Alumni team

Universities are for changing our horizons

Posted on 17 December 2018 by Alumni team

Dr Chris North and Dr Sebastian Khan (PhD 2016) work within the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) group, which won the 2017 Nobel Prize for Physics.

Universities are for making communities better places

Posted on 17 December 2018 by Alumni team

Ali Abdi is Partnerships and Facilities Manager at Cardiff University and a lifelong resident of the Cardiff suburb of Grangetown

Why Universities?

Posted on 17 December 2018 by Alumni team

Ever since Cardinal Newman sought to answer questions around the nature and purpose of a university nearly 200 years ago, the issue has continued to vex and, at times, enrage.

Game Changers: Karen Cooke (BMus 1996)

Posted on 13 December 2018 by Alumni team

Millicent Mackenzie was the first female professor at a UK university, in 1910. Her legacy as a game-changer continues to be embodied by modern Cardiff staff and alumni who are determined to change the world for the better in their own spheres.

Game Changers: Kellie Beirne (BA 1997, MSc 2003) – Cardiff Capital Region City Deal

Posted on 13 December 2018 by Alumni team

Kellie Beirne (BA 1997, MSc 2003) is Programme Director for the £1billion Cardiff Capital Region City Deal, improving the Welsh capital’s infrastructure.

The eye test that maps your brain

Posted on 27 November 2018 by Alumni team

Future Leaders in Neuroscience and Mental Health Research is an initiative providing seed-corn funding to early career researchers at Cardiff University. Donations to this cause are enabling Cardiff researchers like Dr Kathryn Peall to measure eye movements that will lead her to the part of the brain involved in a disorder called dystonia.

Supporting students, developing research skills

Posted on 26 November 2018 by Alumni team

The Cardiff Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (CUROP) allows Cardiff students to ‘trial’ research before committing to pursue a Masters, PhD or a career in academia.

Welsh traditions with international flair

Posted on 23 November 2018 by Alumni team

For writer, broadcaster and Great British Bake Off finalist Beca Lyne-Pirkis (BMus 2004), the key to Cardiff’s success is in its diversity.

Gwyn ein byd – an explanation

Posted on 23 November 2018 by Alumni team

Poet and Cardiff University staff member, Osian Rhys Jones, provides some context for the poem he wrote exclusively for Cardiff Connect magazine, in the year that the National Eisteddfod was hosted in Cardiff Bay. Osian was awarded the Chair at the National Eisteddfod in Anglesey in 2017.

The sound of Sŵn: Naomi Saunders (BA 2015)

Posted on 29 October 2018 by Alumni team

Naomi Saunders is a musician and synth player for Cornish and Welsh language music act Gwenno, the headline act at the opening night of this year’s Sŵn Festival.

The life and times of Owain Glyn Dŵr

Posted on 28 September 2018 by Alumni team

Did you know that Owain Glyn Dŵr was the last Welshman to hold the title Prince of Wales?

Patrick Reardon-Morgan (BMus 2015)

Posted on 4 January 2017 by Alumni team

I welcomed the flexibility of the various Music courses on offer and was excited by the chance to get stuck into student-led activities both within the School of Music and the wider University.