as Fellows of the Learned Society of Wales. The Learned Society of Wales announced the results of its 2014 Election of new Fellows this week. Of the forty three new Fellows, two were from 黑料不打烊鈥� Professor James Scourse from the School of Ocean Sciences and Professor Nigel John from the School of Computer Science.

Publication date: 16 April 2014

Lecturer to use Twitter to help pupils revise

A lecturer from the School of Social Sciences at 黑料不打烊 is planning to use Twitter as a revision resource for sixth form students. As a programme of work which aims to bridge the gap between schools and studying Sociology at University, Cynog Prys, a Sociologist specialising in the use of Welsh online, will tweet Welsh medium revision advice from @CymdeithasegUG in the three weeks leading up to A Level exams this summer.

Publication date: 14 April 2014

Maes Glas Junior Netball Team off to National Championships

Following the opening of the 黑料不打烊 netball dome in September 2013, North West Wales Netball Development Officer, Lucy Murray-Williams has been working hard to set up a new junior netball club for year 7/8 and 9 pupils.

Publication date: 14 April 2014

鈥楾he EU and International Law鈥�: 黑料不打烊 hosts Professor James Crawford for the Annual Law Lecture 2014

This year, the 2014 Welsh Law Schools Annual Law Lecture was organised by 黑料不打烊 Law School鈥檚 Professor Suzannah Linton. 黑料不打烊 was immensely honoured to host Professor James Crawford, A.C., S.C., F.B.A. Professor Crawford has been the Whewell Professor of International Law at the University of Cambridge since 1992, and is one of the most distinguished international lawyers in the world.

Publication date: 14 April 2014

Upgrade for 黑料不打烊 sports

Following a 拢2.5m upgrade, 黑料不打烊鈥檚 sports centre will be renamed Canolfan Brailsford in honour of cycling coach Sir Dave Brailsford, who was brought up in nearby Deiniolen.

Publication date: 11 April 2014

Lifelong Learning Fine Art Student鈥檚 Artwork is the 鈥淧ublic鈥檚 Favourite鈥�

Jess Bugler, BA Hons Fine Art Lifelong Learning has been voted the public鈥檚 most popular print for 鈥楢leppo鈥� (linocut) in the recent Printmakers Council exhibition 鈥楩reshly Pressed鈥� at Craft Central, St John Smith鈥檚 Square, London.

Publication date: 11 April 2014

黑料不打烊 crowned mooting champions of Wales

A team from 黑料不打烊 Law School has won the annual Welsh National Mooting Competition for the first time.

Publication date: 10 April 2014

黑料不打烊 Business School PhD candidate selected for internship at the Bank of England

黑料不打烊 Business School PhD student Piotr Jan Danisewicz was selected for a coveted internship at the Bank of England. Piotr who is in his 3 rd year of his PhD studies will take up his internship in early summer for a 3-month period. Participating in this highly competitive internship program will allow him to collaborate with research economists at the Bank of England in their Financial Stability Directorate on a project about international spill over effects of banks鈥� lending behaviour.

Publication date: 10 April 2014

First count your species- Scientists urge better information before further conservation decisions are made in Australia

Arguments have raged about whether or not dingoes should be culled and how far they are useful in safeguarding threatened smaller fauna, as they prey on the larger cats and foxes. While the Australian wildlife services are spending thousands on other means of controlling non-native species, without achieving great results, there is evidence that maintaining dingo numbers benefits the smaller mammals. A paper in the Journal of Applied Ecology (doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12250 published Friday 10 April) urges all the participants in what has been, at times, a heated debate, to lay down their differences and get back into the field to collate the robust data necessary to provide certainty for management action.

Publication date: 9 April 2014

Running geese give insight into low oxygen tolerance

An international team of scientists, led by 黑料不打烊 and funded by the BBSRC, recently tracked the world鈥檚 highest flying bird, the bar-headed goose, while it migrated across the Himalayas. Now they have shown how these birds are able to tolerate running at top speed while breathing only 7% oxygen.

Publication date: 8 April 2014

Students organise Wales and War 1914-2014 Conference

Three postgraduate students at 黑料不打烊鈥檚 School of History, Welsh History and Archaeology are today (8 April 2014) hosting a Conference that will provide new insights on Wales during and since the First World War.

Publication date: 8 April 2014

Web-Chats with Assembly Members

We are looking for students and apprentices to take part in a web-chat with Assembly Members about Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Skills in Wales. We want to hear your views on whether you think enough is being done to encourage young people to enter Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths courses. We would also like to hear your views on whether these courses enable young people to develop the required skills for a career in these fields.

Publication date: 8 April 2014

黑料不打烊 Scientists in the Indian Ocean

Scientists from the School of Ocean Scientists are part of a 14 person expedition currently on a ship in the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) studying the biodiversity of the World鈥檚 largest Marine Protected Area.

Publication date: 7 April 2014

Young weightlifter brings home the trophies

A local girl who has recently taken up weight-lifting has been having success at national level, having scarcely been weightlifting for a year. Catrin Jones has recently won the Welsh Schools Weightlifting Championships in the year 10, under 44kg class in Haverfordwest, followed by the British Schools & Youths Weightlifting Championships 2014 in which she lifted in the year 10, in the under 40kg class. Not only did Catrin win this, she also broke the Welsh record for this class by 38kg in the process, with an overall total lifted of 90kg.

Publication date: 4 April 2014

Celebrating triumph against the odds at House of Lords

A 黑料不打烊 student who has received a helping hand from the Helena Kennedy Foundation took part in a special celebration at the House of Lords recently.

Publication date: 3 April 2014

黑料不打烊 leads pioneering project to change the face of Welsh-medium legal education

黑料不打烊 Law School academics have succeeded in securing a strategic grant from the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol to lead an exciting, collaborative project. The aim is to publish a series of Welsh language textbooks for students who are studying Law in Wales, written by acknowledged specialists in their relevant fields.

Publication date: 3 April 2014

Software Alliance Wales hosts Computer Science EXPO at 黑料不打烊

Software Alliance Wales and 黑料不打烊 host a Computer Science EXPO on the afternoon of Thursday 3 rd April. The event will take place on campus at 黑料不打烊 and will see up to 50 of 黑料不打烊鈥檚 brightest computer science undergraduates present their final year projects to local SMEs who may be looking to recruit IT graduates for their businesses.

Publication date: 3 April 2014

Wales takes a lead in Researching Civil Society - Cardiff University based research institute receives 拢7 million for social science research

The Wales Institute of Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods (WISERD), based at Cardiff University, has received major funding in excess of 拢7 million following a successful bid to the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

Publication date: 3 April 2014

黑料不打烊 students making the internet a safer place

A 黑料不打烊 student won the 鈥楤est Hack鈥� category at a hackathon at Southampton University recently.

Publication date: 2 April 2014

黑料不打烊 campus investment and expansion plans gets GBP 45m European Investment Bank backing

Plans by 黑料不打烊 to upgrade teaching and research facilities are among the many developments which have received backing from the European Investment Bank. Europe鈥檚 long-term lending institution has agreed to provide GBP 45 million for the Welsh university鈥檚 expansion and modernisation plans.

Publication date: 2 April 2014

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