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Launching a drone during the 2018 study. Custom-built drones allowed researchers to image the surface of the ice sheet in 3D, allowing the response of the ice to the lake drainage to be mapped in unprecedented resolution. Image: Tom Chudley

Drones capture Greenland ice sheet fracturing as meltwater lake drains

Aberystwyth University researchers have contributed to a study investigating how the world’s second-largest ice sheet, and the single largest contributor to global sea level rise, is responding to the catastrophic drainage of large meltwater lakes that form on its surface.

Dr Rattan Yadav from the Institute of Biological, Environment and Rural Sciences at Aberystwyth University who is leading the work on Pearl Millet.

Aberystwyth University scientists awarded funding to tackle diabetes in Africa

Aberystwyth University scientists have been awarded funding to develop crops which can help stem Africa’s growing diabetes problem.

Northern Lights in watercolour, ink and spraypaint by Simon Pierse

Exhibition – Shy Green-Ice Blue

An exhibition of artworks by Dr Simon Pierse, featuring the arctic regions of West Greenland, will be on display at the School of Art Gallery from 9 December 2019 to 7 February 2020.

Coastal Trains – Victoria Station by John Duffin, etching 38 x 25 cm (15 x 10 inch)

Exhibition - John Duffin: Prints and Paintings

An exhibition of works by award-winning contemporary painter and printmaker, John Duffin, is on display at the School of Art Gallery from 9 December 2019 to 7 February 2020.

Welsh Government Minister for International Relations and the Welsh Language Eluned Morgan, who delivered the opening speech of the festival and chaired one of the plenary sessions.

Festival celebrates minority languages in all their forms

Delegates from a variety of international institutions, organisations and governmental bodies came together at Aberystwyth University’s Old College on 28 and 29 November to discuss the importance of minority and indigenous languages, the role they play within their communities and how to sustain and increase their usage.

Sarah Wydall, Principal Investigator on Dewis Choice at the Department of Law and Criminology, will be leading the new study.

Domestic abuse initiative goes UK wide

A ground breaking Welsh initiative that supports older people who suffer domestic abuse is set to be extended across the UK.

International politics alumnus Virginijus Sinkevičius who has been elected EU Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries.

Aberystwyth graduate elected EU Commissioner

Aberystwyth University Political Studies graduate Virginijus Sinkevičius elected EU Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries.

International Politics and History & Welsh History Building

Public Lecture: Wales, Lord Davies, and the World

One of the greatest Welshmen of the 20^th century will be the subject of the final lecture of the centenary celebrations of the Department of International Politics.

Dr Teddy Millward, played by Mark Lewis Jones in The Crown, was tasked with teaching Welsh to Prince Charles during his time at Aberystwyth University. Image: Netflix.

Old College basks in the limelight of TV royalty

Aberystwyth’s Old College is one of the stars of the show in the critically acclaimed Netflix series, The Crown.

Vice-Chancellor Professor Elizabeth Treasure with David Allen OBE, Chair of the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales cutting the ribbon to officially open the newly refurbished Iris De Freitas Study Room on Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth University, 27 November 2019

First-rate new study facilities for students

Two fully refurbished study spaces on Penglais Campus were officially opened by David Allen OBE, Chair of the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales, during a visit to Aberystwyth University on Wednesday 27 November 2019.

Philomusica

Philomusica to perform centenary tribute to Sir Henry Walford Davies

On Saturday 7 December Aberystwyth’s symphony orchestra, Philomusica, will grace the stage in the Great Hall at Aberystwyth Arts Centre to mark a significant centenary for music, both in Aberystwyth and in Wales.

Staff and students at the launch of the 2020 InvEnterPrize competition

Enterprising students invited to bid for £10,000 prize

The University has launched the 2020 edition of its annual student enterprise competition, with £10,000 at stake for the winning entry.

Eurig Salisbury will be at the launch in New Delhi of The Bhyabachyaka and Other Wild Poems – a collection of poetry which he co-authored with leading Indian writer Sampurna Chattarji.

Welsh and Indian writers launch unique children’s poetry book

The Bhyabachyaka and Other Wild Poems, a unique collection of poetry for children co-authored by Indian writer Sampurna Chattarji and Eurig Salisbury form Department of Welsh and Celtic Studies, is set to be launched in India.

Nurses from Cefn Coed Hospital walk across the grounds. Swansea Bay University Health Board Heritage Team, courtesy of Swansea Evening Post

What life was like in mental hospitals in the early 20th century

Writing in The Conversation, Dr Elizabeth Gagen from the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, creates a portrait of Cefn Coed Hospital, which operated in Wales between 1932-2018, and provides a unique insight into life at a mental hospital.

Aberystwyth University declares climate emergency and commits to reducing fossil fuel investments

Aberystwyth University has joined organisations around the world in declaring a climate emergency and has taken steps to reduce its investments in fossil fuels.