Building environmental excellence
01 October 2013
The new IBERS building on Penglais has been awarded a BREEAM Excellent certificate for environmental performance.
Desert eye test
03 October 2013
Aberystwyth scientist travels to Chile’s Atacama desert as the science ‘eyes’ of the 2018 ExoMars mission to Mars undergo field trials.
Pantycelyn
04 October 2013
Statement on the future of Pantycelyn and the provision for Welsh speaking students at Fferm Penglais.
Women in the age of revolution
08 October 2013
Professor Paula Backscheider talks about wartime women during 1775-1815.
Arts Centre Director appointed
08 October 2013
Gareth Lloyd Roberts, currently Producer at Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff, has been appointed Director of Aberystwyth Arts Centre.
Call to protect ‘waxcap’ grasslands
15 October 2013
Wales has some of the most scientifically important and diverse habitats for grassland fungi in the world according to researchers at IBERS.
£14.2m for arts and humanities
16 October 2013
Aberystwyth, in partnership with seven other universities, awarded £14.2m by the AHRC to deliver postgraduate supervision, training and skills development.
Students, free range eggs and lupins….
16 October 2013
Aberystwyth University’s free range egg supplier Birchgrove Eggs is feeding its laying hens with UK grown lupins to replace imported soya in their diet.
Linguistic diversity workshop
17 October 2013
Aberystwyth’s Mercator centre hosts a specialist three day workshop on linguistic diversity.
English and Creative Writing success
17 October 2013
Professor Sarah Prescott and Dr Mary Chadwick presented with the M Wynn Thomas Awards for 2013.
Y Gwyll / Hinterland première
17 October 2013
Aberystwyth University hosts the première of the long awaited international detective drama series Y Gwyll / Hinterland.
Groundbreaking agreement with Seoul National University
22 October 2013
Aberystwyth signs agreements with Seoul National University to share miscanthus germplasm to help boost bioenergy production and combat climate change.
UN Internet Governance Forum
24 October 2013
International Politics students discuss online oppression as part of the UN’s Internet Governance Forum which is taking place on the Indonesia island of Bali this week.
Sustainable catering award
24 October 2013
University catering outlets awarded the Soil Association’s Bronze Food for Life Catering Mark Award.
Blooming bacteria identified in melting snow
30 October 2013
Aberystwyth scientists claim that big Greenland-wide glacier melts could lead to some of the biggest seasonal events in nature.
IBERS Director appointed Chief Science Officer at CGIAR
30 October 2013
Professor Wayne Powell, Director of the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences appointed Chief Science Officer of the CGIAR Consortium.