News, Events and Reunions

Welcome and Kicking the Bar

We will be celebrating by honouring the time-old tradition of 'kicking the bar' as a way to officially kick-start the Reunion Weekend! Meet at the Bandstand at 4pm to walk together to kick the bar and we’ll then head to the Marine Hotel for teas, coffees and a performance from the Elizabethan Madrigals Choir.

Aberystwyth Parkrun

Why not join the Aberywtsyth parkrun, which takes place on Plascrug Park, Plascrug Avenue, Aberystwyth SY23 1HL? More information here: home | Aberystwyth parkrun

OSA AGM

Join the OSA to hear University Updates and how you can get involved in future OSA activities. About the OSA | The OSA

The Learning Field

Located at Fferm Penglais, the Aber Learning Field is home to many innovative growing projects including the:

• WWII allotment, which recreates the advice found in the ‘Dig for Victory’ campaign launched during the Second World War.
• Three Sisters/Milpa garden, where the Aber Conservation Volunteers Society practices the MesoAmerican farming technique of growing corn, climbing beans and pumpkins symbiotically on the same plot.
• Aber Medieval Physic Garden, a student-led recreation of a monastic herb garden. Where plants with historic, medicinal, culinary (and magical!) properties are cultivated.

This session will offer a tour of the Learning Field and potentially an opportunity to get involved in some gardening!

In discussion with alum, Sue McCormick

After leaving Aber with a BA Hons Drama/Classical Studies, Sue worked as an actor for over 40 years, wrote 5 plays that were professionally produced and specialised in directing site-specific Shakespeare.

She worked all over the country on stage, screen and radio, living in Lancaster for 30 years and now in Dumfries and Galloway, where her partner Mark Alexander runs the oldest theatre in Scotland.

In 2017, she completed an MA in Creative Writing at Lancaster University and now writes full time. She has published short stories and poetry and her debut novel – Small Acts of Courage – was shortlisted for the Retreat West First Novel Prize. Currently, she is indulging her lifelong love of Classic Crime writing The Holly and Ivy Mysteries.

Red As Any Blood was published by Honno Press in 2025, Sharp As Any Thorn last month and Holly Bears The Crown will follow in 2027.

www.honno.co.uk

www.sue-mccormick.weebly.com 

Panel discussion from InterPol department: The Role of Civil Society and International Organisations in Peace Making

In 1926, David Davies (one of the great backers and benefactors of Aberystwyth University) brought the annual meeting of the International Federation of League of Nations Societies to Aberystwyth. This panel reflects on that meeting 100 years ago, and on the wider role of civil society and international organisations in the pursuit of peace-making around the world. What can organisations such as the League of Nations, UN, NGOs, and wider civil society do to promote and shape efforts to prevent and end national and international crises and conflicts?

Aber Forever

Aber Forever is a reunion night out for Aberystwyth University alumni aged 30 and over, bringing former students back to the Students’ Union for an evening of music, memories and familiar faces.

Now in its third year, the event features classic Union anthems from the 90s and 00s, with our DJ (and Aber legend) Eddy Scissorhands providing the soundtrack. Whether you graduated a few years ago or a few decades ago, Aber Forever is the perfect excuse to round up your old Aber crew, reconnect with friends, and enjoy one more night in the Union.

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