Examined Life – Sir Craig Oliver (PGDip 1992)

Posted on 25 April 2019 by Alumni team

Sir Craig Oliver is former controller of BBC Global and Director of Communications at 10 Downing St, and is now a principal at consulting firm Teneo.
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London calling: Dr Sara Jones runs for #TeamCardiff

Posted on 25 April 2019 by Alumni team

Since 2016, almost 1,000 people have signed up to raise money for world-leading cancer, neuroscience and mental health research as part of #TeamCardiff. Dr Sara Jones (PhD 2000) is one of them.
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Why I run: Gareth Davies

Posted on 5 April 2019 by Alumni team

#TeamCardiff runner Gareth Davies tops the table for funds raised in 2019 so far. We caught up with him to learn more about how he met his fundraising target, and how he’s preparing for the big day.
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What next for Wales in the world? Six things we learned

Posted on 29 March 2019 by Alex Norton

1,008 days after Britain voted to leave the European Union and mere hours before it was scheduled to do so, the only certainty is that it won’t. Yet.
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Daniel Swygart (BScEcon 2017)

Posted on 14 February 2019 by Helen Martin

Entrepreneurial spirit is a quality that Cardiff Business School encourages all of its students to cultivate. Daniel Swygart (BScEcon 2017) who studied BScEcon Economics at the School embodies this ethos and describes Cardiff as the place his “business vision and empire all began”.
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Cardiff celebrates Chinese New Year

Posted on 4 February 2019 by Alumni team

As the world prepares to join China in celebrating Spring Festival, nowhere will the dawning of the Year of the Pig (5 February) be more enthusiastically greeted than in Cardiff. 2019 marks the 30th anniversary of the unique ties which bind Cardiff and China. In 1989, the Welsh capital was the first city in the
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Cardiff community receives royal recognition

Posted on 24 January 2019 by Alex Norton

Eleven Cardiff graduates representing a diverse range of fields have been listed in the 2019 Queen’s New Year’s Honours list.
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A step-change in how Cardiff supports students

Posted on 21 December 2018 by Alumni team

Student wellbeing matters.  Cardiff’s Director of Student Support and Wellbeing, a Cardiff alum and donor, and a current support recipient discuss how a revolutionary approach is making a real difference.
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Game Changers: Helen Molyneux (LLB 1987) – Monumental Welsh Women

Posted on 20 December 2018 by Alumni team

Helen Molyneux (LLB 1987) is the person behind Monumental Welsh Women – a group looking to erect Cardiff’s first statue honouring a Welsh woman.
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Game Changers: Nia Jones (Environmental Geography 2016-) and Douglas Lewns (Environmental Geography 2017-) – The No Straw Stand

Posted on 20 December 2018 by Alumni team

Nia Jones (Environmental Geography 2016-) and Douglas Lewns (Environmental Geography 2017-are students at Cardiff’s School of Earth and Ocean Sciences and founders of The No Straw Stand – a campaign to get companies to stop using plastic straws. This year, Nia will serve as Ethical & Environmental Officer at Cardiff University Students’ Union.
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