Why Wales Said Yes
05 March 2012
A ground-breaking analysis of the 2011 Welsh referendum to be launched.
Permission granted for Penglais farm new residences
05 March 2012
Outline Planning Permission granted by the Ceredigion County Council.
A welcome boost for West Wales.
06 March 2012
£12m windfall to develop ‘greener’ goods and services.
Record numbers use sports centre on campus
06 March 2012
Participation figures at the Sports Centre is up 90%.
Aberystwyth Students Take on Senedd Challenge
06 March 2012
Three students make final marketing challenge event held at the Senedd.
Strategic insight
06 March 2012
Applications invited for funding to support staff placements in external organisations.
National Poet at conference
08 March 2012
The National Poet of Wales, Gillian Clarke, to speak at English Literature and Creative Writing's annual Postgraduate Conference.
New BEACON Research Centre
08 March 2012
Environment Minister, John Griffiths, visits BEACON facility on Gogerddan Campus
Could you be a poo-ologist?
09 March 2012
School pupils participate in ‘match the muck’ test at Festival of Science.
Rag support for Tŷ Hafan
12 March 2012
Aber Rag donate £3,500 to Tŷ Hafan, a hospice for children and young people.
Dyfi Virtual Observatory
13 March 2012
An evening to celebrate and debate the Dyfi region’s past, present and future on 29th of March.
Kindertransport refugee
13 March 2012
Former refugee and University librarian, William Dieneman, recalls his journey from Berlin to Aberystwyth.
Top of the world
14 March 2012
Aberystwyth University is one of the top three places in the world to be a student.
New prospectus published
15 March 2012
The 2013 undergraduate prospectus has just been published and is one of the first to feature QR codes.
Mapping Miscanthus
19 March 2012
The full genetic map of energy crop miscanthus has been completed by researchers at IBERS and US company Ceres Inc.
Boost to Welsh medium education
20 March 2012
Five new Welsh medium lectureships announced as Aberystywth branch of the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol is launched.
Carrying the Olympic torch
20 March 2012
Two students and a member of staff named as Olympic torch bearers.
Traveller from an antique land
20 March 2012
Author Ned Thomas to speak at the English Literature and Creative Writing annual Postgraduate Conference.
Publishing awards
20 March 2012
Patagonia earns Welsh language children’s book award for Centre for Education Studies.
Keats’ “stubble plains” revealed
22 March 2012
New documents shed controversial light on nation’s best-loved poem: Keats’s ode “To Autumn”.
Inspiring alumni
23 March 2012
George Ashworth, Managing Director of Asset Finance at Aldermore Bank, inspires a new generation of business leaders.
Technology bootcamp
23 March 2012
AU hosts Easter workshops in wearable technology and sailing robotics for young people.
Silk Commission evidence
26 March 2012
Students from the Department of International Politics to present evidence to the Silk Commission.
Comparing the accents of English
26 March 2012
The Vice-Chancellor, Professor April McMahon, to lecture on comparing the accents of English, past and present.
DNA barcode for fungi
27 March 2012
Scientists at University part of the world’s fungal DNA barcode.
University helps farmers
27 March 2012
Aberystwyth University helps farmers achieve top prices for lambs.
Huge sun tornado discovered
29 March 2012
Aberystwyth solar scientists show first ever moving images of a huge tornado on the sun.
£20m green boost
29 March 2012
Deputy Minister for European Programmes, Alun Davies, launches the new biorefining centre BEACON.
Addressing the protein deficit
30 March 2012
Scientists at IBERS are working on disease resistance in red clover as part of £2.15m study.