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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Curious Kids: how do ripples form and why do they spread out across the water?
Writing in The Conversation, Professor Simon Cox from the Department of Mathematics explains why the simple experiment of throwing a rock into water actually reveals some fundamental rules of physics.
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First phase of new £40.5m Aberystwyth Innovation and Enterprise Campus opened
Counsel General and Brexit Minister, Jeremy Miles, officially marked the completion of Phase 1 of the Aberystwyth Innovation and Enterprise Campus on Friday 25 October 2019.
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Fisheries expert warns of tuna overfishing in the Indian Ocean
A marine biologist from Aberystwyth University is calling for a change in international fisheries policy to protect stocks of yellowfin tuna in the Indian Ocean.
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Expert in medieval French literature to deliver Professor David Trotter Memorial Lecture
Professor Marianne Ailes from the University of Bristol will deliver the fourth Professor David Trotter Annual Memorial Lecture on Friday 1 November 2019.
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