Rural health and community wellbeing
03 April 2013
Consultant Ophthalmologist Manoj Kulshrestha appointed as Wales’ first Reader in Rural Health and Community Wellbeing.
Inspired learning and teaching
05 April 2013
Staff who stand out for their ability to inspire, challenge and engage students will be recognised by the student body at this year’s Student Led Teaching Awards.
Make do and mend
09 April 2013
Lifelong learning award for sewing courses designed to recycle and up-cycle old clothing and encourage the formation of new small businesses.
Ministerial advice
10 April 2013
Technology transfer specialist Dr Rhian Hayward appointed to the Welsh Industrial Development Advisory Board by the Minister for Economy, Science and Transport.
Lord Owen on eurozone crisis
11 April 2013
Former Foreign Secretary and one of the founding members of the Social Democratic Party Lord David Owen will deliver a public lecture on the Eurozone Reform and the British EU policy next week.
Aberystwyth in London
12 April 2013
Aberystwyth University and Wales in London are holding a joint dinner in London next week.
Ageing society debate
17 April 2013
Aberystwyth debates the benefits and challenges of an ageing society
Best young novelists
17 April 2013
English and Art History graduate Sarah Hall named as one of the twenty best young British novelists.
Psychological effects of cancer
22 April 2013
Aberystwyth hosts an exhibition of art inspired by patients’ experiences of penile cancer.
Bioblitz set to shatter record
23 April 2013
Bioblitz organisers confident of breaking the record for the number of species found on a university campus in one day.
Big cat discovery
25 April 2013
The rediscovery of a mystery animal in a museum’s underground storeroom proves that a non-native ‘big cat’ prowled the countryside at the turn of the last century.
Human trafficking
26 April 2013
New study by law professor Ryszard Piotrowicz provides basis for major initiative to protect rights of human trafficking victims.
Native Welsh ponies unique
26 April 2013
Wild ponies grazing the Carneddau Mountains of north Wales are genetically unique according to researchers at IBERS.
Holding back the flood
29 April 2013
IBERS scientists discover that grass hybrid has potential to combat flooding.
Ancient kingdom of the Nile
30 April 2013
Researchers solve the riddle of how one of Africa’s greatest civilisations survived a catastrophic drought which wiped out other famous dynasties.