Teaching award goes behind the headlines

01 July 2019

The innovative use of topical news stories to teach international politics at Aberystwyth University has been recognised by the British International Studies Association.

Solar Wind Sherpas prepare to record total eclipse

02 July 2019

Aberystwyth University’s Solar Wind Sherpas are in the Argentinian Andes preparing to record the latest total eclipse of the Sun.

Total solar eclipses reveal the dark and stormy side of the sun we never see

02 July 2019

Writing in The Conversation, Dr Huw Morgan from the Department of Physics reveals that total solar eclipses reveal the dark and stormy side of the sun that we never see

Aberystwyth top for student satisfaction

03 July 2019

Students have once more rated Aberystwyth University as one of the best in the UK for overall student satisfaction.

Early intervention leads to youth crime decline

04 July 2019

New research suggests that early intervention work with young people, schools and parents is leading to a reduction in crime rates.

Theatres are evolving to reconnect us to each other and the environment

05 July 2019

Writing in The Conversation, Dr Andrew Filmer from the Department of Theatre, Film & Television Studies discusses how theatres are evolving to reconnect us to each other and the environment.

Aberystwyth University hosts annual learning and teaching conference

09 July 2019

Aberystwyth University’s annual learning and teaching conference it taking place this week offering a full programme of speakers and opportunities to look at some of latest innovations and good practice in teaching and learning.

Bovine TB – pan-industry discussion on next steps in battle against disease

12 July 2019

Farmers, vets and scientific researchers will come together at the Royal Welsh show to set the agenda in the fight against TB in cattle.  A panel including some of Wales’ most influential figures in the field will consider the role of science, alongside the input of vets and farmers.

How a stone knight inspired two very different visions of love from John Keats and Philip Larkin

16 July 2019

Writing in The Conversation, Richard Marggraf-Turley, Professor of English Literature, suggests that two hand-holding gothic effigies in Chichester Cathedral made famous by Philip Larkin’s poem ‘An Arundel Tomb’, also inspired John Keats’s 200-year-old meditation on doomed love, ‘La Belle Dame Sans Merci’.

Ceredigion peripatetic music teacher presented with Honorary Fellowship

16 July 2019

Alan Phillips, a peripatetic music teacher who worked for Ceredigion Music Service for 35 years, has been presented as an Honorary Fellow of Aberystwyth University.

Founding Principal of the College of Librarianship Wales honoured

16 July 2019

Professor Frank N. Hogg OBE, the Founding Principal of the College of Librarianship Wales, has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship of Aberystwyth University.

Welsh poet and local historian receives Honorary Fellowship

17 July 2019

Welsh poet and local historian, Ruth Bidgood, has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship.

Director of leading orthopaedic research institute honoured with Fellowship

17 July 2019

The Director of a leading orthopaedic research institute has been presented with an Honorary Fellowship.

Aberystwyth University scientists credited in potential bovine TB breakthrough

17 July 2019

Research by two Aberystwyth scientists has paved the way for a possible breakthrough in the worldwide fight against Bovine TB.

Honorary Fellowship presented to former Chief Executive of Arts Council of Wales

18 July 2019

The first Chief Executive of the Arts Council of Wales, who has given a lifetime of service to the arts in Wales, has been honoured with a Fellowship of Aberystwyth University.

UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict awarded Honorary Fellowship

19 July 2019

Professor Virginia Gamba, an International Politics alumna with more than thirty years’ experience as an expert on strategic issues relating to peace and security, human security and disarmament, has been honoured with a Fellowship of Aberystwyth University.

Honorary Fellowship presented to former UNICEF representative

19 July 2019

An International Politics alumnus and former UNICEF representative in Senegal has been presented with an Honorary Fellowship of Aberystwyth University.

Former First Minister of Wales receives Honorary Fellowship

19 July 2019

The Right Honourable Carwyn Jones AM, Former First Minister of Wales and Leader of the Welsh Labour Party 2009-18 has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship of Aberystwyth University.

Leading figure in the campaign to eradicate polio honoured as Fellow

19 July 2019

A leading figure in the campaign to eradicate polio, has been honoured with a Fellowship of Aberystwyth University as part of its graduation celebrations.

First annual Centre of Excellence for Bovine TB conference announced

22 July 2019

The Centre of Excellence for Bovine TB at Aberystwyth University has announced details of the first annual Bovine TB conference which will be held later this year.

Aberystwyth University launches new rural crime study

22 July 2019

Researchers at Aberystwyth University are asking farmers for their views on how rural crime is being tackled in the Dyfed-Powys Police area.

Wolfson Foundation support for Old College

24 July 2019

The prestigious Wolfson Foundation has lent its support to the University’s plans to transform the Old College into a new centre for culture, learning and enterprise by 2022-23.

University to raise money in memory of Paul James

25 July 2019

Students and staff at the University have voted to raise money in memory of colleague Paul James as the University’s Charity of the Year for 2019-20.