Another meteoric rise

Posted on 15 January 2015 by

Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Index results for 2015 were released this week.  It was immensely gratifying to see that Cardiff University again features, this time in 24th place compared to 52nd in 2014 (quite a leap up the rankings).  There’s only one university in the top 20 and then Cardiff is the second highest ranked university.
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Week 3 … China

Posted on 15 January 2015 by Nora de Leeuw

I arrived at the University on 5 January as the new PVC for International and Europe.  If you’d like to read a bit more about me and my history have a look at the blas article which went out last year. I spent my first week settling into my new surroundings and meeting a variety
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Widening access to graduate jobs

Posted on 14 January 2015 by Ross (MSc Urban and Regional Development, PGT Scholar)

There was much discussion across the media today of a report published by High Fliers Research suggesting that graduate recruitment is expected to reach its highest level for more than a decade this year. The Way Forward sets out our commitment to preparing highly employable graduates and we are working hard to ensure that we
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UEB 12 January 2015

Posted on 12 January 2015 by Mairwen Harris

UEB welcomed Professor Nora de Leeuw, Pro Vice-Chancellor for International and Europe, to her first Board meeting. UEB received a business case for the establishment of a National Software Academy to be based in Newport. This built on an earlier paper that went before UEB on 30 June 2014 and saw the approval of a
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