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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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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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.
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Seven things we learned from TEDxCardiffUniversity

Posted on 26 November 2018 by Jonathan Barnes

The inaugural TEDxCardiffUniversity on The Power of Ideas brought home an all-alumni line-up sharing their thoughts and experiences on a variety of subjects: from nanoscience to the impact of physical environments on our mental health. Here, we look at seven things we learned from TEDxCardiffUniversity
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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.
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Why I run: John Chester

Posted on 6 October 2018 by Jonathan Barnes

Professor John Chester is Cancer Research Theme Lead at Cardiff University. He tells us more about why he is lacing up his running shoes to take on the Cardiff Half Marathon for #TeamCardiff
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Why I run: Adrian Harwood

Posted on 6 October 2018 by Jonathan Barnes

Adrian Harwood is a co-director of the Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute and #TeamCardiff runner. We spoke to him about why he runs, and why you should support neuroscience and mental health research with a donation to #TeamCardiff.
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