Director of Research and Enterprise Partnership appointed

02 October 2006

Dr Hugh Aldridge has been appointed Director of the newly established Research and Enterprise Partnership between the University of Wales, Aberystwyth and the University of Wales, Bangor.

The United Nations turns to Aberystwyth and Bangor Universities

04 October 2006

The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation has turned to the Universities of Wales at Aberystwyth and Bangor for expertise to develop joint initiatives on environmentally sustainable economic development and reduce world poverty.

Stereo to see the Sun in 3D

26 October 2006

Dr Andy Breen, co-investigator on the SECCHI instrument which is part of NASA's latest Sun mission Stereo, has welcomed its successful launch.

University Challenge success

06 October 2006

Aberystwyth's University Challenge team are through to the second round of this year's competition following their recent victory over Bristol University.

Making Foreign Policy in a Multicultural Society

16 October 2006

Professor Christopher Hill, Director of the Centre of International Studies at the University of Cambridge, will deliver the Annual E H Carr Memorial Lecture in Aberystwyth.

Land, life and leisure

17 October 2006

A key source of up-to-date information about agriculture and the rural economy is now available to people living in West Wales as part of a pilot project.

'Plurinational Democracy: Europe and the Nationalities Question'

23 October 2006

Professor Michael Keating from the European University Institute in Florence to lecture at Aberystwyth.

UWA rare books collection

23 October 2006

Dermot Ryan, Collection Management Team Leader at Information Services, highlights the University's collection of over 10,000 rare books and manuscripts.