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View all newsWelsh rugby fans inspire a poem by University poet
As Wales prepares to face England in the Nations Cup on Saturday 28 November 2020, a poet from Aberystwyth University hopes that two special poems composed for the autumn games will help raise the spirits of rugby fans during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Scientists help improve bathing water quality at Anglesey beach
The quality of bathing water at a popular north Wales beach has been officially rated «good' after implementing an innovative model developed at Aberystwyth University.
Aberystwyth University contractors raise funds for Wales Air Ambulance
Workers at construction company Willmott Dixon raise money for University's Charity of the Year 2020-21.
Major research grant for global nonviolent protection project
Aberystwyth University has been awarded a grant of £1.87m to lead a major international research project aimed at providing greater protection for millions of civilians caught up in conflict zones.