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‘Essential’ to listen to children's voices on youth justice – report

It is essential for youth justice agencies to explicitly seek children’s opinions about matters affecting them, according to a new report.

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Veterans Legal Link case worker Megan Perrins (centre) accepting the award on behalf of the team at the award ceremony in London on 4 December 2024, with event host and political commentator Tamara Cohen and Vice President of the Law Society of England and Wales, Mark Evans.

Veterans’ support project ‘best in Wales’

A project supporting veterans has been named the best legal support project in Wales at an awards ceremony in London.

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Winners of the Aberystwyth University Welsh Language Awards for 2024

Aberystwyth University Welsh Language Award winners announced

Aberystwyth University has honoured individuals for their contribution to the Welsh language.

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Farmers protesting in central London. Alamy/David Tramontan

Tough news for protesting farmers: Labour doesn’t actually need their votes

Writing in The Conversation Professor Michael Woods from the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences discusses the proposed changes to inheritance tax relief and the affect on British farmers.

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Dyffryn Ogwen young farmer wins first agriculture scholarship

An 18-year-old from Dyffryn Ogwen has become the first Agriculture student to win a major Welsh-medium scholarship worth £3,000 at Aberystwyth University.

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The 'Birmingham Six' outside the Old Bailey in London', 1991. Left to right: John Walker, Paddy Hill, Hugh Callaghan, Chris Mullin MP, Richard McIlkenny, Gerry Hunter and William Power

A 50-year battle for truth: the Birmingham pub bombings and the price of injustice

Writing in The Conversation on the 50th anniversary of the Birmingham pub bombings, Dr Sam Poyser, Lecturer in Criminology, discusses the ripple effect of wrongful convictions.

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Elize Freeman, Deputy Director and Co-Lead of Dewis Choice, Professor Jon Timmis, Vice-Chancellor Aberystwyth University, Bayanda Vundamina, President of Undeb Aber and Jess Jackson, Anti-harassment and Violence Coordinator at Aberystwyth University Student Services.

White Ribbon pledge: Campaign launched to end violence against women and girls

Aberystwyth University will mark White Ribbon Day on Monday 25 November as part of its continued commitment to ending violence against women and girls.

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New government ‘democratic innovations’ group led by Aberystwyth academic

Aberystwyth academic Dr Anwen Elias has been appointed Chair of the Welsh Government’s new Innovating Democracy Advisory Group.

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US politics has long shaped global climate action and science – how much will Trump’s opposition matter?

Writing for The Conversation from the COP29 climate summit, Dr Hannah Hughes, Senior Lecturer International Politics and Climate Change, discusses Trump's influence on climate politics.

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Aberystwyth University’s School of Veterinary Science lit up blue for World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week

Vet School turns blue to highlight antimicrobial resistance challenge

Aberystwyth’s Vet School has been lit up blue to draw attention to the challenge of antimicrobial resistance.

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Northern lights: how the aurora borealis captivated 18th-century minds

In an article for The Conversation, Dr Cathryn Charnell-White, Reader in the Department of Welsh and Celtic Studies, considers how historical records demonstrate ways in which natural phenomena such as the northern lights were understood and valued centuries ago.

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Professor Iain Donnison, Head of IBERS at Aberystwyth University

New food and biology experts to train in Aberystwyth

The next generation of biology and food experts will be able to train at Aberystwyth University, thanks to funding for new doctoral training centres.

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Dr Huw Lewis and Dr Elin Royles with Deputy Welsh Language Commissioner Osian Llywelyn (centre)

Experts call for new ways of collecting data about the Welsh language

New methods of data collection need to be developed if we want a comprehensive picture of the state of the Welsh language and how it’s used, according to Aberystwyth University experts.

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Scholar’s research award in memory of women’s rights campaigner

An Aberystwyth scholar has received a prestigious award presented in memory of a Welsh woman who campaigned for women's rights across the world.

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