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September 2024

“It was a no-brainer”: running the Cardiff Half for mental health research

“It was a no-brainer”: running the Cardiff Half for mental health research

Posted on 26 September 2024 by Alumni team

Friends Charley Bezuidenhout (Psychology 2022-) and Lizzy Braithwaite (Psychology 2022-) are both students at Cardiff University. They’ve decided to run the 2024 Cardiff Half Marathon together, in support of vital mental health and neuroscience research taking place on campus.

Career mentorship to hosting an internship – one alum’s journey

Career mentorship to hosting an internship – one alum’s journey

Posted on 24 September 2024 by Alumni team

Alum Peter Sueref (BSc 2002), co-founder and CTO of Empirisys mentored student Ritika Srivastava (MSc 2024) before offering her an internship.

Running the Cardiff Half to help families like mine

Running the Cardiff Half to help families like mine

Posted on 19 September 2024 by Alumni team

In October, alumna Isabel Irvine (BSc 2024) will take on the Cardiff Half Marathon in support of her mum, who was diagnosed with cancer last year. To date, she’s raised an incredible £1,100 for Cardiff University cancer research in the run-up to the race.

A return to running in support of vital research

A return to running in support of vital research

Posted on 12 September 2024 by Alumni team

Alum Daniel Nicholas (MBA 2020) will be taking on this year’s Cardiff Half Marathon in support of Cardiff University’s neuroscience and mental health research. Here, he tells us his personal motivations for joining the Cardiff Half, his first race since the pandemic.