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The Phoenix Project: “Together we can achieve such a lot.”

The Phoenix Project: “Together we can achieve such a lot.”

Posted on 22 November 2016 by Alex Norton

Judith Hall OBE (MD 2002) is Professor of Anaesthetics, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine at the Cardiff University School of Medicine, and Phoenix Project Lead. Here, she discusses her work […]

Examined Life: Myles Hopper (BA 2010)

Examined Life: Myles Hopper (BA 2010)

Posted on 21 November 2016 by Susie Bailey

Myles Hopper (BA 2010) is co-founder of Mindful Chef, a healthy food subscription company. I studied Ancient History at Cardiff University and absolutely loved it. Understanding and learning about different […]

Examined Life: Sophie Dekkers (BA 1999)

Examined Life: Sophie Dekkers (BA 1999)

Posted on 21 November 2016 by Susie Bailey

EasyJet’s UK Country Director Sophie Dekkers (BA 1999) is in charge of driving the company’s commercial and strategic ventures in the UK, as well as handling its 120 aircraft and […]

Cardiff strikes gold

Cardiff strikes gold

Posted on 21 November 2016 by Susie Bailey

The world-leading Cardiff Catalysis Institute (CCI) is moving from strength to strength in 2016. From creating gold catalysts that are revolutionising the manufacturing industry, to advances in water purification and […]

Jessica Steventon ( BSc 2009, PhD 2015)

Jessica Steventon ( BSc 2009, PhD 2015)

Posted on 21 November 2016 by Susie Bailey

Working within the Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute (NMHRI), Dr Jessica Steventon is based within the newly opened Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC) facility at Maindy Park. […]

Aberfan remembered

Aberfan remembered

Posted on 18 November 2016 by Susie Bailey

On 21 October 1966, a massive spoil-heap slid onto the mining village of Aberfan near Merthyr Tydfil, burying Pantglas Junior School in the valley below and killing 116 children and […]

Examined life: Supachai Chuenjitwongsa  (MSc 2012, PhD 2015)

Examined life: Supachai Chuenjitwongsa (MSc 2012, PhD 2015)

Posted on 10 November 2016 by Susie Bailey

SUPACHAI CHUENJITWONGSA As well as lecturing at a dental school in Thailand and leading various dentistry development projects for Thai practitioners, Supachai Chuenjitwongsais a fluent Welsh speaker, having helped launch […]

Class of ’66 return to Cardiff’s School of Geography and Planning

Class of ’66 return to Cardiff’s School of Geography and Planning

Posted on 19 October 2016 by Susie Bailey

Fifty years since the first class graduated from what was then 'Town Planning Studies' at the School of Architecture and Environment, the Class of '66 returned to Cardiff  University for their gold reunion. The class were joined […]

Our City of the Unexpected

Posted on 18 October 2016 by Alex Norton

  This September, Cardiff witnessed its biggest ever arts event: ‘Roald Dahl’s City of the Unexpected’, a remarkable celebration of the master storyteller’s life and work on the 100th anniversary of […]

Cardiff University documentary stars

Cardiff University documentary stars

Posted on 13 October 2016 by Susie Bailey

Cardiff University students past and present become documentary stars. 'Doctoriaid Yfory' ('Tomorrow's Doctors') is a new S4C series  which follows 15 medical students at Cardiff's School of Medicine as they get to […]