Major presence at Eisteddfod

Posted on 31 July 2019 by Hywel Thomas

Many colleagues have been hard at work at Welsh cultural festivals this summer to showcase their research and teaching. Thousands of people came to our tent and enjoyed our hands-on activities at both the Urdd Eisteddfod in Cardiff Bay and the Tafwyl festival in Cardiff. I attended both events and was impressed by the excellence
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Vice-Chancellor’s all-staff email – July 2019

Posted on 29 July 2019 by Colin Riordan

Dear colleague The Brexit saga has now claimed the scalps of two Prime Ministers since 2016, and it remains to be seen whether Mr Johnson can avoid the fate suffered by recent Conservative leaders, all of whom have become impaled on the issue of Europe in one form or another. That looks a more difficult
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Vice-Chancellor’s all-staff email – June 2019

Posted on 8 July 2019 by Colin Riordan

Dear colleague Earlier in the month I attended a meeting of university leaders in Hamburg, on the topic of Universities and Society (the topics of necessity have to be quite broad). It was striking that so many universities across the world — though not universally — are facing similar developments to those we have noted
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Welsh School of Architecture Summer Exhibition

Posted on 4 July 2019 by Rudolf Allemann

Recently, the Welsh School of Architecture hosted an evening of celebrations to mark the opening of their Summer Exhibition. This annual student-led event showcases the wide variety of work from students across Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in the School.  Work presented included a fascinating project from MArch1 students on their ideas for a new centre
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