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December 2014

Vice-Chancellor’s December all-staff email

Vice-Chancellor’s December all-staff email

Posted on 18 December 2014 by Colin Riordan

Dear colleague Well it's been a long wait but finally the results of the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014 are in, and it's great news for Cardiff. Amongst UK universities […]

Forward thinking innovation and engagement

Forward thinking innovation and engagement

Posted on 16 December 2014 by Paul Jewell

It was wonderful to see so many staff at Main Building yesterday for the internal launch of our flagship engagement projects. Some of you were simply finding out more about […]

UEB 15 December 2014

UEB 15 December 2014

Posted on 15 December 2014 by Mairwen Harris

UEB was informed that two University enterprises had won awards at the recent MediWales Innovation Awards – the Welsh Wound Innovation Centre and the Welsh Institute of Minimal Access Therapy […]

UEB 8 December 2014

UEB 8 December 2014

Posted on 8 December 2014 by Mairwen Harris

UEB received a paper on the new Shared Parental Leave legislation.  It was noted that the Shared Parental Leave Regulations came into effect on 1 December 2014 and apply to […]

Understanding our challenges

Understanding our challenges

Posted on 5 December 2014 by Claire Sanders

Colleagues on the University Executive Board had told me that hosting one of The Way Forward – Making it Happen workshops is fun. However, I was still a little nervous. […]

Innovation networks

Innovation networks

Posted on 5 December 2014 by Paul Jewell

The Vision2020 Network is a collaboration platform for research organisations and companies participating in the Horizon 2020 EU funding programme.  The University hosted the annual Policy Hub Members’ meeting on […]

Engagement with Germany

Engagement with Germany

Posted on 5 December 2014 by Colin Riordan

Because of my academic background and fluent German I often find myself on brief visits to Germany, at the invitation of a university or other organisation related to higher education. […]

CBI Wales Annual Dinner

CBI Wales Annual Dinner

Posted on 4 December 2014 by Paul Jewell

The CBI Wales Dinner is an important annual event in the calendar, as part of the ongoing engagement with business organisations in Wales.  As usual, I hosted a table at […]

UEB 1 December 2014

UEB 1 December 2014

Posted on 1 December 2014 by Mairwen Harris

UEB received an updated business case for the Information Security Framework (ISF).  UEB agreed to fund the additional capital funding request and that the business as usual revenue funds would […]