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Aberystwyth University VC pays tribute to staff and students’ inspirational performance during 20/21 academic year

Aberystwyth University’s Vice-Chancellor and the Chair of the Council have spoken of their pride in the institution and gratitude for its staff’s achievements as it published its Annual Report for the COVID-19 struck 2020/21 academic year.

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Dr Louise Marshall, Dr Gareth Hall, and Dr Jenny Mathers

Aberystwyth academics join expert panels setting higher education standards

Three Aberystwyth University academics have been appointed to expert panels which help set the standards and content of higher education courses across the UK.

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BBC Licence fee – could it be the end of public service broadcasting in the UK?

Writing in The Conversation, Dr Jamie Medhurst (Reader in Film, Television and Media) responds to the recent announcement of the two year freeze on the BBC’s licence fee before it could be abolished altogether, and whether it could mean the end of public service broadcasting.

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Images showing how the Clinical Skills Unit in the new Healthcare Education Centre at Aberystwyth University will look

Half a million boost to Aberystwyth University’s new nursing education facilities

A £500,000 grant from the Welsh Government will fund new facilities at Aberystwyth University for its nursing courses which will start in September this year.

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The schistosome worm that causes the disease studied at Aberystwyth University

New funding to boost deadly disease research

A parasitic infection that affects millions of people around the world is to be targeted by a £2.5 million drug discovery programme involving academics from Aberystwyth University.

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Unarmed civilian protection organisations like Nonviolent Peaceforce’s South Sudan Women’s Protection Teams work to create physical safety in communities affected by violent conflict. Photo credit: Nonviolent Peaceforce

Funding for research on unarmed civilian protection in conflict areas

An international research network led by the University is offering funding for research projects focusing on unarmed civilian protection in areas affected by conflict.

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University sponsors new Iris Prize Documentary Film Finance Fund

Aberystwyth University is sponsoring a new Documentary Film Finance Fund organised by Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival.

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Presentation of the Old College key: Professor Elizabeth Treasure presents the Old College key to Mark Bowen, Managing Director of Andrew Scott Ltd in the company of Rachel Barwise, Aberystwyth University Students Union, Stephen Lawrence, Former President of Aberystwyth University Old Students Association and Jim O’Rourke, Old College Project Manager.

Old College construction company announced as final fundraising push launched

Ambitious plans to bring new life to Aberystwyth University’s iconic Old College have taken a major step forward today, Friday 14 January 2022, with the announcement of the project’s principal building contractor.

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Maps reveal where forests are changing around the world

Maps revealing areas of the world’s forests which have substantively changed over the past decade have been published through a European Space Agency (ESA) project that is managed and coordinated by Aberystwyth University.

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2021

As 2021 draws to a close, take a look at some of the highlights of the year at Aberystwyth University.

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Supply chain partnership to drive progress on farm net zero

A new research initiative has been launched to help grassland farmers achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2040.

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The Prince of Wales meets students at the new School of Veterinary Science with Professor Darrell Abernethy and Professor Elizabeth Treasure, Vice-Chancellor of Aberystwyth University.

The Prince of Wales officially opens new School of Veterinary Science at Aberystwyth University

The Prince of Wales has officially opened Aberystwyth University’s School of Veterinary Science today (10 December).

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Aberystwyth academic clinches British Psychology Society book prize

A book co-written by an Aberystwyth University academic exploring how the desire for women to live the good life is tied to expectations that normalise unattainable perfection has won the best academic monograph prize at the British Psychology Society book awards.

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Technology to prevent octopus over-fishing being developed at Aberystwyth University

New technology to prevent the over-fishing of octopuses and other sea creatures is being developed by scientists at Aberystwyth University.

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Dr Wyn Morris (left) from Aberystwyth Business School and Dr Gareth Norris from the Department of Psychology at Aberystwyth University who have developed the rural crime study.

First Wales-wide rural crime survey run by Aberystwyth University launches

Wales’ first nationwide assessment of the nature and extent of rural crime has been launched by the University, the latest in a series of work that has already led to change in how Dyfed-Powys is policed.

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