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Unnar Örn (Artist, Reykjavik), Neil Holland (Senior Curator), Peter Jones (research facilitator, London), and Gudmundur Oddur Magnússon (Research Professor, Iceland University of the Arts, Reykjavik).

Icelandic ‘national icon’ discovered at Aberystwyth School of Art

The cultural significance to the people of Iceland of The Lady of the Mountain by German artist Johann Baptist Zwecker (1814-1876) which is housed at the School of Art underlined by academic visit.

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Dr Ola Olusanya, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Law and Criminology and founder of the Aberystwyth University Family Legal Clinic.

Free legal service shortlisted for prestigious award

A free legal advice service provided by the Department of Law and Criminology at Aberystwyth University and law firm Emma Williams Family Law has been shortlisted for the prestigious Pro Bono Awards.

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Left to right: Professor Tim Woods, Pro Vice-Chancellor Learning Teaching and Student Experience at Aberystwyth University with scholarship holders Alex Pennock and Mathew Jones, and Donald Kane, Chairman of Aber Town FC.

Gifted goalie is latest recipient of Aber Town Football Club Scholarship

Talented goalkeeper Alex Pennock has been awarded the Aberystwyth University and Aber Town Football Club Scholarship.

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Event celebrates best practice and innovation for the Welsh language

A discussion and celebration of the efforts of Welsh language promotion and language planning in an international context will be the focus of a two day event held at the Old College on 28-29 November.

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The Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University

Better evaluation and funding can improve plans to promote minority languages

Efforts to promote minority languages among children and young people would benefit from improving the way projects are evaluated and adequate funding according to researchers at Aberystwyth and Edinburgh universities.

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Dr Olaoluwa Olusanya (right) from Aberystwyth University’s Department of Law and Criminology set up the Veterans’ Legal Link in 2015.

University offers legal support for veterans

A unique Wales-wide legal research project at Aberystwyth University is on course to reach its target of helping 1,000 veterans and their families.

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Aberystwyth University to host 2020 Hay Festival Scribblers Tour

The University is set to host the 2020 Hay Festival Scribblers Tour which will see five award-winning Young Adult (YA) writers working with young people right across Wales.

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The BeefQ project team joined catering students at Llysfasi Coleg Campus, Coleg Cambria on 3 October to serve Welsh Beef samples to taste test volunteers.

Consumers to help shape the future of Welsh Beef

This month, members of the public are putting their taste buds to the test, to help Welsh farmers ensure that they produce consistently top-quality beef. The ‘BeefQ’ project is led by Aberystwyth University in collaboration with a range of industry partners.

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Left to right: James Bulgin, content leader for the IWM Holocaust Galleries, Barbara Winton, Daughter of Kindertransport helper Sir Nicholas Winton, Dr Andrea Hammel and Lord Alf Dubs at the Imperial War Museum London, in March 2018.

National Lottery funds study on Second World War refugees in Wales

Project looking at the experiences of refugees who came to Wales after fleeing the Nazis has received a share of a £2m National Lottery Heritage Fund grant.

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Spaces of Mental Health

What makes a healthy space? Where do we feel the most well? How do our surroundings influence the ways we live, think, and feel? These are some of the questions that will be discussed at a 'Spaces of Mental Health' event in the Old College on Saturday 9 November.

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Pantycelyn Lecture: ‘A necessary person, Alwyn D. Rees (1911-1974): Battles long ago for Language and University’

The academic and Welsh language campaigner Alwyn D Rees will be the focus of the Pantycelyn Lecture which takes place at Old College, Aberystwyth University, on Wednesday 6 November 2019.

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Evolutionary Psychologist Dr Gil Greengross is an expert on the psychology of humour.

Are men really funnier than women?

Researchers at Aberystwyth University and the University of North Carolina have been putting the commonly held view that men are funnier than women to the test.

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A colourful view of Mercury produced by using images from the color base map imaging campaign during the MESSENGER mission. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington

University solar telescopes to show rare transit of Mercury across the Sun

The Department of Physics at Aberystwyth University is holding a public event to mark the rare transit of the planet Mercury across the front of the Sun on Monday 11 November 2019.

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Stroke patient Dylan Williams (wearing watch) with members of the team who are working on the app designed to improve the quality of life of stroke patients.

Scientists harness technology to improve stroke patients' recovery

Scientists at Aberystwyth University have developed a mobile app to improve the quality of life of stroke patients.

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International Politics and History & Welsh History Building, Penglais Campus

Nobel Peace Prize recipient to deliver Kenneth N Waltz Annual Lecture

‘International Politics is alive and well (despite reports to the contrary)’ is the title of this year’s Kenneth N Waltz Annual Lecture, which takes place on Thursday 31 October.

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