Weather Update

02 November 2013

 MetOffice weather forecast for strong winds, heavy rain and high waves

Wales Office Minister Visit

01 November 2013

Today, Friday 1 November, Wales Office Minister, Baroness Jenny Randerson saw first hand how Aberystwyth is fast becoming a hub for science, innovation and heritage.

Gregynog Lecture Series 2013/14

05 November 2013

Rhodri Talfan Davies (Director BBC Cymru Wales): “Broadcasting and the Welsh: strengthening the civic ideal in a digital world".

Breeding new peas and beans

05 November 2013

IBERS has formed a new technical alliance with Wherry & Sons Ltd, the UK based specialist producers of pulses for food use around the world.

Working to prevent stress

05 November 2013

Aberystwyth University is holding a “well-being” trail on the Penglais Campus on Wednesday 6 November to mark National Stress Awareness Day.

Rights of the elderly

07 November 2013

Researchers from the Centre for the Study of Ageing, Abuse and Neglect explore the barriers to accessing justice for older victims of domestic abuse.

In search of student entrepreneurs

13 November 2013

For the second year running, Aberystwyth University will be holding the student business competition InvEnterPrize, which has a prize value of £20,000 and is open to all students attending the University. 

Festival of lights

14 November 2013

Representatives from Aberystwyth University attended a reception hosted by the Rt Hon Carwyn Jones AM, First Minister of Wales, to celebrate Diwali, the ‘festival of lights’.

Ornithology prize

18 November 2013

2013 Zoology graduate Stacey Melia awarded the Welsh Ornithological Society Prize for her study of fish eaten by ospreys.

Lord Elystan Morgan building

22 November 2013

Lord Elystan Morgan officially opens the new home of the Department of Law and Criminology, which now bears his name. 

Sailing Robot flying to India!

22 November 2013

An autonomous sailing robot takes centre stage as Aberystwyth University attends the British Council Education UK Exhibition in  Mumbai on 26th November.

Investing in diamond

25 November 2013

Aberystwyth is one of eight partner universities to have been awarded a new Centre for Doctoral Training in Diamond Science and Technology.

Falklands biodiversity research

26 November 2013

Postgraduate student Andrew Mathews has been studying marine life around the Falkland Islands as the region’s oil reserves attract increasing interest.

Life on glaciers

27 November 2013

Researchers calculate there may be around a septillion (a trillion trillion) microbes living in the uppermost 2m of Earth’s glaciers.

Aber wins at the Times Higher Awards

29 November 2013

Aberystwyth wins the award for Outstanding Contribution to Innovation and Technology at the 2013 Times Higher Education Awards.