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Universities are for everyone

Posted on 17 December 2018 by Alumni team

Naomi Owen (BA 2018, Digital Media and Society 2018-) has just finished her final year as a Journalism student at Cardiff University and is about to begin a Master’s degree in Digital Media and Society.

Universities are for shaping our communities and government

Posted on 17 December 2018 by Alumni team

Julie Morgan (alumna) is Welsh Assembly Member (AM) and former Member of Parliament for Cardiff North. She sits on various committees including the committee for Children, Young People and Education

Universities are for powering worldwide economic growth

Posted on 17 December 2018 by Alumni team

Dr Godfrey Ainsworth (BSc 1977, PhD 1980) is Executive Chairman of IQE, a Cardiff-based manufacturer of compound semiconductor technologies.

Examined Life – Shrouk El-Attar (MEng 2018)

Posted on 17 December 2018 by Alumni team

Shrouk El-Attar is a prominent LGBT+ activist named ‘Young Woman of the Year’ 2018 by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

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.

Seven things we learned from TEDxCardiffUniversity

Posted on 26 November 2018 by Jon Barnes (BA 2007)

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

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.